Solicitor / Associate / Senior Associate – Health and Social Care Real Estate

DAC Beachcroft is a leading international legal business with more than 3,000 colleagues and a broad, full-service offering. We are particularly recognised for our work in health, real estate and insurance, advising clients ranging from household names and investors to government departments, NHS bodies and independent health and social care providers.
Our UK and international platform gives our lawyers the opportunity to work on matters of local, national and cross-border significance, supported by specialists across the firm. Our purpose is to help our clients and colleagues succeed, creating sustainable value through collaboration, insight and outstanding service.
Commercial Real Estate Team 3 – Health and Social Care Real EstateOur national Commercial Real Estate practice forms part of a multidisciplinary real estate group. Commercial Real Estate Team 3 brings together DAC Beachcroft’s specialist Health and Social Care Property lawyers, working across offices and alongside colleagues in construction, planning, property litigation, portfolio management, tax, finance, corporate, commercial, procurement and regulatory law.
We are recruiting at three levels within Commercial Real Estate Team 3: Solicitor (1–3 years’ PQE), Associate (3–5 years’ PQE) and Senior Associate (5+ years’ PQE). The roles may be based in Bristol, Manchester, Leeds or Newcastle, with lawyers working as part of an integrated cross-office team.
We advise across the public, independent and charitable health and social care sectors. Our clients include NHS Trusts and other NHS bodies, integrated care organisations, primary care stakeholders, independent hospital and mental health operators, care home and supported-living providers, charities, investors, funds, developers and lenders. This breadth gives the team a distinctive understanding of both public-sector estates and privately owned or funded operational healthcare assets.
Our work spans the full property lifecycle, including acquisitions and disposals, development and regeneration projects, strategic estate rationalisation and reconfiguration, landlord and tenant work, asset management, portfolio programmes, surplus land, primary care projects, investment and funding transactions, sale and leasebacks and the real estate aspects of corporate transactions. We also advise on healthcare infrastructure, evolving models of care and projects supporting more sustainable estates.
Healthcare property is operational, regulated and closely connected to the delivery of services. Our lawyers therefore look beyond title and lease terms to understand commissioning and funding arrangements, regulatory requirements, operator covenant, continuity of care, stakeholder priorities and the practical consequences of property risk. Working with specialists from across the firm, we provide joined-up advice that is technically strong, commercially proportionate and grounded in the realities of the sector.
You will join an established, collaborative team with a strong pipeline of work arising from key panel appointments, expanding client relationships and new instructions. The role offers high-quality work, regular client contact, clear opportunities for progression and supervision tailored to your level of experience.

Key Responsibilities
Advise on a varied caseload of commercial real estate matters across health and social care, including acquisitions and disposals, leases and agreements for lease, licences, asset management, development arrangements, strategic estate projects, portfolio work, due diligence and reporting.
Support senior lawyers on complex, high-value or strategically important transactions, taking responsibility for defined workstreams and helping to coordinate delivery across the wider matter team.
Lead appropriate transactions, with the level of autonomy and supervision reflecting your experience, and act as a trusted day-to-day contact for clients and their advisers.
Develop a strong understanding of each client’s objectives and of the public-sector, regulatory, funding and operational environment in which healthcare property is held and used, translating that understanding into clear, pragmatic and proportionate advice.
Help clients navigate the interaction between property arrangements and service delivery, including issues arising from operational continuity, estate strategy, redevelopment, occupation structures, operator covenant and stakeholder or regulatory requirements.
Work collaboratively with colleagues in construction, planning, property litigation, portfolio management, corporate, commercial, procurement, regulatory, finance and tax to provide an integrated service.
Manage matters proactively, including scope, priorities, timetables, budgets, reporting and stakeholder expectations, escalating issues appropriately.
Comply with client protocols and service levels and with the firm’s requirements on file opening, conflicts, confidentiality, data security, financial management, billing and risk m