Paralegal

Birmingham - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 21 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Paralegal to join our Commercial Development and Investment (CDI) team in this role you will support a large and busy team specialising in development schemes major acquisitions and lettings for both landlords and tenants with a particular focus on helping to manage complex largescale development projects.

The team is made up of senior lawyers junior fee earners and paralegals who work collaboratively across a diverse range of clients and matters offering an excellent environment to develop your skills and gain exposure to highquality work.

About you:

Were looking for someone who will ideally have a law degree and/or LPC and demonstrates some experience working in a legal environment with any exposure to the Real Estate sector being beneficial though not essential.

To succeed in this role you will bring an understanding of the procedural elements involved in commercial property transactions gained either through practical legal work or academic training. Strong relationshipbuilding skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a wider team are essential.

We are looking for someone who is highly organised with strong casemanagement abilities which extend to accurate and detailed note taking and excellent attention to detail. The successful candidate will be proactive enthusiastic and able to work confidently within a large team while also using their own initiative when needed. They must be capable of building strong client relationships demonstrate solid IT skills and remain calm and effective under pressure.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 26 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 three-month sabbatical every five years
Maternity paternity and adoption leave schemes
A range of health and wellbeing programmes
State of the art offices 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 re-assignment 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 Meg Astley at

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DescriptionAbout the role:We have an exciting opportunity for a Paralegal to join our Commercial Development and Investment (CDI) team in this role you will support a large and busy team specialising in development schemes major acquisitions and lettings for both landlords and tenants with a partic...