Senior Associate

2 weeks ago

Brierley Hill, Dudley, United Kingdom Higgs LLP Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced transactional property lawyer to join our thriving Property Team at Higgs LLP. Our team is well known for being one of the most active and well-respected in the region, with a fantastic bank of diverse and interesting clients.

As a Senior Associate, you will work on key client relationships, running your own transactions, including high-value and complex projects. You will have responsibilities for client relationships, undertaking a key account management role in some cases, and supervision and management responsibilities for junior team members.

Dependent on experience and appetite, there is also opportunity for you to undertake corporate support work alongside our award-winning Corporate team and take on commercial and residential development transactions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide commercial, pragmatic, and strategic advice to clients
  • Draft and negotiate legal documentation relating to varied transactional work
  • Manage a busy caseload and prioritize effectively
  • Deal with file opening, compliance, and anti-money laundering matters
  • Confidence when dealing with and managing clients
  • Excellent financial hygiene on matters, including WIP and debt management, and time recording practices
  • Undertake legal due diligence and title investigations and reporting to clients
  • Manage client reporting processes across key client accounts
  • Handle high-value and complex legal matters in support of the Partners in the team
  • Opportunity to supervise and lead our developing lawyers

Personal Qualities

  • Proactivity and self-management
  • Good communication, organizational, and team skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Eagerness to learn new skills
  • Flexible and dependable, able to take the initiative
  • Able to remain calm under pressure and work to tight deadlines and prioritize effectively
  • Conscientious, approachable, and enthusiastic
  • Able to quickly build confidence, respect, and trust with others

Technical Knowledge

The ideal candidate will have already established a strong technical foundation to their practice, with broad experiences across a variety of transactions and sectors. Experience in landlord and tenant, property finance, corporate support, and renewable energy transactions will be particularly useful.

Working at Higgs LLP

We offer hybrid working wherever possible, and our Higgs' Best FIT (flexible, inclusive, together) principles are designed to ensure that people are able to complete their best work from the most appropriate location. We are Happy to Talk Flexible working.

We also encourage a 'dress for your diary' approach.

Equal Opportunities

As charter signatories to The Law Society's Diversity and Inclusion Charter, Higgs LLP are committed to developing a diverse business by engaging with the widest pool of talent and promoting equality of opportunity for everyone.

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