Real Estate Paralegal

CMS UK; Sheffield (TX); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid work policy

Generous bonus scheme

25 days holiday (rising to 28)

Job summary

CMS UK seeks an enthusiastic Paralegal or Senior Paralegal with Real Estate experience to join our Legal Services Unit. The role centers on documenting land rights in Scotland and England via servitudes and easements for energy and utilities clients.

You will manage your own caseload, take client instructions, draft deeds, and coordinate completions while ensuring regulatory compliance and a proactive approach to workload.

Qualifications

• Requires Real Estate-focused paralegal experience and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage own caseload and work under deadlines.
• Experience drafting acquisition documents and performing title reviews.

Responsibilities

• Manage busy caseload of transactions and liaise with clients to obtain instructions.
• Draft acquisition documentation, negotiate with counterparty, perform title reviews.
• Assist with file opening procedures and AML compliance.

Skills

Real estate experience

Paralegal experience

Detail-oriented

Client instructions

Education

Law degree or equivalent

CILEX candidate

Tools

Data rooms

Online trackers

Title reviews

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?

Benefits

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.