Job Description
About the role:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Paralegal to join our Specialist Real Estate Services (SRES) team in Birmingham. In this role, you will work with our key utilities clients by completing a high volume of property related transactions, including easements, leases, transfers and telecoms agreements.
The role involves reviewing titles, negotiating documentation, working closely with clients and progressing matters efficiently using a case management system. You'll manage your own files within a busy team, collaborate with senior colleagues, and maintain direct contact with clients and agents.
Within this role you will look to maintain a clear emphasis on providing timely, pragmatic support and building strong, enduring client relationships.
About you:
We're looking for someone who can demonstrate suitable experience in a paralegal position, ideally including at least 12 months of handling commercial real estate work. While knowledge of the telecoms code, the Electricity Act and the Gas Act would be beneficial, it is not essential as full training will be provided.
To succeed in this role, you will bring strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to obtain instructions from experienced property professionals and a willingness to communicate by telephone rather than relying solely on email. You will also be capable of maintaining and developing effective client relationships and showing a genuine interest in understanding our clients' businesses so you can deliver practical, timely solutions that help move transactions forward.
We're looking for someone who is highly organised, with strong diary management and IT skills, and who can handle the financial aspects of delivering our service, including effective time recording, billing and cash collection. The successful candidate will be proactive, enthusiastic and able to work confidently as part of a large team while also using their own initiative when required.
What We Can Offer You:
The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 26 consecutive years.
Excellent benefits, including:
A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
A generous pension allowance
Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
A range of health and wellbeing programmes
State of the art offices, with an onsite restaurant
Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development
Equal Opportunities:
Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.
If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley