DMH Stallard is an award winning South East law, Legal 100 firm with offices in London, Brighton, Gatwick, Guilford, Horsham and Hassocks. DMH Stallard has grown rapidly since it was established in 1970, and has a headcount of approx 350. Our firm provides a comprehensive range of commercial, dispute resolution and litigation, employment, cyber security and cyber-crime, corporate, intellectual property, real estate and technology, media and telecoms advice to both businesses and individuals. Our clients, our people and our professional networks are the keys to our success. |
Job Purpose:
- Qualified, experienced Conveyancer, Legal Executive or Solicitor to undertake residential property matters, working primarily for clients purchasing in the Retirement Living sector.
- To operate as an effective member of the Real Estate team based in Brighton, working on a variety of residential property transactions to include acquisitions and disposals of freehold and leasehold properties, lease extensions, probate sales, new builds and transfer of equity.
- The individual is expected to develop good working relationships with clients and other team members.
- Achieve the targets as defined by the Group Head/Head of Department, including to include revenue, contributions and time recording targets.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- To participate and contribute to the Real Estate group to ensure an effective working environment, supporting Partners and other team members on more complex matters as appropriate.
- Attend relevant technical training to ensure that skills and knowledge remain up-to-date.
- To attend and contribute to group meetings.
- Continuously develop their own technical expertise
- Maintain awareness of the legal market specifically relating to commercial property.
- To promote the vision and culture of the Firm.
- Responsible for dealing with a wide range of residential property work, with an emphasis on working with clients purchasing in the Retirement Living Sector so a good knowledge of leasehold would be beneficial.
- To be responsible for ensuring achievement of own key financial targets, including fees, contribution and payment of debts and disbursements.
- Maintaining accurate data on case manager and the Firm’s financial management systems.
- To monitor own performance in relation to the number of live files, file closures, file openings, billing, time recording and to take appropriate action to ensure targets are met.
- Scope all matters appropriately using Firm’s Welcome Pack and Engagement Summaries, delivering work on time and on budget.
- To be responsible for the delivery of the service to the client, ensuring that the highest standards of client care are maintained so that clients use DMHS again and recommend the firm to others.
- To assist with marketing and business development initiatives such as writing for e-newsletters, attending seminar and other business development activities.
- To be fully familiar with the Money Laundering and FSMA Policies and Procedures and to ensure full compliance with them.
- Conforming to the risk management procedures as stated by the firm.
- Attend regular meetings with the group to review all current work and workloads.
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Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
- Previous residential property experience essential with a proven track record of managing own caseload with minimal Partner supervision.
- Knowledge of property legislation and relevant case law.
- Able to effectively manage their time to achieve client and internal deadlines.
- Understanding the importance of client care with an ability to deal with a wide range of clients with differing objectives including being able to understand the commercial objectives of the client.
- Able to work within a team and provide support to Partners and others in the team and wider Real Estate department as appropriate.
- Confident Excel skills
- Competent IT skills including Outlook, Word, Digital Dictation and time recording systems.
- Ability to draft documentation with attention to detail.
- Understanding of the strategy and vision of the Firm.
- Communicate effectively with clients, in writing, over the telephone and in meetings.
- Communicate technical legal information in an effective and accessible way.
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday (of which 3.5 are taken during the Christmas period), plus Birthday holiday, plus Bank Holidays.
- Life Assurance
- Private Healthcare
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Sodexo Discounts
- Pension Scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts on Legal work
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