Associate / Senior Associate Real Estate

About the Opportunity
Dentons Luxembourg with Martine Gerber-Lemaire is currently seeking to strengthen its pre-eminent REAL ESTATE practice with the appointment of an experienced Associate / Senior Associate who is an ambitious and commercially driven lawyer. 
We have a strong reputation for acting on the most significant, complex and high value deals, working with specialists across the firm to ensure that all our clients' requirements are met to the highest standards. The transactional real estate practice works on a wide range of Luxembourg real estate matters for international and national clients, such as share deals, asset deals, joint ventures, leases, promotion agreements, co-ownership rules, real estate litigation. Due to the polycentric nature of the firm, you will have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues from other offices.
The Luxembourg team provides a full range of legal services, with a particular focus on corporate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, tax, investment funds, banking and finance, structured finance, real estate, and restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy.

About the Role 

As a member of the real estate practice, you will be responsible for 

•    Drafting and reviewing contracts and analyzing specific civil and commercial dispositions,
•    Preparing real estate litigation and drafting legal acts for the civil or commercial courts, as well as strengthening and developing the litigation department.
•    Carrying out real estate due diligence,
•    Drafting real estate related legal memoranda on specific matters,
•    Working with our knowledge department in order to implement new AI solutions and new contractual environment by producing so called “green provisions” for contracts,
•    Being reliable for clients (strong service orientation).

About You

•    You have 3 to 7 years' experience in a Luxembourg law firm specializing in real estate law,
•    Experience in litigation is an advantage,
•    You have a university degree in law (equivalent to Master 2) and you have attended during your bachelor civil law courses,
•    You are admitted to the Luxembourg Bar (list 1 or list 4),
•    Fluent in English and French,
•    Ability and willingness to be part of the Luxembourg real estate community,
•    You are solution oriented, proactive and a team player,
•    Develop an internal and external network.

What we can Offer
Dentons is always looking to invest in the highest quality talent, recognising that our success is built on the diverse and unique strengths of each member of our firm.
Our Real Estate practice is ambitious, recognised and offers the opportunity to develop, grow and have a real career path to partnership level. We provide realistic, high quality, bespoke solutions. Our experience enables us to deal with transactions of all types and complexities, both domestic and international. Our litigation practice focuses on real estate issues. Our team covers a wide range of areas and sectors and works closely with other specialists within Dentons.

To Apply 
If you are seeking to enhance your career in a progressive and challenging work environment, please send your CV and covering letter in English with supporting documents, detailing why you are the right candidate for this position via the apply button.

About us 
Dentons is the world's largest global law firm, delivering quality and value to clients around the globe. Dentons is a leader on the Acritas Global Elite Brand Index, a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner and recognized by prominent business and legal publications for its innovations in client service, including founding Nextlaw Labs and the Nextlaw Global Referral Network. Dentons' polycentric approach and world-class talent challenge the status quo to advance client interests in the communities where we live and work. 

Diversity & Inclusion – Environmental concern
Our ability to attract and retain the best talent from diverse backgrounds is critical to our success as a global law firm. We want a working environment where everyone can fulfil their potential and we have an inclusive culture that respects individual differences.
We run and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession, involving all our partners and staff.
In addition, we are deeply involved in an ESG process in Luxembourg, addressing sustainability not only for real estate clients, but also in our daily work and in our environment. We are fully transparent about our strategy and involve every member of the firm in defining our future and are fully committed to its implementation.
We are also engaged in a 'green' process for our premises, involving each and every employee, client, landlord, supplier and the wider community.