Commercial Lawyer (Commercial Real Estate experience) Job ID 190100 Posted 29-Nov-2024 Service line Advisory Segment Role type Full-time Areas of Interest Legal Location(s) London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland **Commercial Lawyer** **Location: London** **Role Purpose:** To provide legal and strategic advice to the Advisory & Transactional (“A&T”) business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”). The candidate will play a key role in developing and sustaining risk management initiatives for A&T across the region while furthering the Group’s commercial goals. This role is a high visibility position requiring coordination across multiple jurisdictions and continuous engagement with various levels of the Group’s personnel in the UK and across EMEA. **Key Responsibilities** + Review, draft and negotiate and advise on all types of contracts related to A&T services, including NDAs, subcontracts, local country agreements, license agreements, consulting agreements, etc. + Draft and negotiate complex local, pan-European and global commercial contracts, master service agreements and framework agreements for the A&T business, including commercial agreements with high revenue banking and property investor clients. + Work autonomously and efficiently to deliver legal solutions to support the development of the A&T business. + Create and maintain internal precedent document templates. + Liaise directly with the A&T senior leadership team to propose and take forward legal initiatives which will benefit and support the business. + Develop and deliver live and web-based training programs to legal and A&T business colleagues on a range of legal and business risk issues. + Provide ad hoc advice to, and collaborate with, legal, operational and commercial colleagues across EMEA (predominantly in the UK) with respect to all aspects of the A&T business and internal operations. **Qualifications and Attributes** + Qualified Solicitor - 2 years PQE + Commercial Real Estate experience + Experience working in a multi-national organisation + Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing + Ability to work independently, proactively and co-operatively + Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate tasks efficiently ensuring all deadlines are met + Willingness to work on tight timeframes at a fast pace, including accommodating different time zones on global transactions + Accurate and exceptional attention to detail + Professional and approachable whilst also being adaptable + Team player who deals effectively with colleagues **ABOUT THE ADVISORY & TRANSACTIONAL BUSINESS** A&T combines CBRE’s transaction-execution capability with market leading advisory expertise, to create deeper relationships with Occupier and Investor clients. A&T in EMEA is a circa £500million annual revenue business, which is expected to grow 16-17% year on year over the next 5 years and currently has around 2500 employees. **ABOUT CBRE** CBRE is the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm with offices located around the globe. The company’s core services include property sales, leasing and management, facilities and project management, investment management and research and consulting. In Central London, CBRE advises on more commercial property than any other adviser and across the United Kingdom with offices in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Southampton, and our UK headquarters in London’s West End. **Working at CBRE** When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry. Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do—from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing. At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills. To discover more about what it’s like to work at CBRE, visit Life at CBRE **About CBRE** CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. **Equal Opportunities** We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. 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