Real Estate Paralegal

Thomson Legal; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A national law firm is looking for a Lead Paralegal to join their successful Real Estate Team in Glasgow. This role involves providing high-quality legal support, preparing client reports, and managing transactional files. The firm offers a competitive salary and excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Benefits package

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial landlord and tenant law.
• Ability to manage transactional files under supervision.
• Strong communication skills for client updates.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to the Real Estate team.
• Prepare client update reports regularly.
• Draft legal documents and handle administrative tasks.

Skills

Legal support work

Client interaction

Legal research

Job description

Highly-respected national law firm are looking to hire a Lead Paralegal and Paralegal to join their highly successful Real Estate Team based in Glasgow.

Overview:

The Real Estate Practice Group deal with all aspects of real estate legal issues, including high-value acquisitions and disposals, portfolio management, development (including regeneration projects) and the creation and treatment of all kinds of investments. Theteamact for landowners, occupiers, developers, funders, contractors and professionals across the sector. Theyalso work with landlords and tenants within the institutional, telecoms, corporate, retail and public sectors – including education and local government.

Candidate Requirements:

The Paralegal and Lead Paralegal the firm arelooking to recruit will act as an extension to the fee earning team and support the operational functioning of the Real Estate and Real Estate team, providing a high standard of service delivery to both internal and external clients, in line with best practice.

You will work with the team'sexisting and fast growing client portfolio-The partnerships with these clients generate plenty of high value real estate work and also offer an excellent opportunity for the Paralegals to further develop their real estate experience. The work will mainly involve commercial landlord and tenant law in the context of telecommunications mast sites including site acquisitions, upgrades, renewals, and general estates matters.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Legal support work to the Real Estate and Real Estate Litigation team in all matters and ensuring matters are progressing as efficiently and accurately as possible.
• Preparing weekly update reports for clients and dealing with clients on a regular basis to provide updates or obtain information.
• Under supervision, run own transactional files from initiation to completion.
• Dealing with access agreements, registrations, wayleaves, lease renewals etc.
• Drafting legal documents and standard forms.
• Administrative tasks such as performing Land Registry searches, obtaining documents from our clients' portals.
• Legal research.
• Asset management.
• Proof reading.

On Offer:

On offer is a highly competitive salary and benefits package along with excellent career prospects and training and development.

To Apply:

For a confidential discussion about this position or to apply, please contact:

David Thomson, Director

Glasgow: 0141 244 0260

Email: [e-mail]