Paralegal - Real Estate Residential

JMW Solicitors LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

JMW Solicitors LLP is seeking a Paralegal for Real Estate Residential in London to support qualified fee earners on conveyancing matters. You will handle freehold/leasehold transactions, new builds, Help to Buy, Shared Ownership, remortgages, and liaise with clients and introducers.

The role emphasizes accuracy, strong communication, and the ability to manage a busy workload while developing legal career progression within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Law graduates with conveyancing exposure or interest.
• Strong communication and analytical skills.
• Excellent IT skills with Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Team ethic with ability to manage a busy workload.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with clients in a professional and courteous manner.
• Answer and direct enquiries received by phone and email.
• Call clients and third parties involved in conveyancing.
• Prepare contract packs and order relevant searches.
• Update introducer portals and case management system.
• Progress files under supervision of a conveyancer.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Time management

Customer service

Education

Law degree / law graduate

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Case management software

Job description

Paralegal - Real Estate Residential

Department: Real Estate Residential

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Description

To enable us to deliver the right outcomes to our clients, with a commercial edge, we're looking for a Paralegal to support our Real Estate Residential team's qualified fee earners on matters such as:

• Freehold and leasehold sales and purchases
• New build properties
• Help to Buy properties
• Shared Ownership properties
• Remortgages
• Builders and Developers

Our Paralegals are responsible for a wide range of general, administrative, and other legal services related tasks, and provide support across the team, meaning exceptional attention to detail is essential and maintaining a very high standard when preparing emails, letters, reports, and responding to information requests is key. This is also a role which provides a great development opportunity for those at the start of their legal career who have aspirations to progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Communicating with clients of the department in a professional and courteous manner, ensuring clients and introducers always receive the best possible service.
• Receiving telephone calls into the department, dealing with straightforward enquiries where possible and directing enquiries where appropriate.
• Making calls to clients and third parties involved in the conveyancing transaction.
• Ordering searches and drafting search reports and mortgage reports under the supervision of a conveyancer.
• Logging post in and responding promptly to requests for updates from clients, estate agents, brokers and introducers, and ensuring introducer portals are updated where necessary.
• Preparing contract packs.
• Ordering documents from HMLR, bankruptcy searches, priority searches and company searches.
• Preparing files for completion.
• Ensuring that the firm's case management system is fully up to date.
• Using your initiative to progress files where appropriate and raising any issues/concerns to conveyancer with responsibility for the matter.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

We are looking for capable law graduates with experience working within a conveyancing team and strong communication and analytical skills, in addition to:

• Excellent IT skills, particularly with experience in Word, Excel and Outlook.
• A strong team working ethic - providing support where necessary, and knowing when to seek guidance from your colleagues.
• The ability to manage a busy workload, be proactive, and prioritise effectively.
• The skills and confidence to communicate well orally and in writing, including dealing directly with clients when required.
• Excellent customer services skills.