Commercial Property Lawyer

Our client, an established law firm with offices across the Nottinghamshire area, are looking for a Commercial Property Lawyer to join their firm.

If you are an experienced lawyer with significant PQE (does not need to be within Commercial Property), this could be the ideal role for you!

Salary - Up to £50,000 dependant on experience and qualifications, plus discretionary performance and Christmas bonuses.

Hours - 35 hours per week, Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with 1 hour for lunch each day.

Job Purpose

• To provide specialist legal advice primarily to churches and Christian organisations on a range of property law issues
• To advise on often complex commercial and charity issues, handling conveyancing sales and purchases, working with organisations in their roles as landlord and tenant, advising on leases, drafting and reviewing documents and correspondence, negotiating on behalf of churches and other clients and meeting billing targets
• To contribute to our mission of establishing lifelong relationships with all our clients by anticipating and responding to their needs for quality legal services
• To uphold our values of Honesty, Respect and Teamwork, and work in accordance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Principles and Code of Conduct

Main Duties

• To manage a caseload of commercial property matters from start to finish primarily for churches and other Christian organisations including sales and purchases, leases, contracts, re-mortgaging or transferring properties, charity and charity property matters and other complex contractual work
• To advise on the requirements of the Charities Act as it relates to property and the responsibilities of trustees mainly within the context of churches and Christian organisations
• To take a proactive approach in building professional relationships with churches, Christian organisations, other clients and contacts in order to develop our commercial property presence in this sector including attending some remote or face to face with Church Trustees, Ministers, Christian organisations and other clients
• To work productively with colleagues across all our offices
• To maintain and promote the good image and reputation of the firm
• To assist colleagues, Directors and Heads of Department with marketing and training events and initiatives
• To manage and supervise junior staff and support staff including assisting with recruitment, training etc as required
• To effectively use the case management software and our financial and billing processes

General Duties

• To work in a flexible way to ensure that the workload is completed and to undertake any other jobs commensurate with the level of the post March 2025
• To establish, maintain and enhance team-working with colleagues and staff
• To keep confidential all information about individuals and the business of our client and work within the guidelines of the GDPR
• To abide by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Health and Safety, Anti Money Laundering Policies and all other relevant policies

If this role could be of interest please apply, all applications are reviewed daily. Alternatively, please call Daisy on to discuss further.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.