Residential Property Fee Earner

Job Vacancy
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Residential Solicitor, or Senior Chartered Legal Executive to join our team in Braintree. The role has become available due to retirement within the team, therefore you will take over an established and existing case load with opportunity for generation of new relationships in community and residential property sector. You will receive multi-level support in growing your client base further within this well-established region.

You'll be joining a well-established Residential Property department that handles a broad spectrum of matters including mainstream sales and purchases, leasehold and freehold transactions, complex title issues and a broad range of residential property and finance work. The department works with a diverse client base spanning the full range of residential property types across all 7 of our offices and nationally.

Day to day you will be handling a varied caseload that will encompass the full cycle of residential property transaction including sales, purchases and re-mortgages of freehold and leasehold property, remortgages and transfers of equity, transfers of part, deeds of easement, variation and/or release and small development sales.

This role offers the chance to take on meaningful responsibility, contribute to client development, and support junior team members, all within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

The Department is looking to not only build more on the internal management team with the Department itself but give more residential property presence within the firm's overall Management team as part of this recruitment so there is real opportunity to join the Firm at Senior Associate level for the right candidate.

At Senior Associate level you are considered as part of the management group at the Firm. This means genuine involvement at leadership level, ability to contribute to and lead on projects which are designed to grow the success of the department and firm. You will be involved with the business planning process and be recognised for the contribution you make to the overall residential property department.

This is an exciting time to join Holmes & Hills. Having invested a significant amount of funding and effort in our growth over the last 5 years, we are now in a strong position to utilise that growth in developing our service offering further and increasing the profitability of the firm. This role has real potential to be part of some exciting times ahead for the Firm

WHAT EXPERIENCE DO I NEED?
Ideally you will be a qualified solicitor (or Senior Charted Legal Executive) with solid experience (at least 6 years PQE) in residential property and land law, ideally gained at a reputable regional or national firm. You should be confident managing your own caseload and delivering high-quality service to clients.

Experience in mentoring or supervising junior colleagues is essential, as is a proactive approach to business development and maintaining client relationships.

We are particularly interested in candidates with the following range of expertise:

• Purchases and sales
• Transfers of equity
• Re-mortgages
• Equity Release
• Transfers of Part
• Trust Transfers and Estate planning work
• Bridging and non - regulated finance matters

You will have a proven track record in delivering high quality conveyancing and residential property work under minimal supervision.

Our employees are encouraged to be involved in business development and marketing, so the successful candidate must be commercially aware and possess excellent relationship building and communication skills.

The right candidate will have excellent client care skills and be able to take a flexible approach to meeting clients' expectations of client contact. They must be confident and competent in technical aspects of Residential Property and Land Law and not just the process itself.

WHAT SKILLS SHOULD I HAVE?

• Exceptional communication skills
• Self-motivated and results orientated
• Commercially aware and client focused
• Team player
• Flexible approach to client service

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

• A supportive, relaxed and flexible work environment in an experienced and growing team.
• 28 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Medicash after 1 years' service at an enhanced level
• Life Insurance
• EAP and various other physical and mental wellbeing support services including virtual GP access 24/7
• Family friendly policies such as enhanced maternity and paternity pay plus, family events leave
• Company sick pay
• Cycle scheme

At Holmes & Hills we are proud to have a culture of sharing, collaboration and mutual respect. We are genuine, authentic and down to earth. We are passionate about what we do and how we do it and believe our Values demonstrate the quality and commitment we give to our many clients. These values run through the core of our firm and are fundamental to the develop and progression of our 200 highly valued colleagues.

We offer a benefits package that we believe gives all of our colleagues a bit of everything but in addition to these material benefits, we also offer the opportunity to work for a progressive, modern and inspiring law firm in a regional area that brings with it, the benefit of a good work/life balance, flexibility and family focussed and with genuine opportunity to progress and develop evidenced by our commitment to our Career Pathway and Training Pathway.

About Us
Holmes & Hills Solicitors is a large regional firm of solicitors with seven offices across Essex and Suffolk and over 200 legal professionals across a number of specialist departments. Holmes & Hills works in partnership with clients across East Anglia, including businesses, individuals, families and local authorities, to build long standing relationships, protect clients' interests and support clients' growth and development.

Working in partnership with businesses and individuals
Holmes & Hills' large team of legal experts work in partnership with individuals and organisations to provide them with truly proactive legal services through personal relationships. Acting as a trusted advisor to clients, we take the time to understand clients' needs and objectives before delivering practical advice through a personal and accessible approach.

Independently recognised as a leading law firm
Holmes & Hills Solicitors is independently recognised by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners - two independent directories of the UK's top law firms - as being a leading supplier of legal services in the region.

These accreditations give our clients the confidence that the legal advice and representation they receive from Holmes & Hills is some of the best available.

Our clients range from established and growing businesses whose brands are recognised and sold around the world and local authorities across the region, through to families and first-time home buyers.