Solicitor / Associate / Senior Associate – Health and Social Care Real Estate

The role

DAC Beachcroft is seeking a Solicitor or Associate with 1-3 years of PQE to join their Health and Social Care Real Estate team in Manchester. This role will focus on advising clients in the health and social care sectors on a variety of commercial real estate matters.

What you'll do

• Advise on a varied caseload of commercial real estate matters across health and social care, including acquisitions and disposals, leases and agreements for lease, licences, asset management, development arrangements, strategic estate projects, portfolio work, due diligence and reporting
• Support senior lawyers on complex, high-value or strategically important transactions, taking responsibility for defined workstreams and helping to coordinate delivery across the wider matter team
• Lead appropriate transactions, with the level of autonomy and supervision reflecting your experience, and act as a trusted day-to-day contact for clients and their advisers
• Develop a strong understanding of each client’s objectives and of the public-sector, regulatory, funding and operational environment in which healthcare property is held and used, translating that understanding into clear, pragmatic and proportionate advice
• Help clients navigate the interaction between property arrangements and service delivery, including issues arising from operational continuity, estate strategy, redevelopment, occupation structures, operator covenant and stakeholder or regulatory requirements
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in construction, planning, property litigation, portfolio management, corporate, commercial, procurement, regulatory, finance and tax to provide an integrated service
• Manage matters proactively, including scope, priorities, timetables, budgets, reporting and stakeholder expectations, escalating issues appropriately
• Comply with client protocols and service levels and with the firm’s requirements on file opening, conflicts, confidentiality, data security, financial management, billing and risk management
• Contribute to the development of know-how, precedents, training and the team’s use of technology and process improvement to deliver work efficiently and consistently
• Play an active role in client care, relationship development, tenders, seminars, thought leadership and other business development activity appropriate to your level
• Support the development of junior colleagues through collaboration, knowledge sharing, supervision and constructive feedback, where appropriate

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