PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

•    We are recruiting a Supervising Lawyer to support our growing Manchester Real Estate practice. This role will focus on supervising and developing junior lawyers in the Manchester office rather than managing a personal caseload.
•    The role will provide ad hoc supervision across live matters to improve the quality and consistency of work. You will play a key role in helping the partners to manage the training and development of more junior lawyers as well as supervising on complex client-facing work of our Tier 1 transactional real estate offering. 

THE TEAM

•    The Real Estate Group is one of Addleshaw Goddard's largest practices. Within this, the Manchester Transactional Real Estate team is a substantial and growing team that forms a key part of the firm's national Tier 1 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.
•    The team has built a high-performing yet collegiate culture, giving junior lawyers early responsibility within a genuinely supportive environment. A key differentiator is its commitment to structured supervision, training and knowledge management, reflected in this dedicated Supervising Lawyer role.
•    As a Supervising Lawyer, your primary clients will be the Manchester real estate lawyers you support and develop, and by extension the external clients they advise.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

In this role, you will:
•    Provide supervision, teaching and coaching to junior lawyers (particularly those at 0–3 PQE) across landlord and tenant, property management, sales and purchases, development and client account work, reviewing drafts, providing feedback and helping build their legal judgement, commercial awareness and confidence.
•    Support the delivery of high-quality legal work by providing targeted supervision across live matters, helping junior lawyers prioritise workloads, manage deadlines and understand their role within the wider transaction and providing constructive feedback without carrying a personal caseload.
•    Work closely with partners and lawyers to foster a strong learning culture, identifying knowledge gaps and training needs, promoting the effective use of knowledge resources and legal technology, and contributing over time to wider Real Estate and firmwide knowledge, training and innovation projects.
•    Provide ad hoc fee-earning support to the Manchester Real Estate team, contributing to project work and client matters as required.
There is also scope to support the Knowledge Lawyers with: 
•    Maintaining and enhancing precedents, playbooks, drafting guidance, checklists and other knowledge resources to drive consistency, quality and efficiency.
•    Answering fee-earner queries outside of the junior cohort on a range of topics including Land Registry procedures and technical queries
•    Designing and delivering training and know-how initiatives, including workshops, updates and practical guidance on core real estate topics, legal developments, market trends and drafting skills, while capturing learning from significant matters and embedding it across the team.

AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

You will be:
•    Experienced real estate lawyer, ideally with at least seven years' PQE gained in private practice or in-house, with strong experience in investment, landlord and tenant, management and development work.
•    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 learning and knowledge sharing, with a genuine interest in real estate law, knowledge management and helping colleagues develop a client-focused, commercial mindset.
•    Desirable experience includes corporate real estate work, energy and projects matters, PSL/knowledge lawyer or training roles, and an interest in using legal technology to support supervision, knowledge and team development.

OUR FIRM

Our story of international growth is built on a performance mindset, innovation and true collaboration. We believe results follow relationships, so we work closely with each other, and develop deep client connections to deliver. 

Our award-winning culture balances high standards and hard work with genuine care – looking out for each other, supporting professional development, in a down to earth and inclusive environment. We do the right things in the right ways, combining commercial excellence and innovative thinking with teamwork. Together, we deliver excellence, achieve stand out solutions, and enable career-defining opportunities.