Solicitor - Real Estate, Dispute Resolution

As West London’s leading law firm, IBB enjoys a reputation for representing significant clients in complex legal matters. Our practice areas span commercial, employment, charities, commercial and residential real estate, family, private client, and community legal services. The firm and its partners are ranked highly by independent legal guides Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.

The Team

The Dispute Resolution team is headed up by two partners, Jon Mowbray and Andrew Olins, both of whom are ranked as leading individuals in the Legal directories.  There are four further fee earners, all whose practice is exclusively dedicated to real estate dispute resolution.

Job Purpose

To provide a high quality legal service to clients on all aspects of real estate dispute resolution in line with the firm’s standards of performance. Ensure exemplary client care establishing trust and confidence and demonstrate strong financial management, commercial awareness and professionalism at all times.

Provide a high quality legal service to clients on all aspects of real estate dispute resolution including:

• disputes arising out of residential and commercial leases

• disputes arising out of the buying and selling of land

• disputes arising out of encumbrances affecting land

   

  Develop own technical knowledge and skills including the ability to:

• analyse information and reach sound decisions

• understand and adhere to instructions

• communicate succinctly both orally and in writing

• research appropriate case law and technical and legal precedents to progress matters

   

  Ensure you remain up to date professionally and technically by attaining and recording CPD, as well as developing knowledge of the market place and client base.

   

  Meet the firms quality standards including:

• ensuring personal time recording and billing targets are achieved

• ensuring that all chargeable work is properly recorded on client matters

• adhering to the SRA’s client care directive and to the firm’s own policies as set out in the Office Manual

• maintaining good file management as set out in the Office Manual

• understanding the obligations relating to client accounts and ensure preparation and delivery of bills in accordance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules

   

  Assist the team in its marketing and business development objectives, including activities such as attending client events, writing text/articles for the website and other publications, and assisting the Partners in organising marketing events.

   

  Develop own self-organisational and interpersonal skills so that:

• work is prioritised and progressed

• you demonstrate a balance of working on your own initiative and seeking advice or guidance

• Partners are aware of your workload and specific issues which arise on your matters

• you maintain a flexible and proactive approach to work

   

Qualifications and experience

• 0-2 years indicative PQE, although, NQs will be considered
• Must have an understanding of the law and practice in areas of law covered in the 4 training seats
• Prior experience in a leading property litigation team
• Must have a genuine interest in RE dispute resolution

Skills

• Analytical ability: able to get to identify and deal with the core elements of a problem.
• Adaptability: able to embrace change. Is responsive to different ways of working and learns new tasks quickly.
• Collaboration with others: able to work with others to achieve a task; active team member; able to build and sustain good working relationships with others.
• Communication: able to express oneself clearly orally and in writing, and to do so in a manner that is concise and assertive, but courteous.
• Quality: produces work which is consistently accurate, produces drafts which are thought through and completed as far as possible.
• Initiative: thinks through what may need to be done and makes suggestions; demonstrates ability to offer to assist colleagues who are busy and/or get involved in areas outside immediate work.
• Planning and organising: thinks ahead to plan work so that tasks are not affected when additional tasks arise; is able to track and monitor progress of own work and alert supervisor if schedule may not be met.
• Reliability: demonstrates commitment to achieving tasks; manages expectations of others and completes work when promised.

Brand Values

You will be expected to adhere to the One IBB brand values which are:

• We are positive
• We are engaged
• We care
• We are united

Competitive