Paralegal

Knights; Brighton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services company is seeking a Paralegal to join their Residential Property team in Brighton. The role involves supporting complex residential transactions, preparing legal documents, and communicating with clients in a collaborative environment that values transparency and career advancement.

Qualifications

• Experience in residential property transactions.
• Ability to prepare legal documents and reports.
• Strong communication skills with clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Administrative tasks including opening files and ID checks.
• Preparing legal documents like contracts and registration applications.
• Communicating with clients and other parties involved in transactions.

Skills

Conveyancing experience

Communication

Legal research

Job description

Knights has always done things differently; in 2012, we were the first organisation of our type in the UK legal sector to attract private equity investment, enabling us to move from the traditional partnership model to a corporate structure, creating a clear separation between management / ownership and fee earners.

The success of our model was reflected in very attractive growth over the following 6 years and since our listing on the AIM market in June 2018, we have reported year on year growth.

With nearly 1500 colleagues across 31 locations and our strong organic growth, combined with a number of high-quality recent acquisitions, we are now a more diversified business with strengthened positions in our key target markets. We have the team and financial resources in place to deliver our organic and acquisitive growth strategy as we scale up to be the leading legal and professional services business outside London.

Our business model and culture remain a clear differentiator from many legal services businesses, enabling us to recruit individuals who wish to work in a modern professional services environment. The Group's strong position in its markets, increased scale, national reputation, differentiated model, and unique culture are attracting high-quality talent.

We are now looking for a Paralegal to join our fantastic Residential Property team based out of our Brighton offices. The team handles an extensive range of residential work, from sales and purchases of freehold and leasehold property for first and second-time buyers, to more complex property transactions for those seeking to add to their property portfolios.

This role will support the team with the above work and would be ideal for someone with conveyancing experience already, looking to work closely with some fantastic lawyers on interesting residential property cases.

Responsibilities include:

• Administrative tasks including opening files, ID checks, scanning, setting up bank transfers, ordering searches, preparing bills and statements.
• Preparing documents – contracts, transfer deeds, mortgage deeds, land transaction returns, registration applications.
• Developing legal skills – checking titles, preparing legal reports, exchanging contracts, and dealing with completions.
• Communicating with clients and other parties involved in transactions, e.g., solicitors, mortgage lenders, and estate agents.

We offer a unique environment; you will be part of a one-team culture that promotes direct responsibility with an expectation to always deliver the best service possible for clients within a collegiate, team-based environment.

Most excitingly, you can help change the way we think about and deliver the future of legal and professional services in a friendly, caring business, with little (if any) hierarchy. Our culture of positivity and transparency provides a great platform for the right people to advance their careers.