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Residential Conveyancer / Property Solicitor (AWDO-P15202)

Residential Conveyancer / Property Solicitor

Join our team at Wildcat Law and enjoy a personal, non-volume conveyancing environment with sensible caseloads, strong support and genuine part-time flexibility. Ideal for an experienced residential property lawyer confident managing matters independently from instruction to completion.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Residential Property Solicitor, Conveyancing Solicitor, Residential Property Lawyer, Conveyancing Lawyer, Residential Property Fee Earner, Conveyancing Fee Earner, Licensed Conveyancer, Residential Property Legal Executive

Benefits include genuine flexibility over the working week, enhanced holiday entitlement and sensible caseload expectations.

SALARY: £45,000 to £50,000 per annum FTE, pro rata + Benefits

JOB TYPE: Part-Time, Permanent

WORKING HOURS: Three or four full days per week, or reduced hours spread across five days; genuine flexibility over how the part-time hours are structured

JOB OVERVIEW

An opportunity to take ownership of quality residential property work and help develop a growing service awaits the successful Residential Conveyancer / Property Solicitor.

Based in an established Eastleigh office, the Residential Conveyancer / Property Solicitor will manage matters from instruction to completion with paralegal and administrative support.

Working closely with estate agents, mortgage brokers and other professional contacts gives the Residential Conveyancer / Property Solicitor scope to strengthen local relationships and support growth.

The environment is personal and solicitor-led, with sensible caseloads and access to experienced lawyers across other practice areas.

ABOUT US

Wildcat Law is an established and growing law firm with an office in Eastleigh, Hampshire. The Eastleigh office has been recognised by the Legal 500 as a Firm to Watch and operates as a friendly, modern high‑street practice with a broad private client and company client base. The office currently has 2 solicitors, 2 paralegals and a solicitor apprentice and the firms COLP often works there during the week. She is rated by the Legal 500, Spears 500 and Chambers and Partners. The office was recently awarded the Customer Service award for a service provider by Visit Eastleigh.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Residential Conveyancer / Property Solicitor include:

• Caseload Management: Manage residential property matters independently from instruction through to completion


• Sales and Purchases: Handle freehold and leasehold sales and purchases


• Mortgages and Remortgages: Manage mortgage and remortgage transactions


• Transfers of Equity: Handle transfers of equity and other standard residential property transactions


• Client Care: Provide clear communication and a high standard of client service


• Professional Relationships: Work effectively with estate agents, mortgage brokers and other professional contacts


• Local Relationship Development: Build relationships with local property professionals and referrers


• Service Growth: Help develop the residential property offering across Eastleigh and the surrounding Hampshire area


• Team Collaboration: Work effectively with paralegal and administrative support


• Regulatory Standards: Maintain appropriate regulatory, lender and CQS standards

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

• Residential conveyancing experience with the ability to manage a caseload independently from instruction to completion


• Strong technical knowledge of residential property transactions


• High standards of client communication and service


• Strong organisation and commercial awareness


• Willingness to develop relationships with estate agents, mortgage brokers and other local referrers


• Suitable professional background as a Solicitor, Licensed Conveyancer or CILEX lawyer

DESIRABLE

• Experience of new‑build property, shared ownership or more complex leasehold transactions

BENEFITS

• Genuine flexibility over the structure of the working week


• Existing paralegal and administrative support


• Sensible caseload expectations


• Opportunity to help shape and grow the residential property offering


• Friendly Eastleigh office with access to experienced lawyers across other practice areas


• Opportunities to build relationships with local referrers and develop the role as the department grows

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

JOB REF: AWDO-P15202