Real Estate Solicitor, Cumbria

The role

We are seeking an experienced Property Lawyer (5 years PQE) to join our Cumbria based team. This is a varied and rewarding role focusing on rural, agricultural, and landed estate matters, as well as broader property law work. You will play a key role in advising landowners, farmers, estate managers, business owners and private clients, providing practical, commercially aware advice across a wide range of property-related issues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advising clients on the acquisition, disposal, leasing, and management of agricultural land, farms, and rural estates.
• Handling a full spectrum of property transactions, including sales, purchases, and re-financing of both residential and commercial rural property.
• Advising on tenancies, licences, rights of way, easements, and covenants affecting rural land.
• Supporting clients with succession planning, diversification projects, and development opportunities.
• Working closely with colleagues across private client, corporate, real estate, construction and agriculture teams to provide a holistic service to clients.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships, particularly with landowners, farmers, and estate managers.
• Contributing to business development initiatives and promoting brand awareness to achieve business growth.

So who are we looking for?  We are looking for a qualified solicitor with around 5 years’ post-qualification experience in property law, and you must have a genuine interest in being a practising lawyer in Cumbria. You will have excellent client-facing skills, with the ability to build rapport and provide pragmatic, solutions-focused advice. You will be a proactive self-starter with strong technical ability, a committed work ethic, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. 

Our team

The Muckle LLP team is over 190 people strong. Our people are based across our Newcastle, Cumbria and Teesside offices.    This role will help service clients from our Cumbria office at Edenhall near Penrith.

Our people and values

Our business is full of bright, enthusiastic, articulate, colourful, and confident people. People who live and breathe our core values:

• Trust – we trust each other to do the right thing.
• Teamwork – we are one team and work selflessly for each other.
• Responsibility – we are self-starters and take responsibility for how we work together and communicate.
• Care – we care about our people, clients and community.

It means no matter who is involved, our clients receive the same excellent service from people who do what they say, on time and on budget, every time. That’s the Muckle way.

Our culture

We want everyone to understand how our business is run and encourage all our people to get involved.  We are also proud of the communities in which we live and work and give our people many ways to support them. 

For example, you could use your two days’ paid volunteering leave to support a local cause you care about or nominate them for a grant from our Muckle Fund at the Community Foundation.

From workplace running, netball, cycling and walking clubs to fun events organised by our BEAM (Being Engaged At Muckle) team and participation in our Green Team to help make the business as environmentally friendly as possible, we’ve created a unique and award-winning place to work: 

• B Corp Certified™ - the first law firm in the North East and Cumbria to achieve this accreditation, we are leading the charge in ethical and sustainable business practices within our region and it forms the next part of our ESG strategy and continuous improvement
• Investors In People Platinum award accreditation
• North East Best Place to Work 2024 and 2023
• North East Business of the Year 2023
• North East Better Health at Work Maintaining Excellence award
• Advanced Good Work Pledge
• Award for Most Inspiring Employer (large business) 2022 and 2023 at the Inspiring Females Awards run by the North East of England Chamber of Commerce

We are really proud of the results of our recent Investors In People survey, in which 99.2% of our people believe Muckle is a great place to work and 100% share the firm’s values.  Our overall results place Muckle LLP in 147th position for ALL Investors in People organisations (of which there are over 10,000 throughout the world) and 2nd for legal firms globally.

So how does all that sound? If you’re looking to work in a friendly, open environment and want to develop your career in a forward thinking, commercial North East law firm, then this is an excellent opportunity.