Capio Recruitment
Director Residential Property
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Director – Residential Property
West Midlands | Full-time, Hybrid
Competitive Salary + Director Bonus
An award-winning regional law firm is looking to appoint a Director to lead its successful Residential Property team. This is a senior leadership appointment for a Solicitor/Licensed Conveyancer/Chartered Legal Executive, who wants influence over strategy and growth, and the opportunity to lead an award-winning team.
The firm has 500+ employees across private and business services, with the Residential Property team being one of its largest departments.
The Role
As Director of the Conveyancing Department you will be required to:
- Lead — mentoring senior solicitors/team managers
- Shape strategy — working alongside senior leadership on where the department is headed and how it gets there
- Grow the referrer network — building genuine relationships with estate agents, brokers, developers, and other introducers, and turning those into a steady pipeline of quality work
- Be the technical backstop — the person colleagues go to when a transaction gets complicated or high-risk
- Spot commercial opportunity — using your read of the local property market to identify where the department should be investing its energy
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What you'll bring
- Solid, established experience as a residential property solicitor, with the technical range to advise colleagues on complex or unusual transactions
- Some experience managing, supervising, or mentoring other legal professionals, and a genuine interest in developing people further
- A track record of winning and growing referrer relationships, not just servicing the ones you inherit
- Comfort and credibility in business development conversations with estate agents, developers, and other commercial partners
- Commercial instincts; a real understanding of what makes a residential property practice profitable and sustainable
- The gravitas to engage confidently with colleagues, clients, and senior external stakeholders alike
- Genuine ambition to help shape the wider direction of the department, not just run your own patch
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