Current Opportunities
Newly Qualified Property Solicitor
The role: We are looking to recruit a newly qualified solicitor to expand our existing real estate team at RDP. The successful candidate will predominantly work on agricultural and rural conveyancing matters, while assisting the solicitors in our residential and commercial teams, also.
The successful candidate will:
- Manage a caseload of property matters including sales, purchases, transfers of equity, transfers of part, refinances, landlord and tenant matters and easements.
- Be required to prioritise work and meet deadlines.
- Be required to maintain a high standard of client care.
- Have demonstrable knowledge and technical expertise in dealing with property matters.
- Be required to engage in business development and cross refer clients through the firm.
- Be required to delegate work to and supervise paralegals and trainee solicitors.
You: You will be a newly qualified solicitor.
You will have experience in residential or commercial conveyancing and will be interested in developing your skills in agricultural and rural practice. Full training will be provided.
You will have a good academic background and be looking to work in a modern, forward-thinking business. You will be particularly keen to work on good quality work for high net worth clients whilst sitting within a dynamic team. You will relish the prospect of working within a “niche” practice and building niche specialisms.
Us: We are a leading regional law firm based at Coldra, South Wales. We practice in Real Estate, Corporate, Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Agricultural and Private Client law to a client base that is predominantly high net worth / commercial. We are a forward thinking, innovative practice. We believe, fundamentally, that a good business places its culture and the welfare of its people at its core and this is our motivating and guiding ethos. We are repeatedly recognised by The Legal 500 in all our major practice areas.
To apply for the role, please email your CV to HR@rdplaw.co.uk
Private Client Solicitor
The role: We are looking to recruit an experienced, well rounded private client lawyer to work within the existing team at RDP. The successful candidate will work on a broad mix of non-contentious private client matters including high net worth succession planning and estate administration, will writing, trust creation and administration, lasting powers of attorney and court of protection applications.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supervising and mentoring junior members of staff.
You: You will have a strong academic background and will have worked for at least 3 years post qualification in a leading regional practice. You will have experience of a broad range of non-contentious private client work but will be interested in developing specialisms / niche practice areas. You will want to work on high quality matters for high quality clients in a modern well managed business.
Us: We are a leading regional law firm based at Coldra, South Wales. We practice in Real Estate, Corporate, Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Agricultural and Private Client law to a client base that is predominantly high net worth / commercial. We are a forward thinking, innovative practice. We believe, fundamentally, that a good business places its culture and the welfare of its people at its core and this is our motivating and guiding ethos. We are repeatedly recognised by The Legal 500 in all our major practice areas.
To apply for the role, please email your CV to HR@rdplaw.co.uk
Corporate Commercial Solicitor
The role: We are looking to recruit an experienced corporate / commercial solicitor to join our existing team. The successful applicant can expect to work on a high-quality caseload of mixed commercial and corporate work.
You: You will have a good academic background and will be looking to work in a modern, forward-thinking business. You will be keen to work on high quality corporate and commercial work for a high net worth and corporate client base, within a firm that “punches well above its weight” in the regional market. You will aspire to build a client base and a team around yourself and will be looking to attain a management role in the short to medium term.
Us: We are a leading regional law firm based at Coldra, South Wales. We practice in Real Estate, Corporate, Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Agricultural and Private Client law to a client base that is predominantly high net worth / commercial.
We are a forward thinking, innovative practice. We believe, fundamentally, that a good business places its culture and the welfare of its people at its core and this is our motivating and guiding ethos.
We are repeatedly recognised by The Legal 500 in all our major practice areas.
To apply for the role, please email your CV to HR@rdplaw.co.uk.
Work Experience Placements
- We welcome applications from any student studying law at undergraduate, from year two, or at postgraduate level.
- We offer students the opportunity to work in each practice area and we will collate a work experience schedule for the placement over a 5 day period (Monday-Friday) 9am – 5pm.
- Placements take place during the months of June / July / August / September.
- Applications are open from 1 November to 31st January every year. We will let you know the outcome of your application by 31st March.
- Click here to complete the application form and submit to Sharon.hyett@rdplaw.co.uk
