Head of Legal Practice (HoLP) - Licensed Conveyancer
hace 13 días
London
About the role We are a new residential conveyancing practice launching in 2026, built around a simple idea: low caseloads, modern systems, and clients who never have to chase for an update. We are looking for a Licensed Conveyancer or Solicitor with 5+ years PQE in residential conveyancing to join as our Head of Legal Practice. This is a senior legal role with genuine responsibility - you will oversee all legal work, supervise fee earners, and ensure regulatory compliance as the named HoLP on our CLC licence. This is not a partner or co-founder position. It is a salaried role with a performance bonus tied to firm growth. What the role involves • Reviewing and approving all legal work product before it leaves the firm, • Supervising fee earners and maintaining quality standards across all active files, • Acting as the firm's HoLP under CLC regulations, • Handling complex or sensitive matters directly where required, • Advising clients on legal risk, title issues, and transactional decisions, • Contributing to the development of internal processes and workflows, • Business development or sales targets, • Marketing, admin, or operational management, • Caseloads of 80+ files (our model targets 50-65 active files per fee earner, with AI-assisted workflows that reduce time per file by 40-60%), • Licensed Conveyancer or Solicitor, 5+ years PQE in residential conveyancing (freehold and leasehold), • Experience supervising or mentoring junior fee earners, • Comfortable working in a startup environment where processes are still being refined, • Pragmatic, reliable, and thorough - not looking for drama, looking for good working conditions, • Salary of £55,000 - £65,000 depending on experience, • Annual performance bonus linked to firm profitability (uncapped), • Genuinely manageable caseloads - this is not a factory, • AI-assisted workflows that handle document drafting, search tracking, status updates, and routine admin, so your time is spent on the legal work that actually requires your brain, • Hybrid working between Surrey and London Most conveyancing firms bolt technology onto broken processes. We have designed the process first, then built the technology around it. Our systems handle the repetitive production work - document drafting, search ordering, chase sequences, status updates - so that qualified lawyers spend their time on legal judgment, client advice, and quality review. The result is fewer files, better work, and clients who actually leave positive reviews. We are not a legal tech company. We are a conveyancing firm that uses technology seriously. The client never sees the AI. They see a responsive, competent legal team that seems remarkably efficient. If you are tired of managing 90 files, answering emails at 10pm, and working in a system designed to extract maximum volume at the expense of quality - this is the alternative. To apply Send your CV and a brief note on why this interests you. No cover letter template required - just tell us what you are looking for in your next role.