Solicitor

at  Shakespeare Martineau

DESCRIPTION

We have a new and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven 1-3 year PQE Solicitor to join our busy Residential Development team; offering a great working environment, exposure to quality clients and opportunities for progression.
This role would suit someone who enjoys and works well under pressure, is looking for excellent development in a collaborative team and exposure to quality clients.
Working from our Leicester hub, collaboration is important so you will need to be able to be in the office with the team 2/3 days per week.

ABOUT YOU – YOU WILL BE:

• Highly motivated, 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

• Providing assistance on a broad caseload of straightforward and complex residential development transactions
• Running your own workload of small development acquisitions and disposals and ancillary documentation linked to larger development schemes
• Working with the team on our business development activities to attract new clients and develop relationships with existing clients
• Working closely with a range of clients to provide fast, pragmatic and commercial advice
• Handling queries and enquiries efficiently
• Maintaining good file management
• Liaising with clients in a professional manner
• Working to strict deadlines
• Handling enquiries efficiently