About The Role
Join our prestigious and dynamic legal firm based in the heart of Hereford. We are renowned for our comprehensive legal expertise and exceptional client service, specialising in residential property matters. Our team is dedicated to providing bespoke advice, ensuring that every client receives the attention and support they deserve throughout their property transactions.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a confident and experienced Senior Residential Property Lawyer to join our successful team in a job share capacity. This role is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and client-focused individual who excels in managing high-value transactions and has the leadership skills to help supervise and guide our team.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Transactional Expertise: Advise on a wide range of residential property matters including sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, voluntary first registrations, and lease extensions.
2. Client Service Excellence: Deliver the highest levels of client service, ensuring a seamless and tailored experience for each client.
3. Team Leadership: Provide leadership and guidance to the residential property team, fostering a collaborative and confident environment.
4. Business Development: Cultivate relationships with local contacts and agents in the Cambridge market. Develop opportunities for internal and external referrals and actively participate in business development initiatives.
5. Knowledge Sharing: Maintain and expand knowledge in residential property law, working closely with colleagues to share insights and strategies.
6. Collaboration with Private Wealth Teams: Partner internally with our well-established private wealth teams to ensure a comprehensive client journey.
About You
Candidate Profile:
1. Experience: A proven track record in residential property law with significant experience in high-value transactions.
2. Leadership Skills: Capable of supervising a team and providing guidance when needed.
3. Local Market Knowledge: Ideally known in the Hereford market with established local contacts and agent relationships.
4. Professionalism: Highly polished and professional demeanour with a focus on client experience.
5. Commitment: Dedication to maintaining high standards of service and attention to detail.
Why Join Us?
1. Client-Centric Approach: We prioritise getting to know our clients and tailoring our services to meet their specific needs.
2. Efficient Work Practices: We keep our workloads manageable, allowing us to complete transactions faster whilst keeping impeccable service levels.
3. Supportive Work Environment: Work alongside a dedicated team who all support each other.
4. Growth Opportunities: Be part of a growing team with ample opportunities for personal and professional development.
About Us
Benefits of working with us:
* Income Protection
* Private Medical Insurance
* Sight tests / Glasses discounts
* Car Loans
* Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
* 27 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
* Bonus scheme
* Electric vehicle scheme
* Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Life Assurance
* 1/3 gym membership contribution
* Flu vaccinations
Is HCR the smart move for you?
HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.
Why HCR people love their jobs:
Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.
What career progression will HCR offer you?
HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.
What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?
As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.
With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.
With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.
As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.
If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.
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