Conveyancer

Residential Conveyancer - Plot Sales
Location: Manchester City Centre
Position: Associate

An established, city centre law firm is seeking an Associate to join its experienced Residential Sales team, to handle a varied caseload of residential development matters across the UK.

The team is known for its fantastic culture with an open-door policy and fantastic benefits.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-regarded team advising a diverse client base, including private developers, registered providers and local authorities, on all aspects of residential site set-up, plot sales and post-completion transactions.

The Role

Residential Conveyancer to work across a broad range of freehold and leasehold schemes, supporting clients throughout the development lifecycle, from acquisition and site set-up through to plot sales and beyond.

The role will also involve working closely with acquisition teams, clients and a dedicated team of paralegals and fee earners.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the set-up of residential development sites for plot sales, including preparing precedent documentation and sales packs.
• Working alongside acquisition teams, providing advice on title documentation and ensuring that arrangements are compatible with the proposed sales.
• Drafting sales documentation, including transfers and leases (including shared ownership leases) for a variety of developments, including complex, multi-phased and multi-tenure schemes.
• Advising private developers, registered providers and local authorities on residential development and plot sales matters.
• Liaising with specialist internal teams to obtain advice on wider development issues, including energy arrangements and litigation matters.
• Supporting and supervising dedicated sales and post-sales teams, including paralegals and CILEX-qualified fee earners.

What we are looking for

An experienced Residential Development Conveyancer/Solicitor with a background in plot sales and a good understanding of the legal requirements involved in setting up and managing residential developments.

You will ideally have:

• Experience managing a varied caseload of residential plot sales matters.
• Strong knowledge of freehold and leasehold development schemes.
• Experience drafting transfers, leases and shared ownership documentation.
• An understanding of the acquisition and site set-up process and how this impacts subsequent plot sales.
• Experience acting for developers, registered providers and/or local authorities.
• The ability to supervise, support and work collaboratively with junior colleagues and wider teams.

The Benefits
The firm offers a competitive benefits package, including:

• Annual bonus scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Access to health and wellbeing benefits, including discounted gym memberships, cinema tickets and health assessments.

If you are an experienced Residential Development Conveyancer/Solicitor looking for your next opportunity within a well-established and supportive team, we'd love to hear from you.

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