Annual salary: Dependent on experience
Solicitor – Commercial Property
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Dependent on experience
Office base: Wigan, WN3 5BA – hybrid working available after a period of onboarding, with a minimum of 2–3 days per week in the office (or as agreed with the Department Manager)
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Are you a Commercial Property Solicitor looking to work on high-quality matters without the pressures often associated with city firms?
- Do you want to build your career within a collaborative and supportive team while maintaining a healthy work-life balance?
- Would you like to work on a broad range of commercial property matters, including development projects, social housing, acquisitions and disposals, and landlord and tenant work?
If so, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
We are looking for two Commercial Property Solicitors to join our established and highly regarded Commercial Property team. We are seeking experienced solicitors with a minimum of 3 years' PQE in Commercial Property law.
Working alongside experienced Partners and Solicitors, you will advise a diverse client base on a wide variety of commercial property matters. The team undertakes a broad range of work, including social housing transactions, complex development projects, acquisitions and disposals, business leases, lease renewals, and general transactional commercial property work.
You will manage your own caseload while also supporting senior colleagues on more complex matters, providing an excellent opportunity to further develop your technical expertise and commercial awareness within a supportive and collaborative environment.
Click here to read more about the team. Click here to meet Chris Graves - Partner Commercial Property.
What You'll Be Doing
- Managing a varied commercial property caseload including:
- Acquisitions and disposals of commercial property
- Commercial landlord and tenant matters
- Business leases and lease renewals
- Social housing transactions
- Development and regeneration projects
- General commercial property transactional work
- Providing clear, practical and commercially focused advice to clients
- Drafting and negotiating contracts, leases, transfers, licences and associated property documentation
- Supporting senior fee earners on complex transactions and development matters
- Managing transactions from instruction through to completion
- Liaising with clients, agents, lenders and other professional advisers
- Undertaking appropriate risk assessments and ensuring compliance with SRA requirements and internal procedures
- Maintaining accurate time recording and effective management of work in progress
- Managing financial aspects of files, including disbursements and debt recovery where appropriate
- Contributing to business development activities and identifying cross-referral opportunities
- Maintaining high standards of client care and service delivery
- Keeping training and CPD records up to date
About You
We welcome applicants with a wide range of strengths, thinking styles and lived experiences. We're happy to discuss any workplace adjustments or support that would help you perform at your best, including communication preferences, assistive tools, or environmental changes.
We're looking for someone who can:
- Manage a commercial property caseload effectively and independently
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and colleagues
- Provide clear, practical and commercially focused legal advice
- Work collaboratively as part of a supportive team
- Manage competing priorities and deadlines effectively
- Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
- Take a proactive and client-focused approach to their work
Essential:
You will need:
- To be a qualified Solicitor with a current practising certificate
- A minimum of 3 year's PQE in Commercial Property
- Experience managing your own commercial property caseload
- Strong drafting, negotiation and communication skills
- Good technical knowledge of commercial property transactions
- Excellent client care skills
- Confidence using IT systems and willingness to learn new technologies
- A flexible and proactive approach to work
Desirable:
It would be beneficial, though not essential, if you also have:
- Experience in social housing transactions
- Experience dealing with complex development projects
- An existing professional network or following
- Experience using case management systems
- Business development experience
We also look for individuals who embody our brand values: approachable, flexible, inclusive, resilient, and supportive.
Why Stephensons?
Stephensons is an award-winning, top-150 law firm with a strong reputation across a wide range of practice areas. We offer a supportive, collaborative environment where people are trusted to do their best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Our Commercial Property team is well established, highly respected, and recognised for delivering high-quality legal advice to a broad client base. You'll benefit from working alongside experienced colleagues who are committed to sharing knowledge and supporting career development, while enjoying access to stable and varied sources of work.
Why not click here to see why you should come and work for us and here’s a brief insight from our Managing Partner, Sean Joyce, into what we’re all about at Stephensons.
What Can We Offer?
Click here to view full details of our benefits package.
- Generous annual leave (increasing with service)
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Early monthly pay scheme
- Life assurance
- Hybrid working
- Holiday sale & purchase scheme*
- Wellbeing package (financial, physical & mental health support)
- Free parking
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay*
- Will writing service*
- Season ticket & travel support
- Payroll giving scheme
- Social events & clubs
- Reward & recognition schemes
- Internal referral scheme
- Retail vouchers / cashback schemes
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Service-length conditions apply.
