Solicitor - Commercial Property NQ plus PQE

Main purpose of the job:

To advise and assist clients relating to all areas of commercial property including transactional work; acquisitions and disposals of commercial property, business leases and lease renewals.

Responsible to:

Department manager

Main key result areas

• Attending and advising clients in commercial property matters.
• Responding to post, telephone enquiries and queries from clients, other professionals and colleagues in order to progress matters effectively and efficiently.
• Drafting and preparing clear and concise documents.
• Conducting negotiations where appropriate.
• Managing a case load including a full risk assessment of all matters, whilst complying with all relevant procedures both internal and external.
• Working collaboratively with members of the wider commercial team.
• Control and management of work in progress ensuring that it is recorded and converted into paid profit costs.
• Effective management of own time, ensuring that non chargeable and chargeable hours targets are met. Attending meetings with fee earners and managers.
• Ensuring that disbursements and debtors in the case load are managed in order to reduce the financial exposure of the firm.
• Compliance with client care and complaints procedures in order to minimise the risk of negligence and comply with law society rules.
• To report any potential errors/negligence matters to the DM as soon as the risk is apparent.
• To delegate effectively and efficiently, ensuring that the work on the file is carried out at the right level, thus maximising profitability and assisting the development of other staff.
• To actively seek opportunities to cross refer work within the firm and to carry out cross referrals at the earliest possible time.
• To actively promote the Stephensons brand at all times.

Direct reports:

None

Person specification

Please do not send enquiries to the department manager of the specific team.