We're Hiring!
We are an expanding five partner firm with offices in Leicestershire and Staffordshire and employ approximately 50 people.
We currently have five exciting vacancies.
Legal Secretary (Commercial Property)- Full Time
Working for Fishers Solicitors is like joining a new work family. As well as being dynamic, innovative and forward thinking, our professional team of staff are friendly, efficient and have the desire to provide exceptional client care at the heart of all they do.
We are now recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join our busy and highly experienced Commercial Property department, based in Ashby de la Zouch.
Main duties will include:
- Preparing correspondence and documents through audio typing and word processing
- Daily filing and the opening, closing, storage and retrieval of client files in accordance with office procedures
- Recording all client and matter details on our case management system, as well as setting up new files and ensuring matters are kept up to date
- Document production including leases, agreements and completion statements
- Completing SDLT returns
- Making appointments, arranging meetings and maintaining an up to date diary for the fee earner they will be working alongside
- Attending to clients both in person and over the telephone, providing support in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm’s standards for client care
- Providing support to other legal secretaries as and when required
The successful candidate will possess.
- Experience of working as a Legal Secretary ideally within a Commercial Property department
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Case Management experience desirable
- Exceptional customer service skills
- High level of attention to detail
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise
- Can do attitude
- Ability to hit the ground running
We offer a competitive salary and benefits to include, 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, an auto enrolment pension scheme, life assurance and an employee discounts portal.
Please apply by sending us a copy of your CV and include a covering note stating your salary expectations to Alexandra.White@fisherslaw.co.uk
Closing date for applications is 20th September 2018
Commercial Property Solicitor x 2
We require two Commercial Property Solicitors to join our busy team dealing with a varied caseload. These positions are based at our Head Office in Ashby de la Zouch.
The main duties and responsibilities of the role will include:
- Carrying out your own caseload of Commercial Property matters including freehold sales and acquisitions and landlord and tenant matters
- Assisting the Commercial Property Partner with larger projects including development work and corporate support work
- Ensure that all clients work is progressed in a timely manner and that the client is kept informed throughout, ensuring that you are delivering exceptional customer service.
- Comply with all file and case management quality standards in accordance with the Law Society requirements
- Time record for all client matters on the case management system
- Undertake any relevant training as and when required and comply with the Law Society CPD requirements.
The successful candidate will possess the following skills and experience:
Essential:
- Experience of working as a Solicitor in a Commercial Property Department
- Experience of freehold sales and acquisitions
- Experience of dealing with landlord and tenant matters
- Unrestricted practicing certificate
Desirable:
- Development experience is preferred but not essential
- Exposure to agricultural work would be preferred but not essential
- Previous business development experience beneficial
The successful candidate will have the ability to work on their own initiative whilst also being a good team player.
These roles are both full time positions. We offer a competitive salary and benefits include, 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, an auto enrolment pension scheme, childcare voucher scheme, an employee discounts portal and car parking on site.
Please apply by sending a copy of your CV and include a covering note stating your salary expectations to alexandra.white@fisherslaw.co.uk
Commercial Solicitor - Ashby de la Zouch
We are now looking for a Commercial Solicitor to join our busy team, dealing with a varied caseload.
Skills and experience we are seeking in the ideal candidate:
Essential:
- A minimum of 3 years PQE
- Unrestricted practicing certificate
- Working knowledge of the Partnership Act 1890
- Working knowledge of Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000
- Working knowledge of the Companies Act 2006
- Working knowledge of Companies House procedures/requirements
- Experience in drafting Commercial documents including partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, sale/purchase agreements
- Ability to manage own case load
- Previous business development experience
Desirable:
- Previous corporate transactional experience
- Experience in Commercial Litigation
The successful candidate will also work well on their own initiative as well as being an excellent team player.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits include, 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, an auto enrolment pension scheme, childcare voucher scheme, an employee discounts portal and car parking on site.
Please apply by sending a copy of your CV and include a covering note stating your salary expectations to alexandra.white@fisherslaw.co.uk
Property Solicitor - Ashby de la Zouch
We are now looking for an experienced Property Solicitor to join our growing team.
The successful applicant will be capable of handling a broad and varying residential caseload which will cover all aspects of conveyancing, not only freehold and leasehold properties but also more complex property and land work which can potentially border commercial property transactions. This could include residential overages, complex transfers of equity, trust sales and purchases, adverse possession claims, voluntary first registrations, some basic agricultural and development work, company disposals and acquisitions and creation of new leases.
You will need to be highly organised and be able to prioritise your workloads to meet deadlines. This role would suit someone who is currently working as Residential Property Solicitor, with significant experience and who can demonstrate enthusiasm and passion for great client care as well as being able to carry out more complex property work. The role may also include assisting the Head of Department in supervising junior team members.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits include, 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, an auto enrolment pension scheme, childcare voucher scheme, an employee discounts portal and car parking on site.
Please apply by sending a copy of your CV and include a covering note stating your salary expectations to alexandra.white@fisherslaw.co.uk
How we will use your information
As a prospective employee, as part of the recruitment process, Fishers Solicitors will ask you for an up to date CV and potentially a covering letter to support your application. These documents are likely to include information relating to your career history, qualifications, salary, personal details and potentially medical history if you have chosen to include that information as part of your application. This data is collected from you to enable us to make decisions regarding your suitability for the advertised role and the source of this data is you as the Data Subject.
Should you be invited to attend an interview, an assessment record will be generated which assesses your performance in the assessment process. The source of this data is both you as the Data Subject and us as the Data Controller.
For prospective employees, your personal data will be stored for a period of 6 months post application.
Should you be successful in your application, further data will be requested and you will be issued with a further privacy notice informing you how that data will be used. Should you become an employee of Fishers Solicitors, your CV, covering letter and interview assessment records will then be kept for a period of 6 years post employment.
If you are unsuccessful for the role which you have applied for but another suitable role becomes available during the retention period, then we may use your personal email address to contact you regarding this new opportunity.
We will only disclose information about you to third parties if we are legally obliged to do so.
If in the future we intend to process your personal data for a purpose other than that which it was collected we will provide you with information on that purpose and any other relevant information.
Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) you have a number of rights with regard to your personal data. You have the right to request from us access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data, the right to restrict processing, object to processing as well as in certain circumstances the right to data portability.
If you have provided consent for the processing of your data you have the right (in certain circumstances) to withdraw that consent at any time which will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent was withdrawn.
You have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioners’ Office if you believe that we have not complied with the requirements of the GDPR or DPA 18 with regard to your personal data.
Identity and contact details of controller and person responsible for Data Protection
Fishers Solicitors is the controller and processor of data for the purposes of the DPA18 and GDPR.
If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed you can contact: Andy Robinson, COLP at Andrew.robinson@fisherslaw.co.uk or you can write to Andy Robinson at 4-8 Kilwardby Street, Ashby de-la-Zouch, LE65 2FU.
