Property Paralegals - Commercial or Residential

Property Paralegals - Commercial or Residential

Role

Property Paralegal - Commercial & Residential roles available

Location

London / Home working

Start Date

ASAP

Salary

Circa £30k - £35k dependent on experience

My client is seeking to recruit experienced Property Paralegals who are diligent and self-motivated. The successful candidates will be working directly with a Partner. They will ideally have a minimum of 1-2 years’ experience working in a similar role and be able to hit the ground running with variety of property matters in either residential / commercial or both. They must have technical knowledge commensurate to their level of experience as well as a pro-active approach to risk management, a willingness to learn and a good knowledge of property transactions. Client care is a priority of to my client, and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate when they have gone over and above to provide a top-quality service to the client. They will be keen to progress and grow within the department. Relevant professional training will be provided and career development opportunities available to the right candidate.

Essential skills

• Educated to degree level
• Completed LPC or SQE 1
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team

Essential Experience

Experience in either commercial or residential property including: -

• Freehold and Leasehold sales and purchases
• Re- Mortgages and re-finances including properties in companies.
• Buy to Let (including Company) purchases and re-finances
• Registration including companies house and Land Registry
• Drafting and Filing of SDLT Returns
• Experience in drafting reports on title and reports on mortgage
• Dealing with replies to pre-contract enquiries
• Drafting lender standard documents (e.g. mortgage deeds/guarantees)

OR

• Drafting AP1s and Stamp duty returns
• Utilising Land Registry Portal
• Using search provider such as Infotrack to order searches
• Preparing financial statements and completion statements

Desirable skills

• Experience in drafting commercial leases and ancillary documents
• Experience in dealing with preparing CPSE replies.
• Experience in dealing with preparation of contract packages and data rooms

OR

• Preparing replies to enquiries
• Title review, raising enquiries

Closing date for applications - 01/11/2024

Interviews will be held - week commencing 04/11/2024