Legal Assistant - Residential Conveyancing Transaction Support
Job Description
We are looking for enthusiastic and engaged Legal Assistants (Transaction Support) to join our busy Residential Conveyancing team. This role will provide direct support to fee earners within the Residential Conveyancing Team, to enable them to operate at optimum efficiency, in addition to ensuring clients receive an excellent level of customer service throughout the transaction process.
What you'll be responsible for:
1. Day to day interaction with new clients and updating clients / agents / solicitors where necessary.
2. Taking client instructions, checking ID, source of funds, gift deposits, etc.
3. Preparing draft documents and issuing sales contracts.
4. Requesting mortgage redemption figures.
5. Ordering searches.
6. Replying to sales enquiries on both freehold / leasehold properties.
7. Drafting transfer deeds.
8. Dealing with exchange of contracts on sales and purchases.
9. Ordering mortgage advances, undertaking pre completion searches.
10. Setting up completions.
11. Dealing with client enquiries and communicating with a variety of third parties.
12. Adherence to AML, client care and compliance procedures.
13. Providing full support to the conveyancing solicitors to enable them to operate efficiently.
14. Preparing correspondence using our case man...