New Job Opening: NQ Commercial Property Solicitor in Kendal, UK

Job Description

Commercial Property Solicitor (NQ)

Location: Kendal

Salary: £40,000 to £50,000 plus bonus and benefits

Experience: Newly Qualified

If you’ve just qualified and you want a Commercial Property role where you’ll get real responsibility, strong support, and a sensible approach to targets, this is a great move. You’ll join a team known for being proactive, commercial, and genuinely invested in developing its people.

Our client is a market-leading, full-service law firm with a strong reputation for looking after its people. They offer a supportive, people-first culture, with clear progression routes and flexible working.

This is a newly qualified position within a busy Commercial Property team based in Kendal. You’ll work on a broad mix of matters, with regular client and agent contact, and the chance to build your technical skills quickly while developing your own style as a trusted adviser.

The team advises investors, lenders, developers and entrepreneurs across a range of sectors. The work is varied and often transactional, so it suits someone who enjoys pace, detail, and building relationships.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Running your own caseload with appropriate supervision

• Liaising with supervisors to manage workload and priorities

• Drafting and negotiating transactional documentation

• Providing clear, practical advice and regular updates to clients and agents

• Using a case management system and maintaining accurate file records

• Building relationships with clients and contacts, and contributing to business development

• Working closely with colleagues across other service lines to deliver a joined-up client service

• Supporting wider team objectives and promoting the firm’s values

What We’re Looking For

• Newly qualified Solicitor, ideally with a seat in Commercial Property / Real Estate

• Confidence managing your own caseload with some supervision

• Strong attention to detail and high standards of accuracy

• Excellent communication and client-handling skills

• Strong organisation and the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines

• Good IT skills and comfort working with case management systems

• A self-motivated, collaborative approach

• Interest in business development and building a network over time

Desirable

• Experience with SOS case management

What’s On Offer

• Hybrid working

• Maximum of 1,200 chargeable hours per annum

• Employee bonus scheme and annual pay review

• Medicash health benefits cash plan and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Holiday entitlement that increases with length of service

• Paid time off for voluntary work (2 days per year)

• Free conveyancing for the purchase/sale of your primary residence

• Free individual or mirror Wills

• Employee referral scheme

• Biannual promotion and salary uplift application process

• Regular social events, including an annual Christmas party and staff recognition awards

• A supportive culture with genuine investment in development and wellbeing

Working Arrangements

• Full-time

• Hybrid working

Next Steps (How to Apply)

Apply online or send your CV to  [email protected]  or call 0333 996 2882 for more information.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. We will always obtain your express permission before sharing your details with our client.