Background
We currently have an opportunity for a paralegal to join the commercial property department. The department act for a large number of housing associations, private developers and owners of leasehold investment properties. The role will involve ensuring efficient processing and high levels of service delivery to all clients served by the team.
The role
Duties will include:
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Dealing efficiently with the processing of section 38, section 104 and section 278 infrastructure agreements, including providing title and advising client on terms and co-ordinating execution of and completion of documents and working with our AI developers to help streamline the process and providing progress reports for various housing association clients
- Assisting fee earners in compiling site acquisition overviews on multiple sites for multiple housing associations and attending the client review meetings
- Assisting the Fee Earner with their caseloads which comprises of standard plot sales to dedicated clients
- Helping to Open new files
Assisting with setting up and downloading data rooms on various transactions
- Assist colleagues to meet department targets and SLAs.
- Assisting fee earners in progressing matters and chasing solicitors acting for the other side
Skills & Qualifications
The successful candidate will ideally have basic conveyancing/property experience. They will have excellent client care skills and be willing to attend client meetings when required. In addition, the ideal candidate will need a high level of administrative and IT skills. Experience of a case management system would be a distinct advantage.
An eye for detail and strong organisational skills are also needed along with the ability to organise and prioritise work in order to meet demanding deadlines.
Life at Hugh James
We never shy away from a challenge
We are a leading, full-service UK law firm. Since our beginning, we have been led by the things that matter. We care about fighting for the right outcomes. Solving the seemingly unsolvable. Protecting businesses, individuals and livelihoods. Supporting our people, our communities. Safeguarding our planet. Looking for a way forward? At Hugh James, challenges of all sizes are readily accepted.
The Hugh James difference
Our law firm has always been guided by the idea that self-belief is just as important as skillset. Our pursuit of righting wrongs and protecting what’s important keeps us driving forwards. It’s in our roots! We won’t stop until we find the answers; the outcomes that are needed.
We are focused on the work we do, the business we run, and our culture. Our entrepreneurial spirit has taken us from humble beginnings to a strong presence across the UK with offices in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and Plymouth servicing clients from businesses, individuals and banks to public sector organisations, property companies, education establishments and utilities providers. Our collegiate culture, our forward-looking ethos, our values serve to make us bigger, better, bolder than ever before.
A positive force in the community
Our work with charities on a local and national level plays a huge part in our day-to-day lives. We work with a large range of charities, some of which we support through fundraising, donations, volunteering and others we partner with where our areas of work cross paths. Staff, clients everyone comes together through a shared passion to do good in the community and support those in need.
Some of our benefits on offer include:
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Two Corporate Social Responsibility days
Birthday day off
Death in service equivalent to twice annual salary
Auto enrolment pension scheme
Hybrid working
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts for local businesses
Professional fees paid (subject to requirement for your role)
Employee recruitment incentive scheme
Hugh James is an equal opportunities and disability confident committed employer.
Thank you for taking the time to consider this opportunity. If you have questions, please contact Stephanie Williams
We reserve the right to close our vacancies earlier than the given deadline if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
