Salaried partner – housing litigation Full Time

Exciting Opportunity – We are now recruiting for a Salaried Partner to join our Social Housing team.

Our values

Expert -We will invest in the continual development of our people, team, and technology to ensure that we continue to be experts in all that we do. Professional- We are accountable to our clients, colleagues, and all those with whom we engage to ensure that we are open, transparent, and act with integrity in all that we do. Friendly – Whilst at all times being professional, we will ensure that we are approachable and seek to put those with whom we deal at ease in their dealings with us.

We are hiring!

Proud to be listed in The Legal 500.

We are a leading law firm in Bromley, on the South London/Kent border. Established in 1889, we’ve come a long way, and today, we are a modern, progressive firm in a state of continual growth. Our Housing Management team has over 30 years of experience in delivering legal services to social housing providers and to private landlords. Our team is ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners guides. Our highly successful Social Housing team is expanding, and we are looking to recruit a Salaried Partner to join us. Our team has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and is undergoing exponential growth.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who is currently working in a senior position, with proven social housing and landlord & tenant litigation knowledge and experience. In addition, the candidate will bring strong business development and management skills to help grow and manage our successful and established team.

Key responsibilities
• Supporting the head and our management team with all duties relating to the management of the housing team
• Managing own caseload of complex matters using our case management system
• Providing specialist advice on complex matters,
• Maintaining and building upon existing excellent client relationships
• Adhering to client service level agreements and assisting with client contracts
• Generating ideas and developing strategies to grow the department
• Engaging in relevant business development activities and marketing of the department
• Networking for both the firm and the department
• Actively working towards securing new clients
• Delivering training to existing and prospective clients
• Consistently meeting financial targets both in terms of time and billing
• Assisting with managing the department’s budgets
• Training and supervising team members, undertaking file reviews and appraisals
• Deputising in the department Head’s absence

Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
• Excellent leadership and managerial skills
• Strong technical skills and knowledge of housing law
• A high degree of business acumen
• Excellent problem-solving, organisational, and verbal/written communication skills
• Competent at using a case management system
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines and targets
• Fully IT-literate
• Flexible attitude to timings to meet the business needs
• Qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive with at least 8 years PQE gained working in housing law preferably with a landlord bias.

Benefits

• Profit Share Bonus:
  We want all our employees to have a share in the success of the firm. This noncontractual bonus is paid in June based on the profit from the previous financial year.
• Solicitor Bonus
• TBC
• Medicash
  You will be enrolled in our scheme, which provides cashback on a range of health services. In addition, we also offer an Employee Assistance Programme and high street discounts.
• Birthday off
  If your birthday falls on a working day, you can have that day off as an extra day’s leave.
• Pension
  All employees are entitled to join our auto-enrolment pension scheme. You will be enrolled in the pension after 3 months of employment, dependent on age and salary.
• Death in Service Insurance
  All employees will be entitled to 2 x salary. Please ensure you complete your nomination form in your new starter pack.
• Annual leave
  You will receive an additional day’s holiday after every two years of service to a total maximum of 30 days.
• Legal Fees
  After one year of service, you will be entitled to a contribution towards legal fees. The rules to this can be found in the staff handbook.
• Recruitment Incentive
  We offer a £500 referral bonus to say thank you for introducing a job candidate that becomes employed and passes their probation.
• Season Ticket Loan
  After probation, you are entitled to apply for an interest-free advance for a season ticket to use public transport to reach your place of work.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
  Allows you to make a saving of 25% – 39% on the retail price of a bike.

About us

We are a leading regional law firm, serving a wide range of commercial and private clients across London and the surrounding counties, from our Head Office in Bromley. Established in 1889, we’ve come a long way, and today, we are a modern, progressive practice, proud of our record on diversity and inclusion and our reputation for training and promoting staff from within the business.

We invest in our expertise. We recruit the best people, and we are proud to retain them. Our teams have access to the latest resources and the continuing professional development opportunities they need to remain at the forefront of commercial legal practice.