"I am proud to work at Osborne Clarke. The firm’s inclusive culture and welcoming environment - especially within the Plots team - have made me feel supported from day one. There are clear opportunities to grow and progress, and I am excited to develop my career here." Beatrice Adu – Conveyancing Executive
The Role
We have a new opportunity for an experienced Residential Conveyancer / Conveyancing Executive / Chartered Legal Executive to join our Real Estate team in Bristol or Reading on a permanent basis.
This is a diverse and varied role, working across all areas of Plots conveyancing for some of the UK's leading housebuilders. This is an exciting and challenging position for an experienced conveyancer who enjoys working in a supportive environment, for ambitious clients with high expectations. You will work closely with our clients acting for them on the sale of their new build plots, some of which will be using purchasing schemes, and carrying out a full range of conveyancing requirements.
The Practice Group
Our Real Estate department provides legal services to clients on a range of matters, from large land acquisition deals right through to plot sales. We advise on residential development work, strategic land joint ventures and consortia arrangements. Our strong reputation in the residential sector is based on many years' experience advising residential developers and house-builders. Our understanding of the market brings a depth of expertise, which makes us one of the leading law firms in this field.
Our clients are some of the UK's leading house-builders including Barratt Homes, Bloor Homes, Vistry Partnership and Cotswold Homes.
The Team
You will be a part of the Plots team, which sits within Real Estate and works closely with other areas of the business. Alongside plot conveyancing, the team works on site set up matters, section agreements, compliance certificates and deeds of variation. The team is based both in Bristol and Reading and consists of 16 conveyancers with various levels of experience, and 9 administrative assistants.
Technical Skills and Experience
The successful candidate will have experience as a Plots Sales or Residential Property Conveyancer. Experience undertaking title investigation of purchased properties is desirable but not essential.
You will also have:
- Managed your own caseload with minimal supervision.
- Experience working under pressure and to tight deadlines, while maintaining great attention to detail.
- The ability to work with high volumes at times, without compromising on service.
- Ability to develop and maintain strong client relationships.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Good IT skills with the ability to produce own work and use case management systems.
High levels of commercial awareness; keeping up to date and applying changes and developments in this area of law.
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Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.
We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this. When you join us you'll have the flexibility to select the benefits that are right for you including financial planning, health benefits (including your physical, mental and emotional health), lifestyle benefits that help you enjoy life in and out of work and family friendly policies.
Our recruitment process
We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Jemma Jackaman on [email protected]
Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.
