Conveyancing Lawyer; PQE

Position: Conveyancing Lawyer (1 Year PQE +)
Lawson West is an ambitious and well-established law firm, committed to delivering a very high-quality service across a wide range of practice areas. We are looking for an experienced and client-focused
* Residential Conveyancing Lawyer
* to join our friendly, supportive and successful Conveyancing Department.

The ideal candidate will ideally have at least 1 year’s post qualified experience and have a proven track record in handling a full range of residential conveyancing transactions and will be confident managing a busy caseload from instruction through to completion, while providing excellent client care and supporting the continued growth of the department.

* Key Responsibilities:

* · Managing a varied caseload including sales, purchases, transfers of equity, re-mortgages, shared ownership, leasehold matters, lease extensions, plot sales, sales/purchases of part, and right to buy.

· Advising clients in person, by phone, and in writing, ensuring all legal implications are explained clearly.

· Checking and dealing with title documentation, contracts, and other legal matters arising.

· Ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, including CQS standards, money laundering regulations, and the Solicitors Code of Conduct.

· Working collaboratively with colleagues across departments to deliver a seamless client experience.

· Supporting the department’s marketing and business development activities, including maintaining relationships with referrers.

· Providing guidance and supervision to Assistants, ensuring training needs are met.

* What We’re Looking For:

* · Qualification as a Solicitor, Chartered Legal Executive (FCILEx) or Licensed Conveyancer with significant residential conveyancing experience.

· Strong technical knowledge and up-to-date understanding of conveyancing law and practice.

· Excellent organisational and communication skills with a proactive, client-focused approach.

· Ability to manage workload independently while meeting deadlines and billing targets.

· Commitment to continuous improvement and to promoting the firm’s Core Values.

This role offers the opportunity to join a respected and forward-thinking firm where your expertise will be valued, and your career can thrive in a supportive and collaborative environment.

* OUR CORE VALUES
* Our Core Values are more than just words on a page. We live and breathe them in our interactions with our clients and with our colleagues: they are at the heart of our culture here at Lawson West and it is important to us that our new recruits also hold these values to be important to them:

* * Welcoming
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* * Confident
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* * Supportive
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* * Knowledgeable
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* * Dependable
* * REWARDS
* In addition to getting to be part of a friendly, supportive and ambitious firm that rewards hard work, loyalty and recognises the need for work life balance and flexibility, we also offer the following benefits:

· Salary at or above market rate reviewed annually

· 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, Christmas closure days and loyalty holidays

· Buy and Sell Salary Sacrifice Holiday Scheme

· Electric Car Leasing Salary Sacrifice Scheme (subject to eligibility)

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Day off for your Birthday

· Long Service Awards – additional Annual Leave and 10 Year Club Membership

· Life Assurance

· Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoptive Leave

· Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

· Employee Assistance Programme with access to virtual doctors’ appointments

· Company Sick Pay

· Complimentary Will

· CSR – annual paid day’s leave to volunteer for a charity

· Employee discounts on our legal services

· Employee Introduction Bonus scheme

· Funding of professional subscriptions and training

· Financial Education

· Enhanced Eye Care

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and supportive working environment for all. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We value the diversity of our workforce and the unique…