Solicitor/Legal Executive
- Recruiter
- DAC Beachcroft LLP
- Location
- Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Salary
- Competitive + Competitive salary and company benefits
- Posted
- 10 Aug 2014
- Closes
- 30 Dec 2014
- Ref
- 22859
- Contact
- Simon Isaac
- Job Title
- Legal Executive
- Practice Area
- Property and Planning
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Leeds Real Estate Team
We offer the opportunity to work within a market-leading Real Estate team in a top 20 firm, with offices in Leeds, London and other locations throughout the UK and across the World.
The strength and breadth of our Leeds Real Estate team's client portfolio remains unrivalled in the North, providing excellent opportunities to work with leading national and international PLCs, listed real estate developers, investors, landlords, occupiers and public sector organisations.
Our well-established team comprises over 20 fee-earners (including four partners) and support staff. We form part of a national Real Estate practice group which numbers over 100 in total. With a special niche focus on residential development.
An expanding client list and increasing workloads means new team members are needed to play an essential, valued role in delivering the time-critical, high quality service expected by our clients.
Successful candidates will be enthusiastic and dedicated, have a strong work ethic and are keen to seize the opportunity to progress their legal career by developing their technical skills and commercial awareness in a friendly, collaborative environment.
Residential and Commercial Development Team
Our Leeds Real Estate development team has an opportunity for 2/3 years PQE solicitor or experienced Legal Executive to support a growing Plot Sales team based in our Leeds office. The successful candidate will be working closely with our land acquisition teams in London, Manchester, Bristol and Leeds. And acting for volume house builders, such as Barrett and Berkeley homes and others. We are also on the legal panel for Linden houses, Crest Nicholson and Taylor Wimpey with potential opportunities for growth in plot sales.
The Firm
With over 2,300 people, DAC Beachcroft combines one of the most comprehensive UK legal networks with coverage across Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia-Pacific. We provide a full service claims, transactional, commercial, risk and advisory capability. We work with clients in a select range of industry sectors and are market leaders in health, insurance and real estate. We are agile, progressive and easy to engage with.
We are committed to supporting the communities where we operate through charitable giving, pro bono work and programmes such as those operated by Business in the Community and The Prince's Trust.
Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2014, recognised more than half of our UK partners as leaders in their field and we hold 126 listings in total.
In Legal 500 2013, a clients' guide to the UK Legal Profession, the firm received a tier 1 ranking for 30 of its practice areas across the UK and 72 rankings in 40 separate practice areas. The firm is also recognised in Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers and Legal 500 Europe and Latin America for its international capabilities with 51 additional international leading lawyers listed.
DAC Beachcroft holds certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and ISO27001, the information security standard, and DAC Beachcroft LLP is the largest law firm in the country to hold a Gold Investors in People award.
For more information, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com
The Role
This Role will be responsible for our Plot Sales team site set up, specifically this role will include:
• The compilation of documents for sales packs to be sent to Purchasers and drafting of all necessary plot disposal documents including any site specific management provisions.
• Obtaining land registry approval of site conveyances/ lay out plans.
• Attending pre-start meetings with land, technical and sales departments
• Advise on managerial structures and reversionary disposals including setting up of management companies where appropriate
• Liaising with Plot Sales team and dealing with ongoing enquiries and also with Sales teams on site (where relevant).
• Adhering closely to client protocol and process.
• Make an appropriate contribution to non fee-earning activity e.g. knowledge sharing, training, client seminars, and business development.
• Comply with the required standards for internal procedures e.g. financial management of files, billing regimes etc as well as the specific requirements of individual clients.
• Handle confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.
The Person
• A Solicitor or Legal Executive with experience in Residential development either private practice or working in house
• Experience of site set up and dealing with developer clients
• Ability to deliver against client protocols and KPIs.
• Strong technical skills and an ability to understand and work through complex issues.
• A demonstrable ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to legal issues and to be highly client focused.
• Ability to operate with a high level of self sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority.
• Team oriented and collegiate with an experience of and a willingness to mentor, coach and supervise less experienced members of teams.
• Exposure to and success within business development activities.
• Confident communicator with an ability to develop relationships, undertake client marketing and influence at all levels. Ability to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues, building up strong relationships.
