Scottish Qualified Commercial Property Lawyer

Scottish Qualified Commercial Property Lawyer – In House, Part time

We’re looking for a Scottish-qualified Commercial Property lawyer to join our client, a leading UK business with a substantial national property portfolio, to provide dedicated support across a broad range of real estate matters. Working as an extension of both the legal and property functions, you will play a key role in managing day-to-day Scottish property work and partnering with stakeholders across the organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded lawyer looking for a flexible, part-time engagement with significant autonomy and direct business exposure.

The Role

Due to an anticipated increase in property-related legal work, the business is looking for a lawyer to provide dedicated support across its Scottish property portfolio.

You will take ownership of a varied caseload, working closely with internal legal and property stakeholders while independently managing matters from instruction through to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing lease renewals across a Scottish property portfolio
• Leading lease assignment transactions and associated negotiations
• Supporting general estate management matters
• Handling disposal transactions and related property workstreams
• Advising on a range of Scottish commercial property issues as they arise
• Providing pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to business stakeholders
• Building strong working relationships across legal, property and operational teams
• Managing matters independently while identifying and escalating higher-risk issues where appropriate
• Participating in wider legal team meetings and collaboration activities

About You

You will be a Scottish-qualified lawyer with experience advising on commercial property matters.

Ideally you will:

• be 4+ years' PQE, although we welcome applications from lawyers with relevant experience at other levels
• have experience in Scottish commercial property transactions
• have knowledge of lease renewals, lease assignments and estate management matters
• have the ability to manage matters independently with minimal supervision
• have a practical and commercial approach to legal problem-solving
• have excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills

Working Pattern: Part-time (2-3 days per week), remote working

Start Date: January 2027

Duration: 12-month contract

This role offers the opportunity to become a trusted adviser within a well-established organisation, working on a broad range of Scottish commercial property matters while enjoying flexibility, autonomy and direct exposure to senior stakeholders.

If you’re a Scottish-qualified Commercial Property lawyer looking for your next opportunity, we’d love to hear from you!

Why Join LOD?

People come to us for a whole range of reasons – they might be looking for time for their interests, for work alongside other projects, or just want a change. What they all have in common is a desire for high quality work coupled with a degree of control that traditional models can’t offer, but LOD can.

All of our LODs have worked at top tier firms or as part of major in-house teams. We only accept a small percentage of applications as we choose lawyers who are not only technically excellent, but who can work seamlessly with our client’s teams. This ensures we can offer our lawyers consistently high-quality assignments.

We can offer:

• Varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with market leading brands (from Google to Barclays, and Amex to adidas) as well as exciting growth companies.
• Flexibility and autonomy: you can work anything from full-time on site with a client to a few hours each week from home.
• Training and know-how, as well as support from our dedicated HQ Team.
• A variety of flexible models that include working at the client’s offices or remotely.

About LOD

LOD is the leading flexible legal service provider across ten locations: Brisbane, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Perth, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Sydney. We are changing the way in which clients buy legal services and provide talented lawyers with a new way of working.

We’ve achieved some of the fastest growth in our sector by creating and leading a new professional service category. That growth continues as we launch new services, responding to the way our lawyers want to work and clients want to engage them. This role offers an opportunity to be part of this story.

LOD has caught the imagination of the changing legal marketplace for ‘new law’ services. We now have a team of around 600 lawyers and consultants of the highest quality working across the globe. We have an inspiring client list that range from globally recognised multinationals to start-ups and include the likes of Google, Barclays and adidas.