We have a fantastic opportunity for a Property Litigation lawyer to join a leading firm of solicitors in Surrey.

The Firm

Our client is a UK law firm with over 200 staff. Of those around 150 are lawyers, approximately a third of the partners, many of whom chose to join them from City law firms.

Their vision is to be one of the UK’s most successful law firms, offering excellence beyond the city, a supportive culture, and the best client experience. Always making a positive difference. They were proud to be named Law Firm of the Year: The Independents at The Lawyer Awards 2020.

The Team

The Real Estate department currently consists of 7 partners and 22 other lawyers. It is regarded as one of the leading real estate practices in the South East outside London and is recommended by the leading independent legal directories.

The department handles a broad range of real estate work across different sectors and includes teams dedicated to real estate dispute resolution, construction, and environmental law. The real estate disputes team sits within the department and handles the full scope of property litigation work.

The Role

They now have a fantastic opportunity for a Property Litigation lawyer to join their Real Estate department. You will join a friendly, collegiate team that is widely recognised for its expertise in this area.

The Candidate

Candidates should have good interpersonal skills, strong academics, and high-quality experience – typically with a major City or leading national/regional practice, a solid grounding in commercial landlord and tenant work to assist with the team’s occupier and investor clients, and recent experience in Court and Tribunal work and of the different procedural stages of litigation.

Please do not hesitate to contact Paul Burgin on 0203 355 2262 or Paul@hunterslegal.com

A great opportunity for an experienced Residential Property Solicitor to join a highly regarded firm of solicitors in their Surrey office.

The Firm

Our client is a leading firm of solicitors with offices in Surrey, Hampshire, and South West London. They are ranked in the UK Chambers & Partners Directory.

The Team

The firm has a large and comprehensive property practice, with Solicitors supporting clients of all sizes with every aspect of conveyancing, property and land ownership, acquisition, sale, lease, and development.

The Role

They have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Solicitor with good Business Development acumen to join their busy Residential Conveyancing team at their Surrey office.

Key Responsibilities:

• To advise and support clients on all matters relating to Residential Conveyancing from instruction through to completion and registration including purchases, transfers, and re-mortgages
• To be involved in business development
• To supervise team members

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a 5 year+ qualified Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer. Experience of new build would be an advantage.  

Having a following or a client base is also an advantage, but not essential.

Please do not hesitate to contact Paul Burgin on 0203 355 2262 or Paul@hunterslegal.com

An exciting opportunity for a Commercial Solicitor to join a top-tier department in Sussex.

The Firm

Our client is an award-winning and expanding legal 100 firm with a headcount of 258, which provides integrated legal services from our offices in London, Surrey, and Sussex.

The Role

The firm is seeking an Associate to join their Corporate team working on the development and growth of the corporate practice. As an effective member of the Commercial Team, you will specialise in non-contentious commercial work including commercial contracts, technology/IP, procurement, information law, and corporate support.

The Candidate

You will have responsibility for running your own files and fee targets under supervision. The successful candidate will have:

• Between 2 and 5 years PQE of non-contentious commercial work
• Excellent knowledge of relevant commercial law and typical agreements
• Enthusiasm and motivation to get involved with business development activities is essential
• A commercial pragmatic approach to advice and negotiations is important
• Understand the importance of client care with an ability to deal with a wide range of clients with differing objectives
• A willingness to support others and be a strong team player
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Competent IT skills particularly using Excel, Word, Outlook, Digital Dictation, and Axxia
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to convey technical legal information in an effective and accessible way

This is a great opportunity for someone enthusiastic and reliable to work within a forward-thinking, award-winning law firm.

Please do not hesitate to contact Paul Burgin on 0203 355 2262 or Paul@hunterslegal.com

An award-winning law firm require a Corporate Solicitor to help develop and grow the corporate practice.

The Firm

Our client is an award winning and expanding legal 100 firm with a headcount of 260, which provides integrated legal services from their offices in London, Surrey and Sussex.

The Team

The firms award-winning corporate team routinely supports large and complex transactions, their clients are typically entrepreneurial in style, preferring a responsive focussed corporate legal team who can deliver deals, and add resource where needed. Their clients range from directors of larger companies, managers of investment funds, those running complex capital market projects, AIM or smaller quoted companies, through to family businesses and professional practices.

The Role

They are seeking a Solicitor to join their Corporate team working on the development and growth of a corporate practice. As an effective member of the Corporate group, you will build your long term network and specialism in the Sussex/Surrey area.

You will have responsibility for running your own files and fee targets under supervision.

The Candidate

The successful candidate will have:

• Between 3 and 5 years PQE
• Previous experience of Corporate M&A work is required, and you will need to demonstrate ability to do so
• Knowledge of the Companies Acts and a working knowledge of Corporate transactional processes
• Understand the importance of client care with an ability to deal with a wide range of clients with differing objectives
• Able to work within a team and provide support to Partners as appropriate
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Competent IT skills particularly using Excel, Word, Outlook, Digital Dictation and Axxia
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to convey technical legal information in an effective and accessible way

The role will be based in their Sussex/Surrey offices when they reopen.

Please do not hesitate to contact Paul Burgin on 0203 355 2262 or Paul@hunterslegal.com

An exciting opportunity for a Family Solicitor to join a regional heavyweight law firm in West London.  

The Firm

The firm is a full-service Thames Valley heavyweight. Working for clients from offices in West London, Berkshire and South Bucks. They boast one of the region’s largest real estate teams outside of London and a corporate team working with UK headquarters of multinationals and large SMEs based in the South East.

The Team

The firms Private Client group is based across their West London and Buckinghamshire Offices. The family team covers a range of privately funded work representing clients on all aspects of divorce, financial remedy, private children’s issues, cohabitee disputes and pre-and post-nuptial agreements. The team also has a significant amount of Contentious Probate and Education Law work.

The wider Private Client group is recognised as a regional heavyweight and includes a specialist Estate Planning team, and a specialist High Net Worth Residential Property team both headed by partners.

The Role

This role is to provide assistance and support to the Divorce and Finance Team.  At an operational level this role will be about working as an assistant solicitor supporting the current Partners in West London managing the smooth running of their caseloads. The successful candidate will be expected to run their own caseload and also assist the Partners with their caseloads adopting a team approach. 

The Candidate

The successful candidate will have broad post qualification experience in family law work, specifically dealing with divorce and family finance.

Qualifications

• Strong LPC pass or equivalent; and
• Hold a current clean practising certificate from the SRA.

Skills and Experience

• History of sound personal billing.
• Good technical grounding and a passion for this practice area.
• Flexible with the ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining the highest quality standards and attention to detail.

Please do not hesitate to contact Paul Burgin on 0203 355 2262 or Paul@hunterslegal.com