Legal Executive or Licensed Conveyancer

Company overview

Debenhams Ottaway is a modern, client focused law firm based in St Albans and Radlett working with businesses of the future and thriving families and individuals in Hertfordshire and London.

Our long and successful history as leading advisers to private families and individuals is now complemented by our fast-growing commercial work with medium-sized businesses, owner-managed businesses and entrepreneurs. Debenhams Ottaway believes passionately in building the best teams with the energy and imagination to provide the highest quality legal advice.

Overview

Our Residential Conveyancing team pride themselves on delivering high levels of quality service to high-net-worth clients. We are looking for a Legal Executive or Licensed Conveyancer to join our team and work fairly independently on a varied case load of all aspects of conveyancing matters.

Key responsibilities

Activities will be varied and will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Take client instructions and progress the matter to completion.
• Support other Fee Earners in the provision of service to their clients by progressing matters that are delegated.
• Provide a courteous and efficient service putting clients at the centre of everything that is done.
• Keep control of an allocated caseload to ensure that standards of matter conduct, file management, administration, time-recording and accounting are maintained at all times.
• Recognise the importance of cross-selling and identify opportunities to refer work to other teams.
• Attend networking and firm events to build relationships with potential clients and intermediaries.
• Assist in developing and implementing marketing strategies for specific area of expertise and work.
• Regularly update knowledge and expertise and share this with others in the Team/firm.

Skills and attributes

• Knowledge, experience and passion for residential conveyancing.
• Adopts a client-centered focus at all times taking responsibility for the level of client service they provide and takes proactive steps to maximize and improve client relationships
• Creative problem-solving ability
• Both strong written and oral communication skills 
• Confident with the ability to interface and develop relationships with a variety of people.
• Socially confident
• Professional appearance
• Strong IT skills