Conveyancing Executive

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 multi-disciplinary Property Finance team has extensive experience in advising banks, building societies and other funders including property investors and developers. We are one of the largest teams in the West Midlands with a team of around 30 people experienced in Islamic finance issues alone. We advise our clients on a variety of matters including development finance, facility letters, guarantees, investment finance, loan book management, LPA receivership, priority/subordination deeds, security documents and short-term lending.

The role:

We are looking for an experienced Conveyancing Executive to join our Birmingham-based Property Finance team, as part of the firm’s Real Estate group.  

The role will mainly focus on dealing with reports on title and processing, and would suit someone who enjoys and works well under pressure. The team can offer opportunities for progression, competitive salary / benefits and exposure to quality clients.

This opportunity will be offered on a fixed term contract of 12 months. 

Your key duties will be:

• dealing with reports on title and all relevant duties in relation to completions
• dealing with general correspondence
• handling telephone calls, and handling queries and enquiries where appropriate
• producing forms and documentation e.g. Legal Charge
• drafting documents
• creating registrations at Companies House and Land Registry
• dealing with clients in a professional manner and maintaining close contact
• handling queries and enquiries efficiently
• maintaining good file management
• participating in department and team meetings in a positive and proactive manner
• working to strict deadlines

Skills and experience you will have:

• a minimum of 2 years' previous experience in a conveyancing / fee earner role
• experience of completing title reviews
• experience of using a case management system
• technical and legal knowledge of conveyancing is desirable
• experience of dealing with a high volume conveyancing caseload gained within a fast paced commercial property environment
• proficiency in Excel as this will be used to update clients on their portfolio

Key competencies you will need:

• prioritising workloads whilst coping with changing demands
• working well under pressure
• communicating clearly with other team members
• the ability to use your initiative but also to know your own limitations and when to ask for help
• the ability to carry out relevant and effective legal research
• the ability to keep repeat clients and maintaining strong team relationships
• the ability to manage and populate data rooms to share documents

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.