Senior Conveyancer (UK)

Overview

The organization is seeking an experienced Senior Conveyancer with strong expertise across residential and commercial property transactions in the United Kingdom.

This role involves independently managing a busy caseload from instruction through to completion and post-completion. Work includes sales and purchases, remortgages, transfers of equity, and leasehold and freehold transactions, as well as commercial property matters such as acquisitions, disposals, and leases.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of residential conveyancing matters, including sales, purchases, remortgages, transfers of equity, and new-build transactions, from instruction to completion.
• Handle commercial property transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, and the grant and assignment of commercial leases.
• Investigate and report on title, including registered and unregistered land, and identify and resolve title defects.
• Draft, review, and negotiate conveyancing documentation, including contracts, transfers, leases, licences, and related documents.
• Order and review property searches; raise and respond to pre-contract enquiries and requisitions.
• Advise on leasehold matters, including lease terms, service charges, ground rent, management packs, and lease extensions.
• Prepare reports on title and mortgage offers for clients and lenders, and ensure compliance with lender instructions and requirements.
• Manage exchange of contracts and completion, including completion statements and handling of client funds.
• Complete post-completion tasks, including payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax (or equivalent) and applications for registration at HM Land Registry.
• Communicate regularly with clients, estate agents, lenders, brokers, and the other side to keep transactions progressing.
• Carry out client due diligence and anti-money laundering checks in line with regulatory requirements.
• Stay current on relevant UK property law, conveyancing protocols, and regulatory developments.

Requirements

• Experience practising UK conveyancing is essential.
• Ability to independently manage a busy caseload from instruction through to completion and post-completion.
• Comfort reviewing title, raising and responding to enquiries, managing exchange and completion, and communicating clearly with clients, lenders, agents, and other parties.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK property law and conveyancing practice, including freehold, leasehold, and new-build transactions.
• Sound understanding of title investigation, searches, enquiries, and lender requirements.
• Working knowledge of Stamp Duty Land Tax (or equivalent) and HM Land Registry procedures.
• Understanding of anti-money laundering and client due diligence obligations.
• Ability to independently manage matters and competing priorities in a remote working environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Law or a recognised conveyancing qualification.
• Qualification as a solicitor, licensed conveyancer, or chartered legal executive in the UK is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with the Law Society Conveyancing Protocol, Standard Conditions of Sale, and UK Finance Mortgage Lenders' Handbook is highly desirable.
• Experience using conveyancing case management systems and the HM Land Registry portal is advantageous.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package in foreign currency.
• Fully remote work.
• Regular initiatives for training and professional development.

Location

Remote working environment within the United Kingdom.