Newstaff Employment Services is recruiting for an experienced Residential Property Solicitor or Conveyancer on behalf of our client, a modern and fast-growing law form.

The Role

• Conduct of matters on behalf of clients in residential conveyancing.
• Freehold and Leasehold sales and purchases
• Remortgages
• Newbuild purchases
• Shared ownership purchases
• Transfer of Equity
• First Registrations
• Assents
• Repayment of Help to Buy Loans
• Maintaining orderly and up-to-date files, including electronic files and complying with the company's policies on file management supported by the Company's case management system
• Management of a residential conveyancing file from opening right through to closure, to include:
  • Preparing client care paperwork
  • Completing client onboarding
  • Drafting Contract packs on a sale
  • Receiving and answering pre-contract enquiries whilst liaising with the client and third parties for responses on a sale
  • Title checking and raising of enquiries and searches on a purchase
  • Reporting to the client on the title and search results
    • Reporting on mortgage documents
    • Reviewing replies to enquiries and reporting to clients
    • Finalising the contract and associated documents and arranging for these to be signed by clients
    • Liaising with any management company or landlord on pre-exchange and post-completion formalities
    • Exchange of Contracts
    • All post-exchange formalities
    • Completion
    • Post-completion working, including registration and any liaison with management company's/landlords
    • File closure procedures, including financial ledger review
    • Completing all compliance and risk management processes in line with the Company's policies and procedures
    • Reporting to the Head of Department
    • Meeting financial targets
    • Business development to develop your own caseload and increase revenue for the firm

Requirements

Ideally, you will have 10-12 years PQE within Residential Conveyancing and be used to managing a varied caseload with minimal supervision or administrative support.

Unqualified candidates with a minimum of 2-5 years experience as a Conveyancer will also be considered.

Skills

• IT literate in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
• Used case management systems
• Been client-facing - including meeting clients in person
• Keen to grow and develop their knowledge and skills

Benefits

Salary: From £40,000 pa to £75000 pa + (negotiable depending on experience)

Interested? Please email CV to and I can arrange to call you back to discuss.