Chadwick Lawrence is an equal opportunities employer. Selection criteria and procedures are regularly reviewed to ensure that individuals are treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.
Location: Dock Street, Leeds
Responsible to: Partner in Charge
Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £ negotiable, dependent upon experience
Chadwick Lawrence is a leading local law firm with a successful and busy Commercial Property Team.
Our multi-disciplinary team works with local and national clients from a broad range of industries to deliver a range of specialist legal services. Our Property team undertakes various commercial property development and investment transactions including sales, purchases, leases, and refinancing.
We provide a supportive environment for career development, offering exciting challenges and opportunities for personal and professional growth. We are looking to recruit and develop talented solicitors to achieve their potential – and who will help us achieve ours in return.
About the role
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Property NQ Solicitor with up to 3 years' PQE to work within our busy Property team. Candidates must have some experience of property law gained during their training, either commercial or residential.
The role will include working a wide range of commercial property transactional work for both local and national clients to include sales & purchases, refinancing, landlord & tenant work, acting either for landlord or tenant, together with acquisition and disposal of commercial and residential development land. You will also assist in larger scale projects including town centre regeneration projects
The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic and ambitious person who wants to develop their skills further through working on a wide range of quality instructions. You would be working closely with senior members of the team, providing support in all aspects including drafting/preparation of documentation, preparation of reports to clients, file administration and land registry applications.
Applicants should ideally possess the following skills and experience:
* Up to 3 years' PQE, having had at least a seat in Commercial Property
* strong IT skills
* the high degree of initiative and the ability to manage your time and your workload effectively
* excellent communication skills and a desire to use these to promote the team and the firm both internally and externally
* a willingness to learn, to drive your own career progression and to be proactive in achieving this
* demonstrate a strong commercial and pragmatic approach
We would like to take this opportunity of thanking you for your application. It is not always possible to reply to each applicant individually. If you do not therefore hear from the firm within 2 weeks of your application, please presume that you have been unsuccessful.