We are recruiting a Property Paralegal for a leading legal 500 firm in Brighton. This is a firm with an excellent culture, flexible working and competitive salaries.
About the Role
Experienced Paralegal to join a successful Real Estate department in their Brighton office. You will be joining a busy, diverse and proactive team, supporting an experienced fee-earner and dealing with high quality work. You should be keen to take on a challenging and varied role, with strong prospects for advancement in due course.
Responsibilities
* Assisting in the running of live files
* Supporting your supervisor in all aspects of conveyancing transactions, from instructions through to post completion
* Liaising with all parties and providing administrative and legal assistance throughout the conveyancing process
* File opening and AML compliance
* Dealing with administrative exchange formalities completion and post completion tasks
* Preparing reports on title, mortgages and searches (with supervision)
* Raising and reviewing enquiries on title and contract packs, searches and surveys (with supervision)
* Liaising with clients, agents, lenders and other solicitors to progress transactions
* Drafting financial statements and invoices
* General administration tasks and the updating of internal and external systems
* Client contact, with supervision
Qualifications
Previous paralegal or fee-earning conveyancing experience in a legal environment is required and you should ideally also have relevant legal qualifications. The firm do however offer support for different routes to qualification, if successful.
Required Skills
* Good understanding of the conveyancing process from instruction to completion
* Practical experience in raising enquiries, reviewing replies and report drafting (under supervision)
* Confidence and competence to work to timescales
* Ability to use your initiative
* Commercially aware
* Good inter-personal skills
* Team approach and flexibility