Licensed Conveyancer Legal Executive Solicitor
Licensed Conveyancer Legal Executive Solicitor
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Birketts is a full service UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol Cambridge Chelmsford Ipswich London Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: property corporate services litigation and private client advisory.
We are defined by our Next Level Law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes challenges or opportunities that they may face.
Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to achieve their next level in everything they do. RollOnFriday recently ranked us as the 5th best law firm to work at in 2024.
With our ambition to succeed comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do with female partners comprising 40 of our partnership.
The Residential Real Estate Team at Birketts is a team of 60 including 3 partners operating out of seven offices but working together as one team.
Within the team there are various specialist sectors. We have a vacancy to fill in the team which will involve acting on routine residential property transactions.
We now have a vacancy to fill at Solicitor or Associate level (around 2 years PQE). The role will be based in our Cambridge office.
The Cambridge team comprises 3 fee earners and 4 support staff working alongside teamwide support pools (file opening and Completion Team).
- Acting for highnetworth individuals
- Acting for a range of clients including individuals and limited companies
- Acting on the purchase and financing of routine and complex freehold/leasehold and high value properties
- Working alongside and developing relationships with clients and brokers
- Acting on mainstream residential conveyancing to support the wider practice
- Being actively involved with developing and implementing the Cambridge team business development plan
We are seeking a Solicitor Legal Executive or Licensed Conveyancer with at least two years PQE who has experience in all aspects of residential conveyancing.
An ability to actively market within this sector and to focus on growing new relationships.
To be competent in using Microsoft Word Excel time recording software case management Outlook and digital dictation.
At Birketts our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success development and wellbeing of our colleagues helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment we offer the following core benefits:
- 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays rising to 30 days with service
- Long Service holiday award 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service
- Private Healthcare with BUPA (offered after probation is passed)
- Scottish Widows Pension Scheme 5 employer / 5 Employee)
- Staff Profit Share and Individual Performance Bonus Scheme
- Salary sacrifice (Pensions Staff Profit Share)
- Life Assurance 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
- Paid CSR Day
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Subsidised gym membership
- Electric car scheme
- Agile/Hybrid Working Policy
- Dress for your Day Policy
is a flexible business which has embraced a hybrid working model where our colleagues enjoy a mix of home and office working. We welcome applications from people looking for flexible agile and parttime roles and we are happy to explore your preferred working patterns as part of your application.
Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.
Birketts is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age disability sex race religion or belief gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity or sexual orientation.
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all valuing the right mix of talent skills and potential. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.
Employment Type
Full-Time
