HMLR Senior Paralegal

Addleshaw Goddard; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A major law firm in the UK seeks a dedicated paralegal for its newly established Post-Completion Hub. You will focus on managing Land Registry applications and SDLT returns, while working in a supportive team environment designed for continuous professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Career development framework

Qualifications

• Experience in complex commercial property post-completion matters.
• Strong attention to detail and effective time management.
• Ability to communicate at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage Land Registry applications and submit SDLT and LTT returns.
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance processes.
• Contribute to team training and development.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Job description

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The role is suitable for candidates with a desire to focus on property post-completion matters and specialise in this area. We are ideally looking for candidates with experience of dealing with Land Registry applications and land tax returns (SDLT and LTT). This role would suit candidates who are committed to developing their skills and advancing their careers within the paralegal and/or commercial property field, rather than those who are seeking to progress to qualification via a training contract.

The Team

Launched in 2010, our well-established, high performing and busy Transaction Services Team (TST) helps Addleshaw Goddard deliver a world-class service to its clients. We were the first team of its kind in the UK and continue to innovate by delivering work in the most efficient way, saving our clients time and money. We are now one of the Firm's biggest Groups, with our team being made up of apprentices, paralegals, managers, and solicitors.

Our team members focus on tasks that are found in a wide variety of legal assignments but which do not necessarily need to be done by qualified lawyers, including process elements of transactional, advisory, and contentious work. We are supported by the use of technology and play a key role in enabling Addleshaw Goddard to respond to client demand for more innovative and better value services.

This role forms part of a newly established and dedicated Post-Completion Hub which deals exclusively with Land Registry applications and land tax returns to support the wider TST Real Estate team and Real Estate Group.

Aside from a competitive salary and flexible benefits package, you'll get fantastic opportunities to support some of the UK's largest businesses. With our focus on continuous development and progression, we created a career development framework and training programme specifically for the TST. As part of that framework, you'll have the opportunity to have a career conversation every 4 months to ensure we're supporting you to meet your development goals and to discuss your progression.

What to Expect in This Role

• Submission and management of Land Registry applications including first registrations and applications to register transfers, leases, easements, charges, discharges, unilateral notices, and deeds of variation;
• Submission of SDLT and LTT returns for both straightforward and complex commercial transactions involving reliefs, renewal leases, holding over, linked transactions, properties sold subject to multiple leases, and exempt transactions;
• Keeping our internal case management system updated at all times and providing regular updates to internal clients on matter progress;
• Compliance with internal quality assurance processes including checking Land Registry applications, SDLT, and LTT returns for quality, consistency, and content;
• Contributing to the development of the wider Real Estate paralegal team which may include participating in the design and delivery of team training;
• Checking and supervision of the work by others in the team (particularly for less experienced members);
• Attending relevant training, keeping up to date with technical developments and know-how relating to HMLR & Land Tax matters, supporting with training delivery and knowledge management within the Post-Completion Hub; and
• Any additional tasks as required by the business.

Your Areas of Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience in complex commercial property post-completion matters and developing a specialism in this area;
• A high level of attention to detail and ability to follow team processes and procedures;
• Effective personal, organisational, and time management skills, the ability to closely monitor matter progress and manage competing priorities;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating an ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels and proactively provide updates on matter progress;
• A positive, enthusiastic, and proactive approach to work;
• Self-motivation and a willingness to get involved in new developments;
• A strong work ethic and a desire to develop and succeed;
• A readiness to contribute to a dynamic team environment and to produce high-quality work;
• A willingness to invest in others to contribute to meeting internal client service standards;
• The ability to work to tight timescales with a sense of urgency, ensuring relevant deadlines are not missed;
• Common sense, commerciality, the ability to problem-solve, and exercise sound judgment;
• An interest in, or experience of, using technology to deliver work and improve team processes.

Our Firm

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfill your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth, and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them. As such, we are the natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of and constantly invest in.

Here, you'll do high-caliber work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.