An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trainee to join our busy real estate team based in Glasgow. The role would be a two year placement in our Scottish real estate team, primarily focused on telecoms, with an opportunity to work with real estate colleagues across the UK on nationwide projects.
Our real estate department covers every aspect of transactional and contentious commercial real estate work, including in particular telecoms, development, investment, asset management, construction and landlord/tenant work. Clients include telecoms operators, property management and development companies, house builders, health trusts and government bodies (local and central), owner-occupiers and institutions, both in the UK and overseas.
With offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow we are continuing to grow our Scottish offering, with seamless cross-border services for our clients in the UK backed by full national and international support from across the firm.
Key responsibilities
Our Trainees tell us that they enjoy the firm's collaborative working environment which reflects our open door policy and cultural principles of being supportive, creative, determined, and clear. There are also many opportunities to network with other Trainees and other colleagues across our business, and to be part of wider firm projects and initiatives.
The work expected of the role will largely be geared towards Scottish real estate telecoms work (mainly transactional with an opportunity to work in litigation as well). It would mainly involve dealing with landlord/tenant asset management work, including drafting and negotiating the full suite of lease documents with the team's support and managing client reporting. Some knowledge of Scottish property law and/or experience of working in a real estate environment, particularly any experience in telecoms work would be helpful but is not essential. A genuine interest in real estate, and a desire to work as part of a team with a client-facing role, is though expected.
Skills, knowledge and expertise
We are looking for someone with a minimum 2:1 degree who has energy and ambition to make the most of their traineeship. In addition:
- Be highly organised and a confident communicator with an outstanding eye for detail
- Be interested in and willing to learn real estate law as required for the role
- Be IT literate, with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office and previous knowledge or experience of a case management system would be an advantage but not essential
- Willingness to follow a process driven system, working within set parameters
- Be team orientated, with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team
- Have an ability to adopt a commercial perspective
- Have some experience in working in a law firm either in a paralegal or administrative capacity and be looking for the next step to secure qualification
- Have completed the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice
About us
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago, and Singapore plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
