Professional Development Lawyer
The firm
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 of the members of our Firm.
Dentons is the world's largest 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 in which we live and work. .
The department
No matter where our clients are in today's competitive real estate market, advice with a global perspective is indispensable. Our clients need a team by their side to navigate this rapidly changing legal environment that's often complicated by multijurisdictional issues. Whether they are an investor, lender, developer, landowner or tenant, a buyer or seller of real estate, they know the challenges of this market-and want experienced counsel from people who understand all their real estate needs.
At Dentons, we bring strong, established local, regional and global experience and know-how to help our clients succeed in all their real estate ventures and projects. With over 500 real estate lawyers and our commitment to an integrated approach, we give clients the comfort of a global presence with a deep understanding of the local real estate terrain. Because opportunities don't wait, we anticipate trends and react with speed and certainty on client's behalf, collaborating with them every step of the way.
Whether our clients need expertise in real estate leasing, project finance, acquisition and disposition, development, construction, or investment, or they need the services of astute counsel to resolve a real estate dispute, our team of committed, respected professionals across the globe is keen to help our clients succeed. Where their needs extend beyond real estate, Dentons offers a panoply of legal expertise and services worldwide in all business-related areas, including: insolvency and debt restructuring, environmental and regulatory compliance, corporate structuring, taxation, and cross-border matters, to name but a few.
Purpose of role
We are the largest real estate practice in the world with a strong, market leading reputation across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors. Real Estate is a core and expanding part of our business and a strong element across the Firm and its different geographies.
Our London office offers a complete range of real estate services to clients, from development, joint ventures, structured investments, acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant, retail and real estate finance to planning and property litigation. It works seamlessly with our Milton Keynes, Watford and Scottish Real Estate practices across many of these areas which enables us to offer cost effective solutions to our clients.
Here's what our clients say about us:
" Industry knowledge is second to none at Dentons " Legal 500.
" They never fail to come up with very clear advice. It is always understandable. That gives us a good steer and a thorough risk analysis ." Chambers UK.
"They're very proactive, very easy to understand and very easy to work with." Chamber UK 2018.
Dentons "combine technical excellence with a refreshingly commercial approach." Legal 500 UK 2018.
We now have an opportunity for a PDL to join us to work within the heart of our Real Estate team The focus of the role will be on updating and maintaining our precedent bank and working on innovation projects, such as document automation, to ensure the department remains at the cutting edge of legal services. In addition, you will be working closely with our existing Managing PDL to help 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.
You will be based in London but expected to work with both the London and Milton Keynes' Real Estate practices as required. In addition there will be scope to work remotely from time to time by agreement.
Responsibilities
Revising, updating and maintaining the English/Welsh real estate precedent bank
Creating new precedents
Drafting practice notes to support the use of the precedent bank
Liaising closely with fee earners to understand and respond to their requirements for precedent support
Working closely with fee earners to gather market feedback and to maintain a good understanding of the "market norm"
Participating in and contributing to innovation projects to enhance the use and delivery of legal documentation
Participating in and coordinating the automation of key precedents for their better and more efficient use by internal fee earning teams
Where required, providing assistance and support to the Managing PDL with the following:
Legal research
Producing dynamic and up to date client briefings and legal updates
Identifying, developing, coordinating and delivering legal training for clients and internal fee earning teams
Creating and contributing to legal know-how material
Sourcing and sharing relevant and up to date knowledge with clients and our internal team and encouraging others to do the same
Required experience, skills and attributes
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
Strong drafting skills and experience of creating and maintaining precedents
Experience of document automation, particularly using Contract Express
Understands the likely practical implications of legal changes
Maintains up to date industry and legal knowledge
Is pro-active in proposing solutions to internal and external clients
Excellent intellectual and analytical skills
Outgoing in approach and ability to communicate clearly
Strong research abilities
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Language Capabilities
We are a truly global law firm and as such, always welcome hearing from those with foreign language capabilities.
Equal opportunities
We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and support those in the workplace who have a disability. Any disability disclosure will be dealt with confidentially and sensitively and if you want to speak directly to a member of our team, please contact
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 of the members of our Firm.
