Paralegal - Post Completion Team 6mth Fixed Term Contract

About the Team

Gowling WLG is home to one of the UKs largest real estate practices with a team of more than 275 commerciallyminded innovative and pragmatic lawyers.

We work alongside many of the sectors most successful companies and have helped to deliver numerous high profile projects advising throughout their lifecycle.

Main purpose of the role:

Our business is growing and we are looking for a Paralegal to be part of the centralised Real Estate Post Completion Team on a 6 month fixed term contract.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Bespoke Project Support Dealing with bespoke instructions on large scale property schemes i.e. dealing with rent charge registrations and scheme management supporting on lease reviews and any other bespoke matters received by the Post Completion Team.
• File Management receiving and dealing with instructions from MFEs via Intapp for REG
• Preparation of Land Registry Applications receiving reviewing and preparing the Land Registry applications for REG and processing submissions using the Land Registry online portal.
• SDLT/LTT preparation of SDLT/LTT forms using the online instruction form and Landscape 2 processing of payments and submissions and adhering to strict deadlines. Managing team diary entries to ensure deadlines are not missed.
• Legal Instructions to provide legal support and advice to clients in all matters relating to resale enquiries including but not limited to deeds of variation deeds of covenant freehold reversion sales land transfers and any other tasks requested by our clients
• Title Reviews to obtain and review office copy entries and title plans following registration of land/property and prepare registration report to send to MFE
• Communication by telephone standard letter email in person or other communication media with clients MFEs and third parties as well as with other team members.
• Finance creating bill requests finance forms and completing spreadsheets with financial information.
• Reporting reporting to MFEs on progress of instructions received via Intapp and entering and updating data in spreadsheets for client reporting /updates.

Key Skills and Experience:

Working in an inclusive sharing and collaborative culture you will be expected to play your part in ensuring the continuing success and growth of the team. Previous experience of working in a legal or office environment is desirable.

You should be able to:

• Manage your workload to tight deadlines remain calm under pressure and prioritise your workload effectively.
• Work in a team environment Play an active role within the team whilst demonstrating courtesy and respect for colleagues across the firm consider ideas and points of view from others; is aware of own impact. When required be able to work as part of a bigger project team or support across our UK Real Estate Practice.
• Communicate appropriately and confidently at all levels within the team and the wider business as well as with clients agents and other parties in person by phone letter email or other communication means.
• Use your initiative and creativity to generate solutions and to deliver client service.
• Apply a proactive and results focussed approach understanding the overall importance of what the team is trying to achieve
• Demonstrate commitment to client service Produces high quality work and has the required technical knowledge and common sense to successfully deliver a consistent standard of work.
• Demonstrate awareness of risk management process and ensure internal compliance procedures are adhered too. Recognises problems and raises with Team Manager

You should have

• Experience of working in a legal or office environment is desirable.
• Experience of working in a high volume team
• Real Estate Legal knowledge and experience of dealing with the Land Registry Portal and Land Registry applications.
• Sound knowledge of the SDLT/LTT.
• Experience of legal drafting and title reviews
• Completion of CILEX course or GCSE qualifications in English and Maths between 49 or AC equivalent
• Sound technical/theoretical land law knowledge and the ability to apply this practically;
• Experience of dealing with clients either on their own initiative or as part of a team
• Highly proficient user of Microsoft software
• Experience of using a case management system;
• Effective organisation skills.
• Possess a high level of accuracy efficiency and consistency in approach.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (oral written and listening).
• Problem solving abilities.
• Enthusiasm.

What We Can Offer You:

Gowling WLG has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 25 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy up to a weeks extra annual leave.
• Private medical insurance and the option to add family members.
• A generous pension allowance.
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary.
• The chance of a threemonth sabbatical every five years.
• Maternity paternity and adoption leave schemes.
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes.
• Offices in Birmingham city centre with an onsite restaurant.
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firmand to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour nationality ethnicity national origins) religion or belief age disability sexual orientation sex gender reassignment and gender identity marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLGwe seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyones potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Jess Swingler

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