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Senior Solicitor/Associate (3-5 years+ PQE)
Residential Conveyancing
Reporting to: Residential Conveyancing Partners
This role is predominantly office based however, depending on experience, there may be the option to work from home on a limited basis.
Working hours
9am-5pm Monday-Friday (35 hours per week)
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: Please note, whilst we don’t have a set closing date, we may close this vacancy early if we receive significant numbers of applications. We may also interview candidates on a rolling basis.
About us
Lindsays is a full-service law firm with a reputation for providing an excellent and outstanding service to clients. Our specialist teams offer a diverse range of services, allowing us to cater to the individual needs of a wide range of clients. The firm maintains strong residential property and private client departments and has an expanding range of corporate and commercial services, encompassing company law, corporate finance, intellectual property, technology, employment, charity law, rural property, commercial property and construction, all of which enjoy an excellent reputation in the marketplace.
With 54 Partners and over 300 staff, our goal is to have the right staff with the right skills to ensure we have superb people to advise and support clients. We are committed to investing in our people and believe in helping our staff succeed. Our Residential Conveyancing team acts for a wide range of clients, providing a full range of property law advice.
The role
We have a great opportunity for a Senior Solicitor/Associate, with relevant experience, to join our forward thinking and dynamic Residential Conveyancing team. This role will involve regular client contact and the successful candidate should be committed to providing an excellent level of client care in relation to all aspects of residential conveyancing including sales, purchases, re-mortgages as well as:
• Provision of a comprehensive, quality service to clients of the firm primarily in all aspects of residential conveyancing including Sales, Purchases, Re-mortgages, etc.
• Generate satisfactory level of fee income in accordance with set fee income targets, record all time and fee promptly during and/or on completion of transactions.
• Adhere to monthly fee earner certificate process.
• Keep up to date with developments in the law and regulatory requirements.
• Take part in regular departmental business meetings.
• Promote and support the Firm’s marketing initiatives.
• Develop the residential conveyancing side of the business including marketing to existing and future clients.
• Raise personal and Firm’s profile at networking events.
• Assist in winning new business for Firm.
• Identify opportunities to cross sell services offered by Firm.
• Ensure knowledge is up to date in relation to the services available to clients across the Firm as a whole and the various service sectors.
Key experience and skills required:
• Demonstrates an appropriate range of legal knowledge and seeks to develop technical competence.
• Ability to develop positive working relationships across the firm and with clients; gain the respect of colleagues.
• Ability to work unsupervised to an extent but requiring supervision in certain areas.
• Ability to meet strong fee targets and achieve realisation rates.
• Works effectively with other team members.
• Ability to adopt a proactive approach to matter administration.
• Ability to assess clients’ needs and offer practical guidance.
• Willingness to network and promote the firm’s services.
If you are interested in applying for the above role and possess the relevant experience please send your CV, including a note of your current salary, to Rosie Ramsay, HR Advisor, Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8HE or email: recruitment@lindsays.co.uk.
Rewards & Benefits:
• 25 days holiday;
• 9 fixed days;
• Long service holidays which start to accrue after 5 years service;
• Holiday purchase scheme;
• Pension scheme;
• Death in Service Benefit (for those in the pension scheme);
• Access to online GP appts, counselling and health & wellbeing resources;
• Discounted gym memberships;
• Enhanced family policies after a period of continuous service;
• Discounted legal fees;
• Travel Loan scheme;
• Career development support;
• Hybrid working;
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion play an integral part in the people strategy at Lindsays. We are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where our people feel valued and can reach their full potential.
Equal Opportunities
Lindsays, is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity and freedom from unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, disability, religion or beliefs, age or sexual orientation.
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