Paralegal

Lunaria Partners | Responsible Business; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Lunaria Partners | Responsible Business is seeking an experienced real estate paralegal to support live conveyancing matters in a busy city firm. You will work under supervision on instructions through to post-completion, liaising with clients, agents and solicitors, and handling file opening, enquiries, reports and invoicing with a focus on accuracy and timeliness.

As part of a large real estate practice, you’ll contribute to administrative and legal tasks across titles, mortgages, searches and

Qualifications

• At least 6 months experience in real estate or conveyancing support in a legal environment.
• You will understand the conveyancing process from instruction through to completion and experience raising enquiries, reviewing replies and drafting reports (under supervision).
• You must be confident working to timescales, able to use initiative, commercially aware and have good inter-personal skills.

Responsibilities

• File opening/AML compliance
• Administrative support on 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 updating internal/external systems

Skills

Real estate experience

Tools

Case management software

Job description

An excellent opportunity has arisen at a top tier mid-sized city firm for an experienced real estate paralegal.

The Firm

The firm has three main practice areas that they are highly ranked in and these are real estate, media and entertainment and litigation, and they also have highly regarded teams in corporate, banking and IP. There is a large real estate practice which covers commercial property, high-net-worth residential property, property finance, development construction and property litigation.

The Role

This is an exciting role as it involves assisting in the running of live files, in addition to supporting a 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.

Duties will include:

• File opening/AML compliance
• Administrative support on 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.

The Requirements

At least 6 months experience in real estate or conveyancing support in a legal environment is required. You will have a good understanding of the conveyancing process, from instruction through to completion and practical experience in raising enquiries, reviewing replies and report drafting (under supervision).

You must be confident working to timescales, able to use your initiative, commercially aware and have good inter-personal skills - team approach and flexibility.