Real Estate Paralegal

My client is a leading UK law firm, founded over 40 years ago and ranked as a Top Tier Firm in the Legal 500.

They are seeking an experienced paralegal to join their successful Real Estate team, based in their Brighton office.
 
You will be joining a busy, diverse and proactive team, supporting an experienced fee-earner and dealing with high quality work. You should be keen to take on a challenging and varied role and prospects for advancement in due course are good.
 
You will be assisting in the running of live files, in addition to supporting your supervisor in all aspects of conveyancing transactions, from instructions through to post completion. The work involves liaising with all parties and providing administrative and legal assistance throughout the conveyancing process.
 
Previous conveyancing experience in a legal environment is required and you should ideally also have relevant legal qualifications. They do offer support for different routes to qualification, for successful paralegals. You must have a good understanding of the conveyancing process from instruction to completion and practical experience in raising enquiries, reviewing replies and report drafting (under supervision).
 
You must be confident and competent to work to timescales, be able to use your initiative, commercially aware and have good inter-personal skills. A team approach and flexibility are vital.
 
Duties will include:
 
File opening and AML compliance
Dealing with administrative exchange formalities completion and post completion tasks
Preparing reports on title, mortgages and searches (with supervision)
Raising and reviewing enquiries on title and contract packs, searches and surveys (with supervision).
Liaising with clients, agents, lenders and other solicitors to progress transactions.
Drafting financial statements and invoices
General administration tasks and the updating of internal and external systems
You will also have client contact, with supervision.

Salary is at market rate, depending on experience and this is a full-time role. Some flexible/hybrid working may be considered following a three month probationary period, during which you will be expected to be fully office-based.

If you are interested in the above Real Estate Paralegal role, please call Adam Dell’Armi on 02037149446 or forward your most recent CV to a.dellarmi@clayton-legal.co.uk.

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