Paralegal - Real Estate, Residential Development Sales (6 month FTC)

The role

This role will assist in the legal process of selling apartments and houses off-plan on behalf of large-scale residential developer clients. Generally, the team manages approximately 10,000 active files at any point. Typically, each development can range from 8 to 1,800 apartments. The team is made up of 22 members and is split into sub-teams which nominally look after specific developer clients.

The team is focused on providing an innovative, bespoke, premium service to clients. The type of work tends to be at the top end of the development scale and includes iconic city buildings such The Heron, Pan Peninsula, and Embassy Gardens (Nine Elms). The team have been known to sell up to 250 apartments in one weekend on development launches and have also acted on innovative structures such as the sale of an apart-hotel for investment purchase.

Role responsibility

• Dealing with all aspects of the conveyancing sales process from start to finish,  from compiling and sending out papers with exchange deadlines, to completions. This can be up to 100 files per day.
• Working alongside colleagues within the team to reach completion and exchange deadlines.
• Dealing with enquiries from purchasers’ solicitors.
• Receiving and chasing purchaser deposits where necessary.
• Maintaining up-to-date client matter schedules for both internal and external use.
• Producing and supplying other information/documents/reports, both internally and externally, that are logical, accurate, and in the correct format.
• Contributing to the effectiveness of team work flow, including attending departmental and other appropriate briefings to assess current and future needs.
• Filing and file-keeping.
• Other ad hoc related tasks.

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate:

• Relevant work experience in a similar role.
• Knowledge of conveyancing processes.
• The ability to work in a fast paced, high volume deadline driven environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels.
• Sound judgement, with the ability to use your own initiative, taking responsibility where necessary and appropriate.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to perform in a high volume, deadline-orientated role.
• Good attention to detail, with a high standard of accuracy.
• A sound understanding of client confidentiality.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

With almost 200 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be. We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering. Our clients find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

Whether you are an ambitious and talented individual wanting to hit the ground running from day one, or an established professional looking for a new opportunity, Howard Kennedy is the firm where you can really make it happen.

We have earned a strong reputation for our exceptional and uniquely talented people who between them deliver outstanding results for clients. In a firm of our size, our strong team dynamic creates a thriving culture of creativity and entrepreneurialism. Howard Kennedy is a pragmatic and non-hierarchical environment where success is shared, and you are proactively encouraged to thrive at your own pace.

Our distinctive culture is built on fairness and respect. Guided by the firm’s values of talk straight, think smart and be yourself, everyone in the firm holds equal value, and everyone plays their role in supporting, encouraging and inspiring colleagues to do their best work.

At the same time, we recognise and reward individualism, celebrating the diversity of our people and supporting them to grow their practice and drive their own career advancement.

As well as client work, there is opportunity to broaden your horizons at the firm with fulfilling pro bono and charity projects. We have a regular social calendar full of wellbeing activities, charitable and social events too.