lawyer - property law team

It is anticipated that the post holder will work generally across the Property Law Team. You will have the opportunity to assist in the provision of advice on key national flood defence projects and commercial acquisitions/disposals as well as supporting Legal Services colleagues across a broad range of property related work. We welcome candidates with a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds who bring with them skills in these areas or other relevant transferable skills.

With support for your in-role development, you will have some autonomy over managing your own caseload. You will be responsible for accurate and timely legal advice to all parts of the Environment Agency, but predominantly focusing on Estates and Flood and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) clients. You will represent the Environment Agency’s interests effectively with external lawyers, Government and other stakeholders and provide advice in associated areas. We have included the full list of accountabilities in the Candidate Pack.

The team 

Our lawyers provide specialist property law advice on all forms of property related work in the Environment Agency including but not limited to large strategic projects, sustainability, net zero and the Land Strategy as well as advising colleagues in Estates and FCRM Delivery Hubs on transactional property law work. Lawyers also advise on title due diligence, negotiation of heads of terms and acquisition of the land and interests necessary for the Environment Agency to operate.

Experience/skills required 

We are looking for the following:

• An excellent grounding in property law
• Willingness and aptitude to rapidly get up to speed on new legal issues
• Confidence and experience to assimilate a new area of law quickly
• The ability to write detailed legal briefings for use at director/board/government level, and to compose correspondence in response to challenging external questions
• The ability through experience to assist with the provision of advice to managers, officers and lawyers upon the direction and conduct of property casework.

Applicants from other common law jurisdictions are welcome, at the time of applying they must be fully qualified in England; a Practising Certificate will be required.  « Return to the search results