Real Estate Professional Support Lawyer

The Real Estate team at Weightmans is a nationally recognised, full‑service legal practice supporting clients across the entire property lifecycle. As part of a top 40 UK law firm with deep sector expertise and a collaborative culture, the team delivers pragmatic, commercially focused advice to private individuals, businesses, public bodies, developers, landowners and estates.

Accountable to the Real Estate Head of Client Delivery for:

• Proactively seeking ways to help our lawyers raise external profile / promote our expertise.
• Playing a significant role in the promotion and recognition of our legal services / expertise externally.
• Proactively searching for ‘what’s soon’ (i.e. present day to next 12 months), ‘what’s next’ (i.e. beyond the next 12 months to 3 years) and awareness raising in its broadest sense.
• Identifying and writing articles and thought leadership reports on any pertinent changes / market awareness for internal and external use.
• Establishing, maintaining and developing a network of contacts in the market affairs / knowledge / legal professional support community.
• Creating and delivering training and guidance to your Department;
• Monitoring legal tech products and developments;
• Providing technical advice, legal and market research.
• Maintaining, developing and continually enhancing the firm’s Knowledge content on Nimbus
• Writing and editing guidance notes, checklists and providing practical advice to the lawyers within your Department.
• Maintaining, updating and promoting the use of precedent / template documents and letters within your Department;.
• Supporting on a wide range of projects as and when required.
• Maintaining personal professional development.