Real Estate Paralegal/Legal Executive Southampton, England
Job description
With a national presence of over 200 fee earners across 8 locations our Real Estate team are a force to be reckoned with. The team is big but it doesn't mean we've lost our personal touch. It's the quality and commerciality of our service, our industry insight and the talent and passion of our people that engages our clients, and they love what we do.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Paralegal or Legal Executive to join our real estate team in our Southampton office.
What will you be doing?
You'll be working with an experienced team of real estate solicitors acting for a wide range of clients from sales and acquisitions of commercial property to development projects and leasehold transactions. In this busy team you'll be responsible for managing your own case load of real estate transactions and you'll support the team by drafting and negotiating legal documentation. There's a lot to learn, but don't worry; you'll be given full training and be guided by the rest of the team.
What does the ideal candidate look like?
In order to provide excellent service to clients, we need excellent people. It's important that we offer our clients the best possible client experience and we believe that comes from allowing them to build strong and meaningful relationships with their legal team. The Real Estate team is extremely busy so we're looking for someone who is able to learn fast. You'll have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal as well as a sense of commercial pragmatism.
You may have already completed your Law degree or LPC, or perhaps you've gained or are working towards a CILEx qualification, you may already have gained previous experience as a paralegal within the real estate sector; whatever your situation, if you're looking to build your career in this specialism, we absolutely want to hear from you.
What makes it great to work here?
We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!
As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working, full-time or part-time working patterns.
Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about ED&I at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page.
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