The Role
of a Senior Manager
The successful candidate will be :
- an entrepreneurial self-starter who is excited by the opportunity to provide multi-disciplinary legal services in a different environment and manner while delivering a great service to clients;
- able to understand the legal solution within the wider picture and who is keen to become a more rounded business adviser;
- a driven and proactive team player who enjoys working with people from different backgrounds and disciplines and is keen to assist with the development of junior team members;
- a relationship builder who can spot and develop new opportunities and client relationships both within the KPMG network and externally; and
- a good technical lawyer with a solid knowledge of the relevant legislation and able to work with limited partner or director supervision, driving mandates forward.
The role will involve :
providing legal advice on a broad range of client solutions spanning some or all of the areas of real estate legal advice referred to above;building relationships with other KPMG teams and KPMG clients to develop and provide multi-disciplinary solutions;project managing and driving projects to conclusion; andtraining and mentoring more junior team members.Strong academic, technical, and personal skills are essential.
Why KPMG :
When combined with KPMG’s market leading tax and deal advisory practices in this area, a multi-disciplinary offering combining corporate and real estate lawyers will be compelling to the right candidate.This is an opportunity to start a new team and practice area at KPMG, leveraging off the very strong real estate tax client base.KPMG can be flexible on charge out rates as they work a lot on fixed pricing.Exposure to a global professional services firm and KPMG’s network which covers 81 jurisdictions.KPMG has the strongest footprint in the private enterprise space out of the Big 4. This is the most important differentiator, as this is where most of the opportunities lie to take advantage of multi-disciplinary offering especially the combination of legal and tech.KPMG is very different to most law firms, it’s very entrepreneurial and a very exciting proposition for the right candidate. There are many more ways to differentiate yourself at KPMG and different ways to be perceived as successful.LI-CB1