Senior Legal Counsel

As a trusted adviser to the business, you will play a key role in delivering commercially-focused and legally robust solutions across the full breadth of Ballymore’s activities, including development, construction, asset management, finance, compliance and sales.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing high-profile legal matters: Instructing and overseeing external counsel on major, market-leading real estate transactions as well as day-to-day legal work.
• Supporting colleagues across the business: Advising teams on a wide range of legal issues and progressing transactions to meet commercial timescales.
• Risk and compliance: Assisting the Group General Counsel in implementing and maintaining group-wide risk management frameworks, with a focus on enterprise risk, GDPR, AML and Anti-Bribery processes.
• Corporate governance: Helping manage corporate governance and compliance matters.
• Regulatory navigation: Advising the business on evolving regulatory requirements, including the Building Safety Act 2022, Renters Rights Act 2025 and the anticipated Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill.
• Legal risk mitigation: Supporting the detection, prevention and management of legal risks across the organisation.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

We’re looking for someone who brings both technical expertise and strong commercial judgement. The ideal candidate will have:

• 5–8 years’ post-qualification experience, ideally gained at a leading law firm with a strong reputation in real estate development work.
• Demonstrable experience acting for major real estate developers.
• A commercial, solutions-focused approach to legal advice.
• The desire to operate as a generalist within a dynamic real estate development business.
• The ability to handle a varied, fast-moving workload and remain calm under pressure.
• Flexibility and openness to dealing with ad hoc or unfamiliar areas of law.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the business, including senior management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities—able to simplify complex issues with confidence.
• Previous in-house or secondment experience (desirable).
• Experience advising on mixed-use residential-led development and Building Safety Act matters (desirable).

We operate as an equal opportunities employer.