PQE Commercial Property Solicitor​/Senior Associate

Overview

Are you looking to work with an award-winning local firm that puts their clients and staff at the forefront of all they do?

We are excited to be looking for a Commercial Property Solicitor/Senior Associate to join a growing, friendly and supportive team.

• Achieve billing, time and fee earning targets set and co-operate with the firm’s credit control arrangements
• Proven project and time management skills
• A confident and professional manner
• Work effectively within a team but also as a leader
• Be professional, organised, competent, enthusiastic, and ambitious.
• Be able to work independently and as part of a team with other fee earners, providing advice and assistance whenever needed to develop knowledge and skills within the rest of the team.

Good experience in the following practice areas is a requisite:

• Commercial leases/occupiers (grants/surrenders/assignments/ LTA 54 renewals);
• Grant of easements;
• Freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals
• Options and overage; and
• Property finance (e.g. debentures/charges)

The ideal candidate would also have either good or some working experience in the following areas:

Commercial and residential development sites including:

• conditional sale agreements
• site assembly
• ransom strips
• options
• sub-station leases
• collaboration/JV agreements
• promotion agreements
• Acting for landowners in respect of sales to developers (experience of developers requirements)
• Ancillary knowledge of planning law/construction process.

Agricultural work including:

• Agricultural law
• Farm Business Tenancies/Occupational agreements
• Estate management
• Entitlements

• Agile working (up to 40% working from home)
• 25 days' holiday (FTE) (plus statutory holidays)
• Pension scheme
• Death-in-service/Life assurance benefit scheme
• Critical illness insurance cover
• Eye care voucher
• A structured career progression plan tailored to you and with the aim of enabling you to achieve your career goals and ambitions including up to Partnership.

Salary dependant on experience

For more information, please apply with your CV.