Residential Conveyancing Solicitor / Licensed Conveyancer
2 days ago
Preston
Napthens’ Preston office is looking for Residential Conveyancing Solicitors and Licensed Conveyancers to join our friendly, expert team. Are you a conveyancing pro who thrives in a fast paced, people focused environment? Do you love the buzz of progressing files, delighting clients, and making the complex feel simple? If you’re nodding — keep reading. This is your chance to join a team where quality comes first, colleagues have your back, and great work is recognised. 🔑 What You’ll Be Doing You’ll manage your own varied caseload from instruction to post completion, including: • Sales, purchases, remortgages, transfers of equity, new builds and shared ownership, • Investigating title and preparing clear, accurate reports, • Drafting contracts, TR1/TP1s, completion statements and other key documentation, • Driving transactions forward proactively — keeping clients informed and agents happy, • Managing exchange and completion with precision, • Handling all post completion work including SDLT and Land Registry submissions. 🤝 Your Clients & Contacts Love You Because You… • Communicate clearly, professionally and regularly, • Build brilliant relationships with clients, agents, lenders and brokers, • Keep everyone updated before they ever need to chase, • Handle queries quickly and calmly, even when the pressure’s on, • You’re the glue that keeps a transaction moving — and you enjoy being that person. 📋 Compliance & Quality (Your Middle Name) You take pride in: • Meeting AML, ID and source of funds requirements, • Producing spotless client care and case documentation, • Keeping case management notes accurate and up to date, • Helping the department maintain low requisition and complaint rates, • Quality matters here — and we love people who care about getting it right. 💷 Financial Awareness & Performance You contribute to team success by: • Managing WIP, billing and aged debt, • Recording time accurately, • Meeting monthly fee targets with confidence, • Keeping write offs to a minimum, • You understand the business of law — and the importance of profitability. 🌱 Business Development & Team Contribution This role is more than pure file handling. You’ll also: • Maintain warm relationships with referrers, • Support BD initiatives and attend networking events, • Help cross sell wider firm services, • Support junior colleagues and share knowledge, • Contribute to improving processes and best practice, • We’re a collaborative team — we want people who want to get involved. 🎓 What You’ll Bring • Experience running your own residential conveyancing caseload, • Strong drafting and title review skills, • Excellent organisation and attention to detail, • A proactive, commercially aware mindset, • Great communication and client care skills, • Comfort working independently and juggling deadlines, • Competence with case management systems and IT, • Experience with leasehold, new build or complex titles (bonus!), • A legal qualification, e.g. Solicitor, Licensed Conveyancer CLC. 🌟 Why You’ll Enjoy Working With Us • A supportive team that shares knowledge, • Opportunities for real development and progression, • A department that values high standards and work life balance, • A busy caseload, appreciative clients, and a firm that invests in people Ready to take the next step? Apply now and join a team where your expertise truly matters.