Senior Associate - Real Estate, Sydney

About Hamilton Locke

Hamilton Locke is an international law firm evolving the traditional approach to corporate and commercial legal services. We are constantly removing the layers of bureaucracy, reacting quickly to change, providing exceptional service, and finding creative solutions to deliver smart advice.

A law firm with a difference, we are evolving the traditional business model. We have built a high-growth, people-centric business that maximises our 'people experience' (PX) and believe this delivers the best 'client experience' (CX). We foster a vibrant culture, putting our people at the forefront of everything we do.

Put simply, we have created a work environment based on respect, trust, development, collaboration and innovation. This allows our people to grow and be the best version of themselves. In turn, this enables our people to do their best work, which ultimately makes our clients happy. This is a win-win-win.

We put our people’s experience at the centre of everything we do.

We are more than just a law firm.

The opportunity

As a Senior Associate in the Real Estate team, you will be responsible for running and managing significant capital and development transactions from start to finish, developing key client relationships and mentoring junior lawyers and support staff. You will have the opportunity to work with John Frangi (Partner and Co-Head of Sydney office) on complex real estate transactions across various asset classes, whilst maintaining a ‘client-facing’ role which will enable you to increase your exposure to high-profile clients and significant transactions across different Australian jurisdictions.

What you will be working on

1. Acquisitions and disposals of large format retail shopping centres on behalf of sellers and buyers, including associated due diligence.
2. Acquisitions of alternative real estate assets and associated due diligence, including commercial marinas.
3. Development management agreements and joint venture arrangements relating to the development and sale of residential, retail and other mixed use assets.
4. Negotiating agreements for lease and leases on behalf of landlords and tenants in the large format supermarket, industrial and childcare sectors.
5. Negotiating the real estate aspects of significant corporate M&A transactions and liaising with members of the Corporate Team to finalise key M&A transaction documentation.
6. Negotiating and finalising sale contracts on behalf of insolvency practitioners for distressed real estate transactions (including receivers and managers, administrators and liquidators).
7. Ad-hoc advices to clients in relation to property law issues 

Preferred requirements

1. Minimum 5 years PQE
2. Ability to provide advice to clients in a commercial and pragmatic fashion
3. Experience acting for developers and institutional land owners in relation to the acquisition, development and sale of real estate assets across different asset classes (including by way of development management or joint venture arrangements)
4. Ability to delegate work effectively across various team members with a view to completing transactions smoothly and efficiently
5. Desire to work towards partnership
6. Excellent legal drafting skills
7. Ability to confidently interact with clients and lawyers acting for counterparties (including for the purpose of preparing, negotiating and finalising key transaction documentation) with minimal partner supervision
8. Experience using PEXA for the purpose of facilitating online e-conveyancing settlements
9. Welcoming and respectful personality and a good sense of humour

How to apply

We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information.

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