Job Title: Real Estate Senior Solicitor

Real Estate – Senior Manager (Solicitor)

KPMG Law has a vision to become one of the world's largest legal practices, integrated as part of a broader multi-capability professional services firm and #1 of the Big Four. In an ever more complex and fast-moving business environment, clients are demanding connected business solutions delivered at scale, harnessing the power of technology and leveraging deep commercial acumen.  Developing market leading legal capabilities in key disciplines is core to achieving this vision and represents a unique and exciting opportunity for ambitious and talented legal professionals.    

At a global level, KPMG Law already employs over 3,750 lawyers in 81 different countries across the world and is continuing to grow rapidly year on year.   

A cornerstone of the firm’s strategy in law is the UK market. As the second largest legal market in the world, it is critical to our global aspirations. KPMG Law was first set up in 2014 (the first major multi-disciplinary ABS in the UK) and operates out of numerous hubs across the UK including London, Leeds, Manchester, Reading and Birmingham.  

Why KPMG Law: 

• Our vision is to bring a fresh approach, delivering better business outcomes and transforming legal services for good.   
• Our aim is to invest to disrupt and create the UK’s leading integrated legal services business. 
• Our approach allows us to supply rounded legal solutions inspired by a deep industry knowledge and business insights from our wider practice areas of Tax, Consulting and Deal Advisory. All supported by a global legal network 
• Our differentiator is our multi-disciplinary approach that sets us apart and which, from day one, will give you the opportunity to experience a broad range of legal projects with exposure to the wider KPMG network, here and abroad 
• Our clients are some of the world's biggest companies, on projects ranging from Deals, UK and International Business Reorganisations, Financial Services, Disputes; right through to Workforce compliance and transformation and Commercial Technology and Data, as well as Family Office and Private Client matters for our high net worth clients. 

KPMG is very different to most law firms, it’s very entrepreneurial and a very exciting proposition for the right candidate. It offers new opportunities to differentiate and stand out from the market. We give our lawyers complete permission to think big, open their minds to new ways of working, always asking the question “is there a better way?” to deliver great outcomes for our clients. 

The Opportunity

• KPMG Law wishes to hire a Senior Manager  - with at least 9 years post qualified experience in the real estate sector ideally working for real estate investment fund clients and owners with repeat activity. 
• The KPMG Law UK real estate team started in December 2013 and is now 7 strong including 2 Partners with further growth plans during 2025 already acting on repeat investment, development and asset management mandates for private equity funds and sovereign wealth clients.
• The successful candidates will have experience within corporate and/or transactional Real Estate and may or may not have a portable practice that they will bring with them to KPMG.
• The primary focus of the hires will be meaningful deal experience in this space (KPMG is not looking for real estate tax lawyers as part of these hires).
• Ideally the candidates will be known in the market with good contacts in the target client base.
• As this sector is known to lack diversity, KPMG is dedicated to considering diverse profiles for t

Deal Advisory Tax is a dynamic and successful area of KPMG’s Tax & Legal business.  We have an inclusive and collaborative leadership strategy and are making bold changes to our culture and how we work.  A constantly changing and high-profile field, we work in a fast-paced, challenging and rewarding environment, and can offer a broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people.

Our Securitisation team is made up of client facing staff delivering a range of engagements across a broad spectrum of clients. These clients include investment banks who arrange securitisation transactions and the clients who undertake them, including national and ‘challenger’ banks, foreign banks, building societies, leasing and other lending companies.

We are recruiting a Manager who will be involved in all aspects of project managing our engagements from planning through to completion. Your role will include executive level client interaction and provide you with the exposure to multiple clients on a regular basis. Our current activity levels support the growth and expansion of the existing team.

Job Overview

This exciting role is within our International Tax group based in the London office, focusing on large inbound and outbound multinational businesses. You’ll join a high performing team advising some of the largest and most complex organisations in the world.

We are looking for a talented individual at Manager level to support our continued rapid growth. The successful candidate will thrive in a dynamic and challenging working environment, supported by a strong and ambitious leadership team.

