Administrative Paralegal (Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months)

The role

This is an excellent opportunity for a Post Completions Paralegal to join us as an integral part of the Post Completions team within our Band 1 Real Estate department.

Our Real Estate Department is one of the largest and most experienced in the UK. We have over 100 real estate lawyers, offering our clients efficient and bespoke services to support their needs. We are regularly called upon to provide guidance on large and complex transactions across the UK working for investors, developers and commercial occupiers.  

This is a varied role assisting in the smooth operation of the post completions workflow by managing Post Completion tasks efficiently.

Role responsibility

• Managing a caseload dealing with various registrars, preparing, drafting and submitting applications to Land Registry, seeing them through to completion
• Registration and satisfaction of legal charges and debentures with Companies House
• Communicating with clients and third parties such as HMRC, solicitors, lenders, HMLR
• Calculating, drafting and submitting residential and commercial SDLT returns, processing payments.
• Completing research around registration procedures, performing Land Charges (including bankruptcy) and property searches for the allocated caseload.
• Serving notices of charge and assignment on completion of residential transactions (eg: to inform the relevant party in writing that a mortgage or purchase/sale has taken place
• Handling requisitions raised by the Land Registry and Companies House, liaising with other parties in respect of issues raised during the registration process.
• Dealing with pre-submission and registration queries.
• Ad-hoc Paralegal tasks to support fee earners and client service needs when necessary.

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate:

• Previous experience within a similar role with exposure to post completions processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to communicate confidently at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders.
• The ability to manage your own workload in a deadline driven environment.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise as necessary.
• A proactive and flexible approach to delivering excellent client service.
• An euthanasic team player with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to produce accurate, correctly presented documents.
• Confidence with online platforms such as: Land Registry, Companies House and HMRC, PLC and Lexis.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

With almost 200 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be. We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering. Our clients find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

Whether you are an ambitious and talented individual wanting to hit the ground running from day one, or an established professional looking for a new opportunity, Howard Kennedy is the firm where you can really make it happen.

We have earned a strong reputation for our exceptional and uniquely talented people who between them deliver outstanding results for clients. In a firm of our size, our strong team dynamic creates a thriving culture of creativity and entrepreneurialism. Howard Kennedy is a pragmatic and non-hierarchical environment where success is shared, and you are proactively encouraged to thrive at your own pace.

Our distinctive culture is built on fairness and respect. Guided by the firm’s values of talk straight, think smart and be yourself, everyone in the firm holds equal value, and everyone plays their role in supporting, encouraging and inspiring colleagues to do their best work.

At the same time, we recognise and reward individualism, celebrating the diversity of our people and supporting them to grow their practice and drive their own career advancement.

As well as client work, there is opportunity to broaden your horizons at the firm with fulfilling pro bono and charity projects. We have a regular social calendar full of wellbeing activities, charitable and social events too.