Senior Associate/Director/Partner

Lindsays

Edinburgh

PQE: 8+PQE
Department: Residential Conveyancing
Reporting to: Residential Conveyancing Partners/Head of Residential
Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow
This is a client facing role and is likely to involve some supervision of other conveyancers, so is predominantly office based.
Working hours: Whilst this role is ideally 9am-5pm Monday-Friday (35 hours per week)
we are open to considering flexible or part time working to suit the requirements of the business
Job Type: Permanent
Closing date: Please note, whilst we don’t have a set closing date, we may close this vacancy early if we receive significant numbers of applications.  We may also interview candidates on a rolling basis.  

About us

Lindsays is a full-service law firm with a reputation for providing an excellent and outstanding service to clients. Our specialist teams offer a diverse range of services, allowing us to cater to the individual needs of a wide range of clients. The firm maintains strong residential property and private client departments and has an expanding range of corporate and commercial services, encompassing company law, corporate finance, intellectual property, technology, employment, charity law, rural property, commercial property and construction, all of which enjoy an excellent reputation in the marketplace.

With 51 Partners and over 280 staff, our goal is to have the right staff with the right skills to ensure we have superb people to advise and support clients. We are committed to investing in our people and believe in helping our staff succeed. Our Residential Conveyancing team acts for a wide range of clients, providing a comprehensive, quality service to clients of the firm in all aspects including Sales, Purchases, Re-mortgages.

The role

We have a great opportunity for an experienced conveyancer, with relevant experience, to join our forward thinking and dynamic Residential Conveyancing team.  This role will involve regular client contact and the successful candidate should be committed to providing an excellent level of client care.  In addition to technical competencies, the candidate should also be able to communicate in a confident, clear and accessible way and enjoy working as part of a close and well-integrated team.  

Key responsibilities include:

• Provision of a quality service to clients in dealing principally Sales, Purchases, Remortgages
• An ability to take on complex work and/or deal with high net worth clients.
• Generate satisfactory level of fee income in accordance with set fee income targets, record all time accurately and fee promptly during and/or on completion of transactions.
• Adhere to monthly fee earner certificate process.
• Keep up to date with developments in the law and regulatory requirements.
• Take part in regular departmental business meetings.

Key experience and skills required:

• Sound legal knowledge with in-depth experience in that area of law and a high level of technical competence
• Ability to develop positive working relationships across the firm and with clients; gain the respect of colleagues.
• Ability to assess clients’ needs and offer practical guidance
• Acts as a positive ambassador for the Firm both internally and externally
• Ability to work largely unsupervised
• Ability to meet fee targets and achieve strong realisation rates.
• Works effectively with other team members, and is able to supervise the work of those less qualified  
• Actively supports department partners and management
• Takes a proactive approach to matter administration and completes monthly file review process for all matters where marked as fee earner on file
• Has or is developing a network of contacts with the possibility of client base referrals
• Building a reputation in the market; has an active involvement in firm activities both business and social
• Ability to plan and develop practice area in a structured way
If you are interested in applying for the above role and possess the relevant experience please send your CV, including a note of your current salary, to Pearl Steeples, HR Advisor, Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8HE or email: recruitment@lindsays.co.uk.  

Rewards & Benefits:

• 25 days holiday;
• 9 fixed days;
• Long service holidays which start to accrue after 5 years service;
• Holiday purchase scheme;
• Pension scheme;
• Death in Service Benefit (for those in the pension scheme);
• Enhanced family policies after a period of continuous service;
• Discounted legal fees;
• Travel Loan scheme after qualifying period;
• Career development support;
• Hybrid working

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion play an integral part in the people strategy at Lindsays.  We are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where our people feel valued and can reach their full potential.  

Equal Opportunities

Lindsays, is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity and freedom from unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, disability, religion or beliefs, age or sexual orientation.

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