Conveyancing Fee Earner

Conveyancing Fee Earner

We are looking for an experienced Conveyancing Fee Earner to join our residential property team. In this role, you will manage and progress your own caseload of residential conveyancing matters, ensuring high‑quality work, outstanding client service, and strong technical support. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled conveyancer to further develop their career within a modern and supportive law firm, while handling a diverse range of transactions.

Key Responsibilities

• Progress a personal caseload of residential property transactions from initial instruction to completion, including freehold and leasehold sales and purchases, remortgages, transfers of equity and leasehold enfranchisement, ensuring momentum and meeting agreed timescales.
• Prepare, review and draft transaction documentation such as contracts, transfer deeds, priority documentation, replies to pre‑contract enquiries and requisitions on title; ensure accuracy and compliance with lender and firm requirements.
• Conduct detailed title and file reviews, identify and resolve title issues and defective documentation, and escalate complex or unusual matters to senior colleagues where appropriate.
• Manage searches, priority dates, mortgage conditions and post‑completion formalities; prepare and check completion financials, handle client monies in accordance with practice rules and liaise with accounts to ensure funds are received, reconciled and transferred correctly.
• Liaise proactively with clients, estate agents, mortgage lenders, surveyors, other firms and third parties to obtain information, chase outstanding actions and coordinate transactions to completion.

Key Skills and Experience

• Proven experience as a conveyancing fee earner, senior paralegal or similar role within a law firm, handling a wide range of residential transactions.
• Sound technical knowledge of residential conveyancing practice, including searches, title issues, leasehold matters, mortgage documentation, SDLT and completion accounting.
• Excellent drafting and document review skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate documentation and clear client communications.
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise competing demands, manage deadlines and progress a varied caseload with minimal supervision.
• Experience of supervising or mentoring junior staff and supporting development within a team environment is desirable.
• Proven capability with case management systems, Microsoft Office applications and electronic document management; comfortable learning new systems and document automation tools.