Locum Senior Property Lawyer
Birmingham – £50 - £65
Position: Locum Senior Property Lawyer (Up to 6 Months)Salary: Hourly Rate DOE
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Working Style: 2 Office days are required per week
Douglas Scott are working with a housing business to recruit a solicitor or legal executive into their team on a Locum basis for up to 6 months.
Are you a dedicated and experienced professional locum looking for a role that offers both challenge and variety? This position provides an excellent chance to showcase your expertise while gaining invaluable experience in a supportive and professional environment. You'll need to be able to hit the ground running as the role will have a caseload to take over and manage from day one.
About the Role: As part of the Housing Legal team, you’ll work closely with the Head of Housing providing expert property legal advice to the wider organisation and also responsible for a junior property lawyer.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing complex casework from start to finish, particularly in relation to property ownership/title/freehold and leasehold issues.
- Proven experience in residential and commercial property law with a solid understanding of the processes and requirements involved.
- Maintain a log of leasehold interests and report back on enfranchisement opportunities.
- Issue new leases or interim licences, LFA's, variations or terminations.
- Additional Ad Hoc advise and drafting in relation to wayleaves, easements, rights and potential acquisitions/disposals of properties.
- Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
- Supervision of junior legal assistant's work.
- 5-9 years PQE Solicitor or Legal Executive with no upper limit.
- Qualified Solicitor, CiLEX, or equivalent in England and Wales.
- Strong knowledge of property law and it's application.
- Proven experience advising at a senior level while dealing with a high case load.
- Relevant Housing sector experience desirable but not essential.
Get in touch with Huw Flanagan-Roberts to discuss further.
Huw Flanagan-Roberts is a Recruitment Consultant at Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment, with less than a year at the company. With a background in sales management and a design degree, Huw excels at building strong relationships in the legal sector. Inspired by his marriage to a corporate lawyer, he’s comfortable with legal terminology. Huw speaks Welsh almost fluently, a skill he enjoys using when visiting his homeland in Wales.
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Job Spec:
- Area of Law: Commercial Property Law
- Type: In House
- Salary: £50 - £65
- Term: Temp/Contract
- Location: Birmingham
- Reference: 1237209
