Solicitor - Residential Conveyancing

Working within a team of residential conveyancers and solicitors, you will be focussing primarily on residential freehold and leasehold sales, purchases, re-mortgages and transfer of equity transactions.

All candidates should make sure to read the following job description and information carefully before applying.

You will also focus on more complex transactions such as small-scale developments, matrimonial transactions, charity matters, specialist probate and trust residential work and other matters that may be delegated by the partner.

This role will be primarily based from the Ascot office although there will be a requirement to assist the team with the development and growth of the Reading market as part of our overall Thames Valley approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality legal service to clients including:
• Managing transactions from start to finish including (but not limited to) reviewing, preparing and collating legal and title deed documentation in respect of any transaction or approving these when drafted by a Legal Administrator and liaising with the clients, law firms and third parties such as estate agents as required.
• Liaising with the client and keeping them fully updated throughout the transaction.
• Drafting contracts, leases, transfers, property information in relation to any transaction.
• Dealing with enquiries raised by the buyer’s solicitors.
• Reporting to clients on Contract and other legal documentation.
• Attending or overseeing to exchange of contracts, completion and post completion registrations/formalities and file closure procedures including the release of any undertakings given.
• Conducting legal research where applicable.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You will be a Solicitor/Chartered Legal Executive / or Licensed Conveyancer with strong experience of non-routine transactions.

Skills and Experiences

• Indicatively, 2- 4 years (indicative) residential conveyancing experience together with sound technical knowledge in residential property law.
• At ease and confident working on your own caseload and acting on a transaction from start to finish.
• Experience of delegating work and managing monitoring systems with the ability to provide supervision and support.
• IT literate with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint and self-sufficient in using document management systems and the internet as a business tool.
• Able to take a flexible approach and work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining the highest quality standards and attention to detail.
• Experience of working under CQS scheme (desirable).