Real Estate Paralegal

Job Title: Real Estate Paralegal

Salary: Highly competitive salary

Location: London

Overview:

An excellent opportunity has arisen with my client, a prestigious boutique law firm with multiple offices across London who are going through an exciting period of growth. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting fee earners across both residential and commercial property and will be comfortable with a significant amount of client contact. Join this full-service law firm that work hard to nurture and foster a positive working culture.

Duties include:

• Supporting multiple fee earners across both residential and commercial property with flexibility to work from both offices
• Opening and closing case management files in the system, including updating contacts and file information
• Dealing with clients and contacts on telephone and meeting in person to witness signatures and collect documents where necessary
• Drafting letters, documents and forms using standards precedents and forms library
• Actioning AML/KYC requirements for the firm
• Downloading title documents from the Land Registry Portal
• Dealing with Land Registry and SDLT formalities
• Diarising key dates for specific instructions SDLT returns, completion, exchanges and filings for companies house
• Submitting file/deeds

The successful candidate will have/be:

• Previous demonstrable experience working as a Paralegal or Legal Assistant
• Experience supporting fee earners across both residential and commercial property
• A confident manner as the role will bring a significant degree of client contact
• Able to show drive and a degree of autonomy
• Highly organised and able to strategically forward plan
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Package:

• Highly competitive salary
• 10% of discretionary profit costs billed and paid in respect of introductions where work is carried out by fee earners
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Auto enrolment into the firms pension scheme
• Private Medical Health Scheme (including subsidised gym membership)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Eyecare and Flu Vaccination voucher scheme

If you feel you meet the above criteria, please apply online for immediate consideration.