Description
This role is to work as part of the Portfolio Management team, which is a well-established national team of junior fee-earners who support our national Real Estate group.
Our Real Estate group covers every aspect of commercial real estate work including, development, investment, asset management, funding, construction, landlord and tenant, planning and environmental and dispute resolution. Clients include property management and development companies, health trusts and government bodies (local and central), owner occupiers and institutions, both in the UK and overseas.
The team also has a proven recorded in paralegal progression. We very much value and see our Portfolio Management team as our "incubation hub" for future talent and have in the last 12 months alone, seen 4 former paralegals formally qualify as solicitors with the assistance of professional development funding and mentoring from within the team and wider group.
Key Responsibilities
For this particular role, your work will focus primarily on leasing transactions acting for landlords, but could also include providing support to our wider Real Estate group encompassing the preparation of title reports, legal forms, break notices, simple planning documents, and other landlord and tenant documentation as well as general assistance to fee earners on a variety of client matters and general support. You will have the opportunity to run your own files and interact directly with clients.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Excellent academics including a 2.1 degree or better.
* A genuine interest in the law and property.
* Experience in Commercial Property is not essential but would be advantageous.
* Excellent attention to detail, and strong communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to produce work to a high standard.
* Confident with an ability to build strong relationships with clients (internal and external) and third party contacts at all levels.
* Must be flexible, organised, and self-motivated team player who is able to work within the team to achieve common goals.
* Must be able to work under pressure to meet required deadlines.
About DAC Beachcroft
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK's top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
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