Practice Development Lawyer

Department/Division: Real Estate 
Duration: Permanent, Full time or part time 
Location: London/Milton Keynes/Virtual
Reports to: Managing Practice Development Lawyer
Direct Reports: None
Type of Role: Remote/Hybrid
Budget Responsibilities: No
Reference no: 9273
 
The Role

We now have an opportunity for a PDL to join us to work within the heart of our Real Estate team. The role will involve working closely with our existing Managing PDL to support and deliver a broad spectrum of know-how related services.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a market leading Real Estate team where you will be offered a high level of responsibility across the breadth of the practice and the opportunity to have significant interaction with our fee earners.

The role will involve providing assistance and support to the Managing PDL with the following:

• Dealing with fee earner technical legal queries.
• Undertaking legal research and keeping up to date with relevant legal developments.
• Producing dynamic client briefings and updates.
• Preparing and delivering training at all levels both for internal stakeholders and external clients.
• Revising, updating, maintaining and automating precedents.
• Drafting practice notes to support the department.
• Managing third party suppliers.
• Identifying, managing and mitigating risk issues.
• Participating in and contributing to innovation projects.
• Working closely with fee earners to gather market feedback and to maintain a good understanding of the "market norm".
• Required skills and experience.
• The role would be ideal for an experienced English qualified Real Estate lawyer or PDL, who has been an active creator and contributor of and to legal know-how materials and client service.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have substantial knowledge of the Real Estate sector and market.
• Have comprehensive drafting skills and experience of creating and maintaining precedents.
• Understand the likely practical implications of legal changes.
• Maintain up to date industry and legal knowledge.
• Be pro-active in proposing solutions to internal and external clients.
• Have excellent intellectual and analytical skills.
• Be outgoing in approach and ability to communicate clearly.
• Have strong research abilities.
• An ability to work with minimal supervision.

Firm Profile

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Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to building an inclusive culture here at Dentons where our people can thrive, regardless of their background or circumstance. As well as being the right thing to do, it makes good business sense too. A richness of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives helps us best serve our clients and the communities in which we operate. You can find out more about inclusion and diversity at Dentons here: Inclusion and Diversity.

Equal Opportunities

Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from everyone including of any age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, neurodiversity, disability, or with parental or caring responsibilities. We also offer flexible working hours.

During the application process, all applicants have the opportunity to tell us about any adjustments or support they require so they are able to perform at their best. Any information you share with us during the application process is treated in confidence.

If you have any questions about this or the role criteria, please email recruitment.matters@dentons.com. 

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

If you are interested in applying for this position, we welcome direct applications via our careers page, but if you have any questions beforehand, please email  recruitment.matters@dentons.com. Enquiries only please – applications will not be accepted via email.

Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CVs sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.