Dentons is the world's largest 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 in which we live and work. .
The department
No matter where our clients are in today's competitive real estate market, advice with a global perspective is indispensable. Our clients need a team by their side to navigate this rapidly changing legal environment that's often complicated by multijurisdictional issues. Whether they are an investor, lender, developer, landowner or tenant, a buyer or seller of real estate, they know the challenges of this market-and want experienced counsel from people who understand all their real estate needs.
At Dentons, we bring strong, established local, regional and global experience and know-how to help our clients succeed in all their real estate ventures and projects. With over 500 real estate lawyers and our commitment to an integrated approach, we give clients the comfort of a global presence with a deep understanding of the local real estate terrain. Because opportunities don't wait, we anticipate trends and react with speed and certainty on client's behalf, collaborating with them every step of the way.
Whether our clients need expertise in real estate leasing, project finance, acquisition and disposition, development, construction, or investment, or they need the services of astute counsel to resolve a real estate dispute, our team of committed, respected professionals across the globe is keen to help our clients succeed. Where their needs extend beyond real estate, Dentons offers a panoply of legal expertise and services worldwide in all business-related areas, including: insolvency and debt restructuring, environmental and regulatory compliance, corporate structuring, taxation, and cross-border matters, to name but a few.
Purpose of role
We are the largest real estate practice in the world with a strong, market leading reputation across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors. Real Estate is a core and expanding part of our business and a strong element across the Firm and its different geographies.
Our London office offers a complete range of real estate services to clients, from development, joint ventures, structured investments, acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant, retail and real estate finance to planning and property litigation. It works seamlessly with our Milton Keynes, Watford and Scottish Real Estate practices across many of these areas which enables us to offer cost effective solutions to our clients.
Here's what our clients say about us:
" Industry knowledge is second to none at Dentons " Legal 500.
" They never fail to come up with very clear advice. It is always understandable. That gives us a good steer and a thorough risk analysis ." Chambers UK.
"They're very proactive, very easy to understand and very easy to work with." Chamber UK 2018.
Dentons "combine technical excellence with a refreshingly commercial approach." Legal 500 UK 2018.
We now have an opportunity for a PDL to join us to work within the heart of our Real Estate team The focus of the role will be on updating and maintaining our precedent bank and working on innovation projects, such as document automation, to ensure the department remains at the cutting edge of legal services. In addition, you will be working closely with our existing Managing PDL to help 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.
You will be based in London but expected to work with both the London and Milton Keynes' Real Estate practices as required. In addition there will be scope to work remotely from time to time by agreement.
Responsibilities
Revising, updating and maintaining the English/Welsh real estate precedent bank
Creating new precedents
Drafting practice notes to support the use of the precedent bank
Liaising closely with fee earners to understand and respond to their requirements for precedent support
Working closely with fee earners to gather market feedback and to maintain a good understanding of the "market norm"
Participating in and contributing to innovation projects to enhance the use and delivery of legal documentation
Participating in and coordinating the automation of key precedents for their better and more efficient use by internal fee earning teams
Where required, providing assistance and support to the Managing PDL with the following:
Legal research
Producing dynamic and up to date client briefings and legal updates
Identifying, developing, coordinating and delivering legal training for clients and internal fee earning teams
Creating and contributing to legal know-how material
Sourcing and sharing relevant and up to date knowledge with clients and our internal team and encouraging others to do the same
Required experience, skills and attributes
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
Strong drafting skills and experience of creating and maintaining precedents
Experience of document automation, particularly using Contract Express
Understands the likely practical implications of legal changes
Maintains up to date industry and legal knowledge
Is pro-active in proposing solutions to internal and external clients
Excellent intellectual and analytical skills
Outgoing in approach and ability to communicate clearly
Strong research abilities
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Language Capabilities
We are a truly global law firm and as such, always welcome hearing from those with foreign language capabilities.
Equal opportunities
We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and support those in the workplace who have a disability. Any disability disclosure will be dealt with confidentially and sensitively and if you want to speak directly to a member of our team, please contact