Conveyancing Supervisor

at  Gowling WLG UK LLP

ABOUT YOU:

• You should have a minimum of 12 months’ experience of working in a residential development related role – however any candidate with experience in the residential property sector, having worked in a similar role, who can meet the other criteria in this specification, is encouraged to apply.
• Be able to manage your own caseload from instruction through to file closure, to tight deadlines, in accordance with client’s agreed procedures and any service level agreement.
• Be able to remain calm under pressure and prioritise your workload effectively.
• Work well in a team environment (this may include working as part of a bigger project team) and support your colleagues.
• Give clear, practical advice with sound commercial judgment and swift accurate implementation of instructions.
• Understand property related deeds and documents with experience of drafting Leases, Transfers and other property related deeds and documents.
• Investigate title, carry out title reviews and prepare reports on title.
• Carry out searches, do research and analysis, deal with enquiries.
• Communicate appropriately and confidently at all levels within the team and the wider business as well as with clients, agents and other parties in person, by phone, letter, email or other communication means.
• Use your initiative to solve problems, resolve queries and be proactive.
• Manage financial hygiene.
• Supervise and share knowledge with less experienced members of the team.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone’s potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.
Any offers we make will be conditional subject to clearance by the SRA, evidence of eligibility to work in the UK and DBS clearance.
If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Jess Swingler, Resourcing Advisor: jess.swingler@gowlingwlg.com

The Housing Development and Regeneration Team work alongside top 10 residential property developers including The Miller Group, Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Bloor and Gleeson Developments. It is among the best known names for residential development legal work and plots sales in the UK. With more than 40 experts dedicated entirely to this discipline, it is also one of the biggest.
The areas of residential development expertise within the team include: serviced and un-serviced parcels of land and property, overage, strategic work such as complex and simple options, planning and infrastructure agreements and site assembly, joint ventures, large scale consortium developments, building licences and development management agreements, with a separate sub-team providing plot sales and part exchange transactions.
The team also has a very strong offering to affordable housing providers such as Sanctuary, has market-leading expertise in private rented sector investment, and advises on some of the largest and most complex regeneration and transport projects in the UK (such as Brent Cross).

The role will have a residential property focus and will be based in the plot sales part of the team. You will supervise a small group of Conveyancers and will be managing your own caseload of volume instructions using a case management system in relation to:

• Sales of plots – freehold and leasehold for housing developers and/or for registered social landlords;
• Any other reasonable duties delegated by any Partner, Senior Manager of the firm or Practice Operations Manager.