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About Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds Sutherland represents the combination of two firms with a shared culture, values and commitment to client service excellence. We are each known for our commercial awareness and industry knowledge and for providing innovative and tailored solutions for every client.

As a full service law practice, we act for the public and private sector across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the US providing legal advice to clients across the Company Commercial, Employment, Labour & Pensions, Litigation and Dispute Management, and Real Estate practices.

With 74 offices across 35 countries worldwide, we have become one of the largest law practices in the world and a great place to work and develop your career.

The Team

We have one of the largest full service Real Estate teams of any global law practice and are consistently ranked in directories worldwide. We act for 62 of the FTSE 100, 58 of the Fortune 100 and 92 of the Fortune 200 and are also on the panels of 25 major international banks and several hundred global companies.

Eversheds Sutherland’s leading corporate real estate team provides intelligent corporate real estate advice on a domestic and international level. Our service combines pragmatic commercial advice with award-winning technological innovations tailored to your needs.

'The Eversheds Sutherland Real Estate Practice Group is wide-ranging and diverse in the nature of our clients, the sectors we cover and the work we do. We aim to be collaborative, enabling and inclusive in all that we do.'

~ Gurjit Atwal (Practice Group Head)

The Role

You will be an important member of our client service teams assisting on specific projects but you will also be responsible for running your own case load of estate management transactions, including international project management. Your duties will include:

• Dealing with high volume, quick paced work and transactions.
• Adhering to strict client key performance indicators.
• Client contact – transactional and relationship management including feeding into weekly and monthly client updates.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of transactional documentation including surrenders, lease renewals and licences, freehold sales and acquisitions.
• Undertaking, reviewing and reporting on search results, title investigation and negotiated documents.

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 12 months real estate paralegal experience required
• Excellent academic qualifications
• A team player who is client focused
• Experience within a real estate team and will have strong technical skills, potentially landlord and tenant work
• Proficient on excel, word, powerpoint and outlook
• Great people skills
• Experience of a commercial real estate environment
• Experience with project management is desirable but not essential