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The Company
Our client is a well-established and highly successful law practice with offices in Kent and Sussex that offers expert & trusted legal advice to a broad range of clients. The business is doing very well and has a thriving Commercial Property offering. The Department has excellent relationships with clients and works across a wide variety of Commercial Property matters. Due to continued growth, there exists the key strategic requirement to recruit a Head of Commercial Property Designate at either a Solicitor, Associate or Salaried Partner level.
Role & Responsibilities
- Oversee and lead a broad range of Commercial Property workflows, personally running your own caseload capably and competently - e.g. landlord, tenant, leases and development work
- Involvement with forecasts, fees, development & mentoring of staff
- Help to ensure this Commercial Property team is successful; achieves and exceeds targets,grows and has very positive culture
- Act as a primary point of contact for clients and other stakeholders, delivering great results and service for clients
- Be involved with company networking and marketing where appropriate
- Effective time management and organisation skills with the running of the team and services provided in relation to all client matters
Objective Expertise & Subjective Traits
Suitable candidates for this role are likely to have the following backgrounds:
- An experienced and qualified self-sufficient Solicitor or Legal Executive in Commercial Property matters
- A strong communicator with excellent time management, organisation, commercial management and administration skills
- Ideally people management experience to date or an interest to get involved with this
- Determined, focused, energetic and a team player
- Proactive, confident and professional at all times with a high degree of integrity
- Hands on, progressive and someone that is able to challenge, improve and develop existing practices
- Enthusiastic outlook and charismatic with a good sense of humour
The Opportunity
- The opportunity to be part of a well-established, high calibre and successful Sussex and Kent practice
- The chance to join a successful business with a strong Commercial Property disciplineoffering that is growing
- The chance to work within a stimulating, highly sociable and positive environment
- The opportunity to run a Department and be a Salaried Partner
- The chance to get ownership of the practice over the next couple of years based on performance
If this opportunity is of interest, please do email us your CV.
