Property Solicitor

Elite Touch Group; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established legal firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Solicitor to join their residential conveyancing team in Tonbridge. The role involves managing a varied caseload including freehold and leasehold transactions, remortgages, and equity transfers. Successful candidates must possess excellent organisational skills, work autonomously, and demonstrate a good client manner. Extensive experience in both residential and commercial conveyancing is required. Attractive benefits include a welcome payment, 25 days holiday, and private healthcare options.

Benefits

One-off taxable payment of £1000

25 days holiday plus statutory holidays

Private healthcare after six months

Workplace pension

30% discount on legal services

Introduction bonuses

£100 sick bonus in December if no sick days

Formal Christmas party and summer BBQ

Qualifications

• Extensive residential and commercial conveyancing experience.
• Ability to work well in a busy environment.
• Use initiative and work proactively.

Responsibilities

• Dealing with freehold and leasehold sales and purchases.
• Handling transfers of equity and remortgages.
• Conducting title checking and search reports.
• Managing landlord and tenant relationships.

Skills

Highly organised

Ability to manage caseload

Client manner

Technical competence

Job description

Residential & Commercial Conveyancing Solicitor (Tonbridge)

Excellent salary & benefits

Our well-established client is seeking an experienced and proactive Solicitor to join their busy and expanding residential conveyancing team based at their Tonbridge office.

The role will entail dealing with a full and varied caseload of residential conveyancing matters and commercial matters when required.

Key Responsibilities

• Freehold and leasehold sales / purchases
• Transfers of equity
• Remortgages
• Stamp duty procedures
• Title checking
• Search reports
• Enquiries
• Freehold sales/purchases
• Leasehold sales/purchases including the grant of leases
• The regulation of landlord and tenant relationships
• Lease renewals
• Deeds of surrender
• Refinancing
• Acquisitions and sales of businesses
• Utilities agreements
• Active involvement in business development
• Dealing with all matters from beginning through to completion

Successful candidates must be highly organised, disciplined and able to work well with volume work and in a very busy environment. Applicants will join a friendly team and have extensive residential conveyancing experience and commercial conveyancing experiences, knowledge within a similar environment and be able to manage their own caseload of files with minimal supervision.

This is a demanding role therefore individuals must be able to prioritise work, use initiative and work proactively, coupled with a good client manner, smart appearance and technical competence would be advantageous but not essential.

Secretarial support is provided to this position.

Staff benefits

• A one-off taxable payment of £1000 to welcome you aboard after six months continuous service, irrespective of the employee’s role or earnings when applying directly through our website
• 25 days holiday plus statutory and bank holidays
• Private healthcare through AXA after six months of continuous employment if you choose to opt in
• Workplace pension through Scottish Widows
• 30% discount on all legal services for members of staff where you instruct the firm
• 25% discount on legal services for staff’s immediate family members (namely parents, siblings and children)
• Introduction bonuses payable if you introduce a new member of staff to the Firm (subject to terms and conditions, amounts vary)
• No sick bonus of £100 payable in December if you have zero days off sick in the year
• Formal black tie Christmas party every year and annual summer BBQ/party firm wide