Associate

Birketts is an ambitious full service, top 100 UK law firm, operating in East Anglia, London and the surrounding areas.  With a rich heritage spanning over 150 years we’ve built an enviable track record advising businesses, institutions and individuals in the UK and internationally.

Throughout our history our ethos has remained simple: we provide clear legal advice and value and insight to our clients.

We believe that through this approach and a combination of technical excellence and high quality service we can develop long-lasting partnerships and become our clients' solicitor of choice.

The Residential Property team is a team of 45+ members operating out of each office but working together as one team.

Within the team there are various specialist sectors and we now have a vacancy to fill in our high end sector with a focus on the Norwich marketplace.

The Norwich team comprises five fee earners working alongside departmental support pools (secretarial and post-exchange).

To provide additional fee earning support for a rapidly growing sector.

• Acting for high net worth individuals
• Acting on the purchase, sale and financing of high value properties
• Working alongside and developing relationships with high end property finders and estate agents
• Acting on main stream residential conveyancing to support the wider practice eg buy to let matters
• Overseeing and training of junior team members
• Providing technical support to the team
• Being actively involved with developing and implementing the Norwich team business development plan

• Licensed conveyancer, legal executive or solicitor with at least three years' PQE gained at a strong regional or City firm
• Experience of all aspects of work as outlined in this profile is required
• A proven ability to meet the demands of high value conveyancing including enhanced accessibility
• An ability to actively market within this specialist 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

We are committed to recruiting individuals on merits of suitability for each role, on the basis of qualifications and experience. All applications are treated fairly and equally regardless of sexual orientation, race, disability, religious beliefs and any other protected characteristic, ensuring that there are equal opportunities at all stages of the recruitment process.