Solicitor - NQ

Our Commercial Property team in Cheltenham is looking to recruit a Solicitor to join the team.

The team focuses on a mixture of commercial property work, city-centre locations to rural development, and small shops to major London offices; we've worked on all types of projects including nursing homes, factories, pubs, hotels and schools.

This is a role with a mixed workload, you will have the opportunity to work on a range of general commercial property files including buying, selling, leasing and development. You will also work closely with a Partner in the team who specialises in Education Property, including conversions and transfers to academies and independent school mergers.

This will be an opportunity for you to utilise your existing commercial property knowledge and develop your experience in a varied role.

• Advise on a range of issues across the breadth of commercial property.
• Develop and maintain knowledge on issues within commercial property, working collaboratively with colleagues across the whole team to share knowledge.
• Develop opportunities for referral of work across the business and actively participate in business development opportunities.

• NQ - 1 year PQE, with previous experience in commercial property work through a training contract seat and/or a previous Paralegal role.
• An ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and successfully manage client relationships.
• Excellent technical ability and drafting skills.
• To demonstrate teamwork and relationship building skills.
• To have strong commercial acumen.
• To be proactive, ambitious and organised with a keen eye for detail.

• Private Medical Insurance
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• International secondments for 0-5 PQE
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations

If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.

A note for recruitment agencies - The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership.