Commercial Property Paralegal
Coventry City Centre
Salary up to £30,000 + bonus (negotiable, commensurate with experience and qualifications)
We are seeking an experienced Commercial Property Paralegal to support a busy Commercial Property team of a forward-thinking, award-winning, expanding law firm at their office in Coventry city centre. Paid parking is available. Hybrid working will be accommodated following an initial probation/training period.
This is an opportunity to work in a friendly, supportive environment with a well-established, Lexcel and CQS accredited, Legal 500-recognised law firm, who are a key employer of choice in the Coventry area.
The firm are very committed to training and development of all staff to gain industry-specific qualifications and progress their legal careers. Training contracts are available to eligible employees in the longer term.
The position will involve:
- Covering a broad spectrum of commercial property work
- Assisting with landlord and tenant matters, acquisitions and disposals, development, sale and purchase contracts etc. for predominantly private commercial sector clients
- Dealing with title issues and other due diligence
- Preparing legal documents relating to commercial property transactions such as sale/purchase contracts, leases, licences to assign, rent deposit deeds
- Bundling of key documents and assisting with report writing to clients
- Liaising with clients by telephone, email and face to face
- Taking accurate instructions and using initiative to action instructions on behalf of the team
Suitable candidates will have
- Around 2 years’+ experience working within commercial property for a law firm
- Good time management, organisation and attention to detail
- A law degree
- Ideally LPC/LLM (not essential)
- Ideally experience of working for a Lexcel accredited law firm
- A sound understanding of the commercial property conveyancing process
Note: Salary stated is given as a guideline in line with current market rate and will be dependent on experience and qualifications. The above information is correct to the best of our knowledge.
