Property MLS Legal Manager
Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds
The Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced property lawyer to join Pinsent Masons’ Property Managed Legal Services (MLS) team as an MLS Legal Manager. This is a senior, client‑facing role for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of legal expertise, leadership and modern service delivery.
This isn’t a traditional fee‑earning role. Instead, you’ll play a central role in developing and delivering high‑quality, scalable legal services for clients with large and complex property portfolios, using a lawyer‑led, tech‑enabled operating model.
Vario is a market‑leading alternative legal services provider within Pinsent Masons, bringing together flexible resourcing, process and legal technology to help clients achieve more through simplification, standardisation and automation.
Our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm; however, we are happy to consider flexible working requests.
What you’ll do
In this role, you’ll:
- Support the Head of Property MLS in the strategic growth of the Vario Property MLS offering, including business development, solution design, global resourcing models, delivery frameworks, and scaling team capability
- Work closely with the Property MLS Legal Operations team to deliver services in line with MLS operating models, driving efficiency, effective resourcing and consistent delivery
- Lead, manage and develop a high‑performing team of lawyers, fostering a collaborative, solution‑focused culture and sharing asset management expertise
- Oversee the end‑to‑end delivery of commercial MLS engagements, ensuring work is delivered on time, within budget, within scope, and to agreed quality standards
- Act as a trusted senior advisor to clients with large and complex property portfolios, designing tailored MLS solutions and providing clear, commercial advice aligned to their business objectives
- Champion process optimisation, innovation and the use of legal technology and AI to enhance service delivery, while contributing to wider MLS strategy, thought leadership and internal initiative
- Collaborate cross‑functionally within Vario and with the Pinsent Masons Property Practice Group to design and deliver integrated, hybrid client solutions
- Build strong internal relationships to raise team visibility and identify organic growth opportunities by spotting unmet client needs or service improvements
- Represent MLS in internal initiatives, including marketing activity, thought leadership, client panels and innovation strategy sessions
About you
- Qualification as a lawyer with 10+ years’ PQE in English law, with a strong asset management background and extensive experience advising on complex property portfolios
- Experience operating at a senior advisory level, with confidence engaging clients, shaping solutions and influencing stakeholders. Comfort using legal technology and digital tools to manage portfolios, track performance and compliance, and support data‑driven decision making
- A collaborative, commercially minded approach, with an interest in modern legal service delivery and alternative delivery models
What we offer
- Agile working options, including home working (subject to diary commitments)
- Carers’ leave of up to five paid days
- 25 days’ annual leave, with the option to buy or carry over up to five additional days
- Contributory pension (up to 5%)
- Private healthcare and death in service cover (4x salary)
- Access to benefits including an electric car scheme, cycle to work scheme, and interest free loans for season tickets, gym membership, or rental deposits
Next steps
Once you apply, our Recruitment team will review your application and keep you updated by email. The interview process typically consists of two stages.
Our commitment to inclusion
Our strength lies in our differences. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter, and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We value diverse perspectives and encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work.
If you’d like an informal conversation about the role, an alternative format of this advert, or to discuss reasonable adjustments, please contact Victoria Greaves at [email protected].
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Skills Required
- Qualification as a lawyer with 10+ years' PQE in English law
- Strong asset management background
- Extensive experience advising on complex property portfolios
- Experience operating at a senior advisory level
- Comfort using legal technology and digital tools
What We Do
Pinsent Masons is a multinational law firm with a reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in its deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our expertise is recognised globally. In recent years we have achieved more tier 1 rankings in The Legal 500 UK guide than any other firm, and been counted among the most innovative law firms in Europe and Asia Pacific by the Financial Times. With over 1,500 lawyers operating from 27 locations throughout Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines. The firm has significant international credentials in the global energy, infrastructure, financial services, real estate and technology, science and industry sectors. Pinsent Masons looks at your business needs differently. This means we don't just apply lawyers to solve clients' problems; we deploy a wider range of professional disciplines, enabled by people, process and technology, to deliver a global professional service with law at its core.
