We have an amazing opportunity for a highly accomplished Conveyancing Solicitor or Legal Adviser to join our Eastbourne team! You will be based at our brand new modern hub in central Eastbourne working with a fantastic team of experienced legal professionals.
We are looking for someone with ambition and drive to join our team. You are likely to have around 8+ years PQE and enthusiasm to take on a real career opportunity. You will have proven experience of working on a range of complex matters, providing exceptional service to your clients.
What you will be doing:
* Handle a wide range of residential property work, including large complex matters.
* Engage with prospective legal clients, produce matter estimates and pre-instruction documentation.
* Produce written advice to clients and the required legal documents to progress and conclude their matter.
* Exercise high standards of client care in a professional and pleasant manner at all times.
* Work with marketing strategies to attract new clients and develop relationships with current clients.
* Assist and supervise more junior fee earners/paralegals, delegating appropriate work to paralegals.
What you will need:
* Highly accomplished Legal Adviser with relevant experience working in Residential Property.
* Experience in a wide range of complex Residential Property work.
* Ability to manage your workload, knowing when to delegate and when to request additional input to provide the best client service.
* An understanding of clients as our business partners & the importance of knowing what is key for them.
* Proven business development experience, with the ability to build strong professional relationships.
How we work?
We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences, and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to join our team. We seek to engage a diverse workforce, focusing on inclusivity and fair treatment for all. We oppose all forms of discrimination and promote equality of opportunity in everything we do. We can make reasonable adjustments for applicants and employees with a disability so please let us know about any specific needs and requirements you have.
About Mayo Wynne Baxter
Mayo Wynne Baxter has over 200 staff and Partners across our nine Sussex offices and have been providing advice to the people of Sussex and beyond for over 150 years. We are proud of our heritage and our strong reputation in Sussex, but we have clients based across the globe.
You will be joining a firm that prides itself on delivering exceptional service to our clients and to each other, in a friendly and supportive way. We employ talented individuals as qualified legal professionals, paralegals and within roles in our Legal Support teams, Marketing, HR and Finance.
It is exceptionally important to us that we have the best people in place to provide an outstanding service to our clients and, whether in a client-facing role or not, we recognise that everyone contributes to our business success.
We believe in trusting our people to make the right decisions for themselves, from when and where you work, to how you dress; we focus on outputs. We believe that we are stronger together and that our differences make us strong.
We are also Lexcel accredited for Legal Excellence, Silver IIP and are B Corp certified.
Application Deadline: November 18, 2024
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Eastbourne
Workplace type: Hybrid
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