Practice area Housing and regeneration recruitment.
Wilson Mannion recruits housing and regeneration solicitors and planning lawyers for UK law firms acting for housing providers, public sector bodies and developers.
How do you hire in housing and regeneration?
Housing and regeneration work blends property, planning and public sector clients, and it runs on schemes that outlast any one lawyer. The right hire usually has a reason to care about it, and the firm usually has to show that it does too.
We ask about the client base, the mix of development and housing management work, and whether planning sits in the team.
Where a role comes with a bonus scheme, we put it on the advert so there are no surprises at offer stage.
What we ask first
- Which clients: housing associations, local authorities, developers?
- What is the mix of development, regeneration and housing management work?
- Does the role include planning?
- How is any bonus set and paid?
- What supervision and team sits around the role?
What should you look for in a housing or regeneration role?
Housing and regeneration lawyers tend to stay when the work has a purpose they believe in. We ask what draws you to it and match you to the clients that fit.
If you have a property or planning background and want to move into housing and regeneration, say so on the first call. Some firms will train the right person.
Pay, any bonus and the working pattern are on the advert.
What we ask first
- Who are the main clients?
- Is the work mostly development, or housing management and enforcement?
- How is any bonus calculated?
- How flexible is the working pattern?
- Is there a route into planning or partnership?
Questions on housing and regeneration recruitment.
Straight answers.
What does a housing and regeneration solicitor do?
They advise housing providers, public sector bodies, developers and funders on development, regeneration schemes, land and property transactions and housing management matters.
Do you recruit planning solicitors?
Yes. We place planning solicitors in housing and regeneration teams and in wider property practices.
Can a property solicitor move into housing and regeneration?
Often. The skills carry across. Some firms will train the right person and some want direct experience, so we tell you which before you apply.
Does it cost the lawyer anything?
No. Firms pay us. By law, a recruitment agency cannot charge a candidate for finding them work, and we would not want to.
Tell us what you need.
Pick a time that suits you. A 30-minute discovery meeting for firms, a 20-minute confidential call for lawyers.