Paralegal – Commercial Property Development
Ampa - Legal & Professional Services
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Leicester • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Junior
About the role
- providing paralegal support to the team
- liaising with clients, and handling queries and enquiries where appropriate
- being responsible for and conducting various aspects of transactions
- drafting and producing forms and transactional documentation and conducting some transactions from start to finish, with support from other team members
- working with other team members on larger projects
Requirements
- 6 months’ previous experience in a legal property team would be preferrable
- experience of using Land Registry, HMRC, search provider, Companies House and indemnity insurance web sites and ability to draft basic forms and some documents
- working knowledge at basic level of terminology and documents used in property transactions
- Key competencies you will need:
- good attention to detail and accuracy
- good communication skills
- a keen desire to learn and enhance your existing skills
- a hands on approach to work with and be part of a wider team
- the ability to build rapport with colleagues and clients alike
- a desire to develop the knowledge and expertise of the team, as well as yourself
- About you – you will be:
- self-motivated and with a desire to succeed
- well organised
- able to self-manage and take ownership of problems
- highly enthusiastic, willing to go the extra mile and be happy to go beyond the job description
- respectful towards others and have a positive, willing and ‘can do’ attitude
- keen to learn, interested in driving your own career progression and be proactive in taking ownership of this
Benefits
- We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.****We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.****We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Solihull, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells.****Want to find out more about our amazing benefits? ******Additional information:****Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.
- Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.******Equal opportunities****Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
paralegal supportdrafting formstransactional documentationproperty transactionsbasic document drafting
Soft skills
attention to detailcommunication skillsteam collaborationself-motivationorganizational skillsproblem ownershipenthusiasmproactivityrapport buildingwillingness to learn