Location
London

Hours
Full Time - 12-month Fixed-Term Contract

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, customers, and communities. Founded in 1856, Burberry is a purposeful, values-driven brand committed to sustainable luxury, industry change, and championing communities.

We are hiring an EMEIA Real Estate Lease Paralegal to join our Global Legal and Real Estate teams in London on a 12-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you will manage and maintain accurate lease information across our EMEIA and Corporate real estate portfolio, providing essential day-to-day legal support. This is an excellent opportunity to work collaboratively across Legal, Real Estate, and Finance within an international luxury business.

Your responsibilities will include managing and tracking real estate legal documentation such as leases, amendments, renewals, lease extracts, and translations; extracting, reviewing, and validating key lease data to ensure accuracy within the CoStar Global Lease Database; working closely with internal teams and external legal advisers to resolve lease queries; supporting lease accounting activities including IFRS 16 requirements, rent queries, indexation, and contractual rent adjustments; assisting with the review, drafting, and negotiation of real estate documentation including lease agreements, renewals, construction agreements, heads of terms, notices, and NDAs; and maintaining well-organised legal records while providing broader real estate legal support to the Global Legal team as required.

Experience
A legal qualification is essential, alongside relevant experience within commercial real estate law. Practical experience reviewing or supporting commercial leases and related real estate documentation is required.

About you
You will have strong attention to detail with the ability to work confidently with complex legal and lease data. Effective organisational and prioritisation skills are necessary to manage multiple deadlines. Clear and collaborative communication skills are essential when working with legal, finance, real estate, and external partners. A flexible and proactive approach is required, with the ability to remain organised and effective when priorities change.

Qualifications
A legal qualification is mandatory for this role.