Real Estate Paralegal

CMS Law; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working policy

Generous bonus scheme

Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28)

Holiday exchange scheme

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Equality Act accommodations

Job summary

CMS Law is seeking an enthusiastic Paralegal or Senior Paralegal with Real Estate experience to join our Legal Services Unit. The role involves documenting land rights in Scotland and England via servitudes and easements, managing your own caseload of transactions, taking client instructions, negotiating deeds and arranging completions.

We offer a competitive salary, a flexible hybrid working policy and a generous benefits package designed to suit individual needs and lifestyles, including

Qualifications

• Real estate-focused paralegal with keen eye for detail.
• Experience handling land rights, servitudes or easements preferred.
• Degree in law or equivalent qualification; or working towards CILEX.
• Ability to manage a large workload independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage a busy caseload of property transactions and land rights.
• Draft acquisition documents and negotiate with counterparties.
• Review titles and handle file opening and AML compliance.
• Coordinate with data rooms, trackers, and completion activities.
• Ongoing post-completion registrations and reporting.

Skills

Real estate

Paralegal

Drafting documents

Education

Law degree or equivalent qualification

CILEX

Job description

CMS is seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated Paralegal or Senior Paralegal, ideally with Real Estate experience, to join our Legal Services Unit. The role will be focused on supporting one of our energy and utilities clients with documenting land rights in Scotland and England via servitudes and easements. This will include managing your own caseload of transactions, taking client instructions, negotiating the deeds and arranging completions.

About the role

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Managing a busy caseload of transactions including liaising with the client to obtain instructions;
• Drafting the acquisition documentation, negotiating with the counterparty to the transaction and carrying out title reviews;
• Assisting with file opening procedures including preparing first draft of retainer letter and ensuring compliance with money laundering regulations;
• Working with data rooms and online trackers;
• Managing completion and post-completion registrations, forms, filing and client signing / reporting requirements.

About you

We are looking for an enthusiastic experienced Real Estate-focused Paralegal. You will have a keen eye for detail with the ability to use your initiative and you must be used to dealing with a large workload. You may have a strong academic background and a degree in law or equivalent qualification. Alternatively, you may be working towards CILEX or have previous time-served Paralegal experience in a Real Estate background.

What's in it for you?

We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
• Flexible, hybrid working policy
• Generous bonus scheme
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
• Holiday exchange scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.