Paralegal - Property and Projects

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Property Paralegal to join a well-established City firm’s Real Estate and Projects Team on a permanent basis.

The successful Property Paralegal will be working as part of a team which includes projects, property, procurement, and development lawyers within a single group, and they also work with the firm’s Banking, Corporate, Employment and Housing teams to provide excellent legal services on projects across housing, leisure, energy, healthcare and accommodation projects.

The Property Paralegal’s work will focus on development projects for Housing Associations and private developers, there will also would be the opportunity to gain exposure to the firm’s wider projects work.

The successful Property Paralegal must have either completed the LPC or be studying towards it and will ideally have prior property experience.

The Property Paralegal will gain excellent exposure to a broad range of Property work, from residential conveyancing to large PFI (Private Finance Initiative) projects.

The main responsibilities of this Property Paralegal role are as follows:

• Assisting fee earners with the conveyancing processes
• Proof reading documents  
• Managing own caseload and assisting solicitors and other fee earners in the day to day administration of files
• Undertaking Land registration formalities
• Completion of SDLT (Stamp Duty Land Tax) returns
• Carrying out legal research
• Collating land disposal information packs
• Assisting with enquiries
• Providing clients with monthly invoices and progress reports
• Efficiently managing a large number of deadlines relating to a variety of cases

The successful Property Paralegal will be keen to work as part of a fast-paced team and be in regular contact with clients, as such excellent communication skills and good attention to detail are key.

This firm is highly ranked for their Real Estate practice, and the team’s work makes up a large portion of the firm’s business, this is therefore an excellent opportunity for a Property Paralegal to build on their experience within a very well-regarded division.

It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy to respond to all applications within three working days. However because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.