Addleshaw Goddard is a premium international commercial law firm with an exceptional breadth of services; we are known for the quality of our advice, the imagination we bring and the impact we make. We are a Firm which has innovation built into its DNA – no matter the challenge, we deliver bespoke advice for our clients, providing them with smart, usable solutions that are customised, collaborative and integrate into their businesses. Our knowledge of our chosen sectors and markets, and our investment in our client relationships set us apart. We are a natural choice for FTSE 100 companies and we not only provide technical excellence and experience to them but crucially, we demonstrate real insight into their business and what really matters to them.
THE TEAM
Launched in 2010, our well-established, high performing and busy Transaction Services Team (TST) help Addleshaw Goddard deliver a world class service to its clients. We were the first team of its kind in the UK, and continue to innovate by delivering work in the most efficient way, saving our clients time and money. We are now one of the Firm's biggest divisions, with our team being made up of apprentices, paralegals, managers and solicitors.
Our team members focus on tasks that are found in a wide variety of legal assignments but which do not necessarily need to be done by qualified lawyers, including process elements of transactional, advisory and contentious work. We are supported by the use of technology and play a key role in enabling Addleshaw Goddard to respond to client demand for more innovative and better value services.
Aside from a competitive salary and flexible benefits package, you'll get fantastic opportunities to support some of the UK's largest businesses, as well as the potential for exciting internal and client secondments. With our focus on continuous development and progression, we created a career development framework and training programme specifically for the TST. As part of that framework you'll have the opportunity to have a career conversation every 4 months to ensure we're supporting you to meet your development goals and to discuss your progression. In addition, you'll have access to our internal training contract application process, legal qualification sponsorship and management or technical development programmes.
THE ROLE
The work that comes into the team is varied. Each member of our team is assigned to one of the divisionally aligned subteams. Whilst predominantly carrying out work for your subteam, you can expect to work on a variety of assignments from across all of the Firm's divisions, which gives you a good insight into the workings of a commercial law firm. The specific Real Estate assignments you will be working on can include the following:
• managing electronic data sites, uploading and ordering documentation, and liaising with third parties
• reviewing and reporting on leases and other documentation as part of a corporate due diligence exercise
• being the first point of call for the client to check property title information and reviewing titles to confirm land ownership and lease terms
• drafting and negotiating licences to assign, underlet and alter through to completion, as well as drafting rent review memoranda
• direct contact with client as well as supporting the more senior team members with drafting, reporting and working on transactions
• providing regular updates to the client on matter progress
• all other areas of post completion work, such as scheduling and archiving deeds, and updating records
• providing ad hoc transactional support on Real Estate projects
• checking legal documents for quality, consistency and content
• drafting and producing legal documentation and standard forms
• providing support to our clients on-site
• any additional tasks as required by the business
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Due to the dynamic nature of the work we do and the clients we seek to serve, the role is not an ordinary "9-5" job. For the right person, this role provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to our proven success by utilising a wide set of skills essential to a career in the TST. Successful candidates will have:
• a high level of attention to detail
• effective personal, organisational and time management skills, and the ability to juggle multiple demands
• strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating an ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels
• a positive, enthusiastic and proactive approach to work
• a strong work ethic and a desire to develop and succeed
• the ability to work to tight timescales with a sense of urgency
• common sense, commerciality and the ability to exercise sound judgment
• an interest in, or experience of, using technology to deliver work
• Previous Real Estate paralegal experience is of relevance, but not essential