Agriculture/Rural Property Solicitor

We’re looking to add an Agriculture & Rural Property Solicitor to our established property department in Leeds. You will join a leading team of lawyers who specialise in providing advice to private individuals, companies, and trusts both in connection with mainstream commercial property work and in specialist sector teams including rural and estates, charities and social enterprises, education, faith, and transport.

About Us: Wrigleys is a well-established, reputable firm of specialist Solicitors. We have offices in Leeds, Sheffield, and Newcastle. We represent clients across the UK and are considered as one of the leading expert practices outside of London. At Wrigleys we pride ourselves on delivering specialist legal services to our clients within a professional yet friendly and authentic environment. Our culture is built on our purpose of putting people at the centre of what we do, and our values guide us in all aspects of our work with clients and each other. Together with our supportive leadership team, we offer a collegiate culture where everyone has a voice, and we encourage collaboration, innovation, and growth. This positive environment helps us maintain exceptional colleague retention levels.

What We Can Offer You? Life outside work matters. We promote work-life balance, offer agile working, and prioritise colleague wellbeing. Your health and happiness are important to us.

• Competitive salaries
• Agile Working
• Enhanced Family Friendly Benefits
• Generous holiday entitlement and holiday purchase scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance scheme
• Group Income Protection
• Employee Wellness Initiatives
• Private Medical Insurance
• Socials
• 1200 chargeable hours per year

About The Role: This is an exciting opportunity to join a team who are leaders in their field. You will be encouraged to pursue your interests and passions and define your career with us. This role would suit a solicitor with 3 or more years PQE, but the workload can be tailored to the level of experience dependent on the successful candidate. However, you must be comfortable largely running your own caseload. The expectation would be that the individual would deal with commercial property transactions across the department, although a candidate who wanted to focus on one or more of our niche areas could be accommodated.

Duties and Responsibilities: You will be required to handle a wide range of property work, including but not limited to:

• Sales and purchases
• Non-contentious landlord and tenant
• Secured borrowing and lending
• Development sites including ancillary documents such as easements, options, and pre-emption arrangements etc.
• Regular property work including title queries and registration work.

The Ideal candidate: This role would suit a junior qualified Lawyer of around 3 years PQE; however, we will consider candidates at all PQE levels providing you are confident and able to manage your own caseload.

Application Process: Our selection process for the Agricultural Solicitor position is transparent. We prioritise keeping all candidates informed at every step, ensuring there is no uncertainty. We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition and need us to make adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please do let us know by contacting our recruitment team.

Equality and Diversity: Individual differences are embraced at Wrigleys, and by putting people at the centre of what we do, we strive to create an inclusive working environment in which colleagues feel supported and can be themselves.