Real Estate Supervising Lawyer

We are seeking a Supervising Lawyer to join a growing real estate practice in Leeds. This dedicated role focuses on supervising and developing junior lawyers rather than managing a personal caseload, providing ad hoc supervision across live matters to improve the quality and consistency of work. You will play a key part in helping partners manage the training and development of more junior lawyers and supervise complex client-facing work within a Tier 1 transactional real estate offering.

The team advises on high-value investment, development, landlord and tenant, and portfolio transactions for a broad range of clients, including leading investors, developers, occupiers, funders, corporates and public sector bodies. It is recognised for combining technical excellence with a commercial, business-focused approach and has built a high-performing yet collegiate culture, giving junior lawyers early responsibility within a supportive environment.

As a Supervising Lawyer, your primary clients will be the real estate lawyers you support and develop, and by extension the external clients they advise. The firm is open to flexibility in how the role is structured, including part-time arrangements or arrangements with greater certainty around working hours, with appropriate adjustment to salary expectations.

• Experienced real estate lawyer, ideally with a minimum of seven years' current PQE gained in private practice or in-house.
• Strong experience in investment acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant matters, asset and estate management, and development work, with a solid understanding of current market practice and commercially acceptable negotiation positions.
• Strong technical and communication skills, able to explain complex legal issues clearly and turn technical law into practical, commercial guidance.
• Passionate about developing others, with experience of supervision, coaching and providing constructive feedback, and the confidence to work effectively with stakeholders from trainees to partners.
• Committed to helping lawyers build the skills needed to deliver practical client solutions, manage competing priorities effectively, draft high-quality legal documents, and perform confidently under pressure.
• Inquisitive, enthusiastic, and committed to continuous learning, with a genuine interest in understanding clients' objectives and fostering a culture of quality, innovation, and collaboration.