Solicitor

This is an excellent opportunity to work for a leading legal practice in North Yorkshire. In the role of Solicitor specialising in Agriculture/Commercial law you will be required to provide an effective and timely service to the firm's clients. Working with the firm's partners you will be given a degree of autonomy and will be required to produce and implement an individual marketing plan, the focus of which will be to highlight and target chargeable and recoverable fee earning hours. As part of your role you may be required to represent the firm at various events and will constantly look to maximise the firm's potential by cross selling services and by identifying appropriate opportunities.
You will be responsible for managing an agreed case load of client's, in specialist area of work (Commercial/Agricultural) and will be required to follow office procedures and systems in order to manage the cases effectively and in accordance with the firm's standards. Due to the nature of the firm you will be required to be a good team player and provide support to the office during sickness and holidays. You will need to maintain professional standards in all the work you carry out, and look to make introductions of clients to other fee earners as appropriate.
Your key aims will be to enhance and improve the firm's client base by way of the effective liaison with client's, both existing and with introducers of work. You will be required to carry out any other associated duties that may from time to time be reasonably required. As a Solicitor within the firm you will be responsible for supervising your own personal staff and oversee their training and development needs. As my Client is a dedicated to continued improvement it will be necessary for you to obtain relevant training in your specific area of law, ensuring that you achieve the standard amount of CPD hours, in order to continue practising.
£Negotiable
Previous Agricultural/Commercial experience