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Our clients are important to us but so are our people, so we have made our recruitment process thorough but fair.

All vacancies are advertised through our website. We also welcome speculative applications and will keep them on file for six months in case a suitable position becomes available.

As an employee you will be offered development and training opportunities to keep skills and knowledge up-to-date.

Chafes Hague Lambert Solicitors is a long established law firm and can trace our roots back to 1896. We have offices in New Mills, Urmston & Wilmslow and carry out commercial property law, family law, residential property, Wills, Lasting Power of Attorney, Trusts and Estates.

We are a people focused firm providing high quality legal advice to clients.

Our organisation purpose is to “exceed expectations” and our core values are:  integrity, excellence and teamwork.   We differentiate ourselves from other law firms by being very people focused both within and outside of the firm.

We are currently recruiting for various positions. We offer a competitive salary with fantastic career progression prospects for the right candidates together with benefits such as a 35-hour working week, private health care scheme, contributory pension, hybrid working policy and bonus scheme.

Our current vacancies:

Paralegal (Urmston)

Duties:

  • Meeting with clients to take instructions and advise about basic Wills, Estates and Powers of Attorney
  • Drafting basic Wills, Powers of Attorney and accounts relating to estates and deputyships
  • Dealing with routine Estates
  • Researching points of law
  • Assisting other colleagues in the department with tasks on their files.

 What are we looking for?

  • Someone who has obtained a Law degree and has an LPC, completed SQE or equivalent (or due to complete) and wants to continue to progress. After a period of time, we hope to progress the position to qualification
  • Good time management, drafting, administration and communication skills.

We have a proven track record in progressing our paralegals to qualification whose performance aligns itself with our purpose and core values.

Commercial Property Solicitor (Wilmslow)

Duties:

Our clients include individuals, local businesses, banks, charities and pension trustees.

The commercial property team deal with a wide range of commercial property transactions including buying/selling commercial property, Landlord & Tenant, commercial lending and bespoke commercial property agreements.

The successful candidate will be responsible for progressing their own files whilst being part of a supportive team environment.

  • Providing bespoke legal advice for our clients
  • Undertaking all aspects of commercial property work which will include drafting sale contracts, commercial leases, legal charges, overage agreements, collaboration agreements and promotion agreements
  • Building and maintaining client relationships
  • Contribute towards business development
  • Maintain the firm’s core values: Teamwork, Integrity and Excellence.

What are we looking for?

  • Qualified Solicitor
  • Ideally 1 year + PQE
  • Demonstrate a specialism in commercial property law
  • Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
  • Excellent organisation skills and an ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure
  • Good communication skills both written and oral
  • The ability to manage and progress a caseload and offer pragmatic advice
  • The ability to work as part of a team and independently
  • The desire to be office based in Wilmslow.

Residential Property Solicitor (Urmston)

Duties:

Working on a wide range of residential property transactions including straight forward sales and purchases, re-mortgages and equity release:

  • Dealing with initial enquiries including giving quotations
  • Responsible for client files from start to finish of a transaction including post-completion
  • Dealing with leasehold properties for both purchasing and selling
  • Business development through building relationships with Estate Agents, other introducers of work including knowledge of and involvement in local community, networking
  • Other business development activities for the firm under the direction of the Head of Department
  • Participation in Departmental meetings organised by the Head of Department.

What are we looking for?

  • At least 3 years PQE dealing with a varied caseload
  • To work as part of a team or without supervision and requiring no admin support
  • Able to use a combination of both paper and electronic files
  • To present a professional image both electronically, verbally and face-to-face with clients
  • Good organisation skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work experience

Chafes Hague Lambert Solicitors recognise the need for people considering a career in law to undertake work experience. We do not provide placements unless you are studying for A-levels or higher level qualifications. Currently all our work experience placements are committed.

Training contracts

In order to ensure that we offer good quality experience with future prospects we do not have a programme of training contracts. We prefer to identify specific training opportunities and then recruit a trainee solicitor accordingly. Currently we have no such opportunities.