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Residential Conveyancing Fee Earner
Sutton
Salary negotiable
Full-Time Permanent
Do you have at least 3 years PQE? Our client is looking for a Residential Conveyancing Fee Earner to provide a wide range of legal support which includes but is not limited to giving advice to clients in both writing and in person.
Essentials:
- At least 3 years PQE.
- Great communication skills via mail, telephone, email and in-person.
- Good working knowledge of general software packages, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and the client’s management information system, LEAP.
- Organisational skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Meeting and interviewing clients to establish the client’s suitability to provide the necessary advice and services.
- Onboarding clients and ensuring compliance with AML Policies and Procedures.
- Advising the clients on legal issues and taking instructions.
- Conduct the conveyancing process up to exchange and completion.
- Perusal of an approving all pre-contract enquiries.
- Exchanging contracts and dealing with all matters prior to completion, and to include thereafter completion of the transaction.
- Researching and analysing information as relevant.
- Preparing all legal documents for client or for court preparation.
- Undertaking all necessary administration including billing client for work completed on their behalf, keeping accurate and informative file / attendance notes.
- Attending departmental meetings, share best practice.
- Working in a team within the firm and making cross referrals to colleagues / other departments.
- Comply with all reasonable requests from the partners, the practice manager or anyone acting on their behalf.
- Strict compliance with all aspects of Lexcel.
- Undertake the supervision of secretarial staff, trainees or paralegals,
- Attending regular training when required to develop and maintain relevant knowledge and skills.
- General maintenance of client files.
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Disclaimer: Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.
