Paralegal - Portfolio Management

FQPS Academy Ltd.; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft seeks a Paralegal to join the national Real Estate group. You will own your files, interact with clients, and support fee earners with title/lease reports, land registry, SDLT/LBTT and planning documents.

Key tasks include drafting and negotiating documentation, supporting a busy team, and contributing to a dynamic, inclusive law firm with a global presence.

Qualifications

• Excellent academics with a 2.1 degree or better.
• Interest in law and property matters and commercial property awareness.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Attention to detail and ability to build client relationships.
• Flexible, well organized and self-motivated team player.

Responsibilities

• Work across the national Real Estate group and own files with client interaction.
• Prepare title and lease reports, legal forms and land registry documentation.
• Draft and negotiate SDLT/LBTT, break notices and planning documents.
• Assist fee earners on a variety of client matters and provide general support.

Skills

2.1 degree

Interest in law and property

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Team player

Commercial property interest

Education

2.1 degree or better in law or property

Job description

This role is to work as part of the Portfolio Management team, which is a well-established national team of junior fee-earners who support our national Real Estate group.

Our Real Estate group covers every aspect of commercial real estate work including, development, investment, asset management, funding, construction, landlord and tenant, planning and environmental and dispute resolution. Clients include property management and development companies, health trusts and government bodies (local and central), owner occupiers and institutions, both in the UK and overseas.

The team also has a proven recorded in paralegal progression. We very much value and see our Portfolio Management team as our “incubation hub” for future talent and have in the last 12 months alone, seen 4 former paralegals formally qualify as solicitors with the assistance of professional development funding and mentoring from within the team and wider group.

Key Responsibilities

The Paralegal opportunity is an extremely varied role which see you work across the national Real Estate group. You will have the opportunity to own your own files and interact with clients.

As a Paralegal, your work will include the preparation of title and lease reports, legal forms, land registry and SDLT/LBTT, break notices, simple planning documents, lease and other L&T documentation drafting and negotiation as well as general assistance to fee earners on a variety of client matters and general support.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Excellent academics including a 2.1 degree or better.
• A genuine interest in the law and property.
• Experience in Commercial Property is not essential but would be advantageous.
• Excellent attention to detail, and strong communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to produce work to a high standard.
• Confident with an ability to build strong relationships with clients (internal and external) and third party contacts at all levels.
• Must be flexible, organised, and self-motivated team player who is able to work within the team to achieve common goals.
• Must be able to work under pressure to meet required deadlines.

Additional Information

As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact [e-mail] in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we’ll be happy to help.

About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Dubai (DIFC), Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.

At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.