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Residential Conveyancer (Portishead) and Corporate/ Commercial SNR Associate/ Partner (Bristol)- Ince Metcalfes

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Residential Conveyancer

Job title: Residential Conveyancer
Reporting to: Senior Associate
Based: Portishead
Flexibility: Occasional travel to other UK offices
Contract Type: Permanent, Full time

As well as providing first class legal services, Ince Metcalfes also offers a wealth of professional services and advice to clients including accounting, financial services, consulting, and pension advice. This broad reach enables us to add real value and create long term opportunities for our clients. We are trusted by the world’s most ambitious individuals and organisations.
After a period of significant growth, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join us as a Residential Conveyancer where you will have the chance to really make an impact and work with our impressive and diverse Legal Team that has proven itself to be fast-paced, dynamic and have delivered excellent results.

Role Responsibilities:
• To run a full residential caseload including freehold and leasehold sales and purchases,
re-mortgages, transfers of equity, new build, HTB with minimal supervision

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 1 years PQE
• Be either a qualified CILEX, Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor
• Ability to manage a matter from end to end

Attributes:
• Exceptional presentation and problem solving skills
• Team player but self-motivated and able to work autonomously and pro-actively
• Proven multi-tasker
• Demonstrate the ongoing use of initiative
• Used to delivering against short deadlines, accurately
• Proven ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written with excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability communicate professionally and respectfully with all you interact with.
• Able to demonstrate experience liaising pro-actively with third parties professionally
• Excellent time management, organisational and administrative skills

Please be aware that this role is only open to direct applications and any speculative applications from agencies will not be accepted.

Please note that upon successful appointment you may be subject to a DBS check. To ensure we are in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 could you please make us aware if you have any unspent convictions ahead as early in the process as possible.

Please send you CV and cover letter (optional) to Jenna Harris JennaHarris@incegd.com

Corporate Commercial Senior Associate/Partner Bristol

The Firm
There is more to just providing legal advice and strategic guidance. We are here to help our clients seize new opportunities that stimulate growth. We put our hearts and energy into building meaningful, lasting relationships and are passionate about connecting people.
If you are looking for a challenging and fulfilling career in a supportive, inclusive and high performance work environment where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential, Ince Metcalfes could be the firm for you.

As a firm, we recognise that everyone has a part to play in realising our vision. We aim to have a “One Firm; One Team” mind set in everything we do, where everyone in the firm is treated with respect and equal value. We thrive on the challenges our work brings, but it’s important to us that our people have time to make the most of life outside of work too.

The Role
We are recruiting for an ambitious Corporate Commercial Senior Associate/Partner to join our existing Commercial Team servicing our client base across the South West from our Queen Square and Portishead offices.

The Corporate Commercial team deals with a wide variety of quality instructions. The work is wide ranging that will require collaborative working with other Ince teams in Bristol and further afield.

We have a client base ranging from SME and owner managed businesses, entrepreneurs, and FTSE companies.

The work will include an impressive range of both corporate and commercial work and include mergers and acquisitions, company buy outs and buy ins, company formations, shareholder agreements, share capital, joint ventures and share rights as well as drafting general commercial documents.

If you are currently seeking a step up in terms of progression, are a partner in waiting perhaps, or maybe an existing partner seeking a lateral move to join a dynamic Top 50 firm, this is the role for you.

Requirements and Previous Experience
• Corporate Commercial Solicitor with at least 6 years PQE (there is no upper limit regarding the amount of PQE)
• Commercially focused with a good technical knowledge
• You will enjoy the full range of business development, networking and marketing with a proven track record of growing clients
• Excellent client care skills
• A good team player and able to work collaboratively with colleagues and other Ince offices

Please be aware that this role is only open to direct applications and any speculative applications from agencies will not be accepted.

Please send you CV and cover letter (optional) to Jenna Harris JennaHarris@incegd.com