Paralegal

We are recruiting for a Paralegal to join our Real Estate Services team in Bristol.

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the foremost Real Estate groups in the region with over 150 staff. You will be part of the financial services segment which is one of seven teams within this group; you will be undertaking a range of duties including title check and reports on title, freehold and leasehold disposals, title due diligence and other transactional support for financing projects.

Your Role

As a Paralegal your day to day remit includes:

• High volume work within the Real Estate Services team dealing with residential purchases for Housing Associations, Developers and others.
• Freehold and leasehold acquisitions, disposals and other estate management work for commercial real estate clients e.g. licences to assign, lease renewals.
• Project work e.g. large-scale due diligence for refinancing, portfolio acquisitions and disposals, lease reports.
• Provide all our clients with a high-quality service in accordance with the Firm’s procedures.
• Maintain and improve relations with existing clients and spot opportunities for business development and enhancement of the current services we offer.
• Achieve the budget and targets set by the Firm.

Your Skills and Experience

• The role would suit an experienced paralegal, legal assistant or legal executive.
• Commercial or residential property experience is desirable.
• Strong file management skills communication, drafting skills and billing; working with case management systems.
• Good IT skills, good eye for detail and ability to juggle a busy and varied workload.
• Excellent communication skills - high volume of interaction via the telephone; high standards of client service essential.
• Enthusiastic & team approach to working.
• A desire to learn and develop legal skills in the area of development, housing and commercial property, what TLT does and what our clients do/how they work.

Your Team

We are one of the UK's largest real estate groups, with a team of over 180, advising on thousands of transactions across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each year. Clients instruct us for this experience, our depth of expertise and sector know-how. Many of our real estate partners are independently recognised as leading individuals in the field by the legal industry's annual directory rankings. Clients including many in-house lawyers trust us with both 'high profile' and business as usual work.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,200 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. In 2021 we were named The Lawyer’s Law Firm of the Year, recognising our incredible success story.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of any of the characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on HR-Recruitment@TLTsolicitors.com

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