Corporate & Commercial Property Solicitor
Job description
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Corporate & Commercial Property Solicitor - Partner Opportunity. Full or Part Time considered if you are simply looking for a change or keen to attain a defined progression path. The opportunity will support the short or long term goal to head up a small team for this leading property firm. The position will need:
- Good experience and understanding of asset and share sales/purchases
- Understanding of commercial property transactions
- Some experience of of shareholder agreements
- Qualification with 2+ PQE
- An excellent knowledge of corporate law - acquisitions, commercial property and ideally residential property law
In addition to a competitive salary and generous bonus this roles enjoys an enhanced portfolio of benefits.
If you are interested to find out more, please make contact with a current CV, we look forward to working with you.
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your PQE level prominently at the top of your CV — the advert explicitly requires 2+ PQE, so state your qualification date and years of post-qualification experience in your personal statement.
📊 Quantify your transactional experience: e.g. "Advised on 18 asset and share purchase transactions totalling £42M across 3 years" to demonstrate the volume and value of deals you have handled.
🎯 Dedicate a skills section to the three core areas named in the advert — corporate acquisitions, commercial property, and shareholder agreements — using those exact phrases for ATS matching.
🌐 Mention any experience heading or deputising for a team, even informally, as the role explicitly offers a path to leading a small team and eventual partnership.
🤝 Include a brief note on business development or client portfolio growth, as partner-track roles at property firms value fee earners who can contribute to practice growth beyond pure legal work.
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- •Advised on 14 asset and share purchase transactions over 24 months, with aggregate deal values exceeding £28M, coordinating due diligence, SPA negotiation, and post-completion filings.
- •Drafted and negotiated shareholder agreements for 9 SME clients, reducing post-completion disputes by introducing bespoke deadlock and exit provisions tailored to each ownership structure.
- •Led commercial property due diligence on a portfolio acquisition of 6 mixed-use assets valued at £11M, identifying 3 title defects that were resolved prior to exchange, protecting the client from post-completion liability.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Reed's Corporate & Commercial Property Solicitor opportunity in Colchester stands out precisely because it combines hands-on transactional work — asset and share purchases, shareholder agreements, and commercial property acquisitions — with a clear partner-track progression. Having built a practice around these disciplines, I am keen to bring that expertise to a firm where leadership responsibility is a defined next step.
My background in corporate and commercial property law spans advising owner-managed businesses through asset and share purchase transactions, drafting shareholder agreements, and supporting clients on commercial property acquisitions. I have consistently managed multi-strand transactions from instruction through to completion, and have begun to take on supervisory responsibility for junior fee earners within my current team.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk us through your typical process for advising on an asset purchase versus a share purchase — how do you assess which structure best suits the client?
- ›How do you approach due diligence on a commercial property acquisition, and what red flags do you prioritise?
- ›Can you describe a complex shareholder agreement you have drafted or negotiated, and the key provisions you focused on?
- ›How do you manage the interaction between corporate and commercial property elements in a single transaction?
- ›What experience do you have with residential property law, and how does it complement your corporate and commercial property practice?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed competing deadlines across multiple transactions simultaneously — how did you prioritise?
- ›Describe a situation where a deal you were working on hit an unexpected legal obstacle. How did you resolve it?
- ›Give an example of when you had to explain a complex legal concept to a client with no legal background. How did you approach it?
- ›Tell me about a time you took on a leadership or mentoring role within your team. What was the outcome?
- ›Describe a situation where you identified a business development opportunity and acted on it. What was the result?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a situation where a deal you were working on hit an unexpected legal obstacle. How did you resolve it?
Tell me about a time you took on a leadership or mentoring role within your team. What was the outcome?