Conveyancing Executive / Qualified Lawyer

Shakespeare Martineau is a leading law firm that combines creativity, commerciality and clarity. We work with blue-chip companies, leading organisations, high street brands and individuals across the country.

Our multi-disciplinary team delivers a broad range of specialist legal services, and particularly stands out for its expertise across sectors including, but not limited to: energy, education, banking and financial services, investment funds, healthcare and advanced manufacturing. 

We’re proud of our people’s varied backgrounds and expertise. Our different qualities stand out and make us interesting to our clients.

We firmly believe in working hard and being ambitious. We look to recruit and develop talented people to achieve their potential - and who will contribute to achieving ours too.

Here you can fulfil your ambitions, whatever they are and however rapidly you want to achieve them. Together, and individually, we create exceptional results.

Our multi-disciplinary real estate group has a long-standing reputation for delivering astute practical counsel. It comprises not only lawyers but also town and country planners and sector focused financial advisors. We therefore take pride in having one of the best integrated groups.

Our Residential Property team comprises some of the industry’s most experienced lawyers and chartered quality surveyors. We provide effective and efficient advice on residential and commercial transactions and have extensive experience in rural estates. With business-wide expertise in energy, planning and employment, we are on hand for every aspect of our client’s property requirements. We advise clients on the sale and purchase of residential properties with particular emphasis on residential freehold and leasehold sales and purchases including new builds. Our team covers the full range of conveyancing service including stamp duty land tax, the Land Registry, NHBC cover for new build properties, Transfers of Equity, remortgages, shared equity, Help to Buy and sales and purchases.

The role:

We are looking for an experienced lawyer to join our Residential Property team in Milton Keynes, part of the Real Estate group. This role is suitable for you if you are a Conveyancing Executive, Licensed Conveyancer, Chartered Legal Executive or Solicitor providing you can bring 3 years’ experience.

You will work with the team to provide a high quality legal service to clients in the sale and purchase of residential properties with particular emphasis on residential freehold and leasehold sales and purchases including new builds.

This opportunity is a fixed term contract for 12 months, however, there is possibility that it could lead to something for a longer period or potentially a permanent role.

Your key duties will be:

• dealing with clients in a professional manner, maintaining close and regular contact
• liaising regularly with individuals involved in transactions including lenders and agents
• handling queries and enquiries efficiently
• maintaining good file management
• providing updates within specific timeframes to individuals and agents on progress
• working to strict deadlines
• initiating and attending business development opportunities
• working with the national Team Leader to support business improvements
• all relevant compliance measures, including those required by the Conveyancing Quality Scheme

Skills and experience you will have:

You will have been handling your own caseload with minimum supervision for at least 3 years, and will have:

• a relevant qualification
• experience in using a case management system

Key competencies you will need:

• demonstrable business development successes and knowledge of the local market
• a high degree of initiative and the ability to cope in a demanding environment
• excellent organisational and prioritising skills
• IT literacy with the ability to use case management systems

About you – you will be:

• highly enthusiastic, willing to go the extra mile and be happy to go beyond the job description
• respectful towards others and have a positive, willing and ‘can do’ attitude
• keen to learn, interested in driving your own career progression and be proactive in taking ownership of this

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.