Manager, Real Estate, Sales and Purchase Agreement, M&A

Basic information
Location
Leeds, London, Manchester
Business Line
Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

Job Type

Permanent / FTC
Date published
13-Aug-2026
Req #
24731

Job description

Connect to your IndustryThis is your opportunity to join Deloitte's fast growing Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) team which sits within M&A, with fantastic career development potential. Working on high profile M&A assignments within Deloitte’s market-leading SPA team, you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment on a wide variety of deals, with a mix of both corporate and private equity transactions.
Our team works side-by-side with the client and its advisors providing dedicated support on over 300 transactions per year. Typically, this involves advising clients in developing contractual solutions to financial and commercial issues identified through due diligence, including advising on purchase price adjustments mechanisms and completion accounts policies in the transaction agreements being negotiated.
Typically, we work within a wider deal team including financial due diligence and tax, and we often work on global M&A deals involving cross-border as well as cross-service line deal teams requiring our people to build wide networks across both the UK firm and International network.
We work closely with our clients, lawyers, and other key advisers, allowing the opportunity to build strong relationships in your preferred sectors and excellent career progression opportunities, being supported directly by the Partners and Directors in the team from Day 1.
Connect to your career at Deloitte      Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.  What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
Connect to your opportunity The Manager role will include the following activities:Quickly developing an understanding of the target business and its driversWorking closely with due diligence teams to identify areas of riskReview of transaction documentation to identify key issues, including:Assessing the suitability of the pricing mechanism (for example, locked box completion accounts and/or earn-out) and associated accounting-based definitionsConsidering the appropriateness of key financial warranties and indemnitiesDeveloping robust accounting policies for completion accounts-based mechanismsWorking with Partner/Director to develop appropriate client recommendationsReporting key issues and delivering recommendations to clientsDriving forward transactions and in many cases, being the key point of contact for our clients and the M&A lawyersYou will be responsible for:Project management of assignments including client interface, managing project risk issues and monitoring costs/recovery.
Production of quality deliverables within agreed timescales, briefing Partner/Director accordingly.
Various marketing initiatives and practice development activities (e.g. client presentations, key client account, industry, geography, and product programmes, and to display an awareness of sales opportunities).
Connect to your skills and professional experience Essentials:An ACA qualification or equivalent qualification/experience.
Attention to detail.
A flexible working style and an ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances and priorities.
Strong writing and reviewing skills, with an appropriate focus on conciseness and risk management.
Broad commercial acumen coupled with a robust personality capable of operating effectively under the pressure and fast
- pace of the deal marketplace.
Excellent interpersonal skills required to challenge, negotiate and operate at a senior level.
Client focused, ensuring high quality service.
Strong organisation skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Desirables:Experience of working on transactions, disputes or completion accounts would be an advantage.
Connect to your business
- Strategy, Risk & Transactions AdvisoryIn an ever-evolving world, there are no certainties in business. Our teams help clients to navigate risks, process major transactions and deliver transformational change that will future-proof their business. Join us to make a positive difference.  Mergers and AcquisitionsWe challenge dealmakers to expect more and to see beyond the deal to create sustainabl