Job Description

You will work with a diverse portfolio of clients across UK listed and take on a variety of projects, including corporate tax and multi-jurisdictional international tax structuring, business reorganisation, international expansion, operating model redesign, tax controversy support and responding to ongoing global tax policy change including BEPS 2.0.

The role will suit either a Manager wanting to drive their tax career forward advising international businesses, or an ambitious Assistant Manager wanting to take the next step. Previous experience of working with multinationals is helpful, but strong technical skills, drive and curiosity are essential.

Key roles and responsibilities will include:

• Working as a key member of the team to provide International Tax advisory services to support our clients in achieving their commercial objectives.

• Managing and supporting on the successful delivery of technically excellent advice including tax structuring, refinancing, business and legal structure optimisation, pre/post transaction reorganisations, tax authority enquiries and providing technical support to the wider corporate tax team.

• Liaising with specialists in other departments and overseas offices to oversee their input into tax advisory projects.

• Coaching and developing more junior members of the team.

• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and understanding of their business in order to create opportunities to help with the provision of tax and other services.

• Managing proposals for new work, including delivering tender documents, presenting at client pitches and identifying solutions for client issues.

• Seeking out and pursuing opportunities with targets and actively participating with Directors and Partners in business development activities.

• Being a role model for KPMG’s values.

Qualifications and Experience

• ACA, CA, CTA, ACCA or equivalent qualified with strong corporate tax and accounting knowledge.

• Ability to develop, coach and lead staff, as well as manage stakeholders.

• Strong interpersonal skills are required in addition to strong oral and written communication skills.

• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills are key, as is a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice.

• Pro-active in identifying and progressing business opportunities for the long-term benefit of both KPMG and the client.

• Ability to multi-task – to manage a wide range of projects and relationships.

• High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude.

• Dedication to continuously develop technical knowledge.

• Inquisitive with attention to detail.

Service Line Information

The International Tax group is a dynamic and successful area of our business. A constantly changing and increasingly high-profile field, we offer an exciting broad range of quality career paths to ambitious people.

Working in the International Tax business at

Cloud Director – Sales Leadership - Financial Services Sector

At KPMG, you will bring your industry knowledge and technology experience to map customer business challenges to on-premise and cloud technology solutions, shape end-to-end transformational journeys, and deliver real business value to our key Corporates clients. In this role, you will be part of some very exciting client engagements, lead pre-sales activities/proposals and be responsible for delivering our portfolio of technology solutions, whilst maintaining deep executive-level client relationships.
 
As part of this leadership role, you will also inherently lead our brilliant teams, and coach and mentor junior members in their own career progressions whilst contributing to our overall go-to-market activities through building the KPMG brand and being visible as a leading advisor within our clients, the market, and our alliance partners.
 
The Cloud Director role will have the following responsibilities:

• Be visible and seen as an expert in cloud transformation (including Hybrid & Multi-cloud) by the market and alliance partners alike
• Contribute to developing our financial services market growth in cloud transformation, with market facing propositions and assets, building both the KPMG and your personal brand
• Build close working relationships and be a trusted advisor to the C-suite leaders at our financial services clients, focusing on business challenges and opportunities, cloud transformation and more broadly their end-to-end technology journey
• Lead business development opportunities as a core focus in the financial services market through shaping and selling of complex, multi-stakeholder advisory and implementation services around cloud transformation
• Organize, monitor, and lead programme delivery, outcomes, and resources in large transformation programmes
• Design and build roadmaps, implementation strategies, transformation plans and high-quality assets targeting cloud solutions for the customer organisation with the aid of delivery managers, sales colleagues, and senior customer stakeholders
• Contribute to our wider capability group by developing new services and our people
   

The Person
 

• Excellence in consulting skills, with the ability to present complex solutions to business executives. Previous experience in a large consulting organisation is a plus
• Proven business development experience, leading client proposals and RFP’s for cloud transformation and migration projects
• Have the experience and gravitas to build a deep trusted advisor relationship with C-level client stakeholders to guide them how to progress their cloud journey
• Experience doing application migrations including