• Strong organisation skills to ensure a pragmatic and methodical approach to handling a variety of Real Estate matters simultaneously, through an IT case management system.
• Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives.
• Able to handle a complex and constantly changing workload and to work under pressure.
• Detail conscious with a concern for quality.
We offer the opportunity to work within a market-leading Real Estate team in a top 20 firm, with offices in Leeds, London and other locations throughout the UK and across the World.
The strength and breadth of our Leeds Real Estate team's client portfolio remains unrivalled in the North, providing excellent opportunities to work with leading national and international PLCs, listed real estate developers, investors, landlords, occupiers and public sector organisations.
Our well-established team comprises over 20 fee-earners (including four partners) and support staff. We form part of a national Real Estate practice group which numbers over 100 in total. With a special niche focus on residential development.
An expanding client list and increasing workloads means new team members are needed to play an essential, valued role in delivering the time-critical, high quality service expected by our clients.
Successful candidates will be enthusiastic and dedicated, have a strong work ethic and are keen to seize the opportunity to progress their legal career by developing their technical skills and commercial awareness in a friendly, collaborative environment.
Residential and Commercial Development Team
Our Leeds Real Estate development team has an opportunity for 2/3 years PQE solicitor or experienced Legal Executive to support a growing Plot Sales team based in our Leeds office. The successful candidate will be working closely with our land acquisition teams in London, Manchester, Bristol and Leeds. And acting for volume house builders, such as Barrett and Berkeley homes and others. We are also on the legal panel for Linden houses, Crest Nicholson and Taylor Wimpey with potential opportunities for growth in plot sales.
The Firm
With over 2,300 people, DAC Beachcroft combines one of the most comprehensive UK legal networks with coverage across Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia-Pacific. We provide a full service claims, transactional, commercial, risk and advisory capability. We work with clients in a select range of industry sectors and are market leaders in health, insurance and real estate. We are agile, progressive and easy to engage with.
We are committed to supporting the communities where we operate through charitable giving, pro bono work and programmes such as those operated by Business in the Community and The Prince's Trust.
Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2014, recognised more than half of our UK partners as leaders in their field and we hold 126 listings in total.
In Legal 500 2013, a clients' guide to the UK Legal Profession, the firm received a tier 1 ranking for 30 of its practice areas across the UK and 72 rankings in 40 separate practice areas. The firm is also recognised in Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers and Legal 500 Europe and Latin America for its international capabilities with 51 additional international leading lawyers listed.
DAC Beachcroft holds certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and ISO27001, the information security standard, and DAC Beachcroft LLP is the largest law firm in the country to hold a Gold Investors in People award.
For more information, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com
The Role
This Role will be responsible for our Plot Sales team site set up, specifically this role will include:
• The compilation of documents for sales packs to be sent to Purchasers and drafting of all necessary plot disposal documents including any site specific management provisions.
• Obtaining land registry approval of site conveyances/ lay out plans.
• Attending pre-start meetings with land, technical and sales departments
• Advise on managerial structures and reversionary disposals including setting up of management companies where appropriate
• Liaising with Plot Sales team and dealing with ongoing enquiries and also with Sales teams on site (where relevant).
• Adhering closely to client protocol and process.
• Make an appropriate contribution to non fee-earning activity e.g. knowledge sharing, training, client seminars, and business development.
• Comply with the required standards for internal procedures e.g. financial management of files, billing regimes etc as well as the specific requirements of individual clients.
• Handle confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.
The Person
• A Solicitor or Legal Executive with experience in Residential development either private practice or working in house
• Experience of site set up and dealing with developer clients
• Ability to deliver against client protocols and KPIs.
• Strong technical skills and an ability to understand and work through complex issues.
• A demonstrable ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to legal issues and to be highly client focused.
• Ability to operate with a high level of self sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority.
• Team oriented and collegiate with an experience of and a willingness to mentor, coach and supervise less experienced members of teams.
• Exposure to and success within business development activities.
• Confident communicator with an ability to develop relationships, undertake client marketing and influence at all levels. Ability to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues, building up strong relationships.
• Strong organisation skills to ensure a pragmatic and methodical approach to handling a variety of Real Estate matters simultaneously, through an IT case management system.
• Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives.
• Able to handle a complex and constantly changing workload and to work under pressure.
• Detail conscious with a concern for quality.