Senior Paralegal - Sales & Home Ownership

Trowers & Hamlins

The Role

Overview

Assist with residential leasehold transactions and conveyancing for developers and providers.

Key Responsibilities

  • buy advice
  • shared ownership
  • lease management
  • client relations
  • file management
  • lexcel compliance

Tasks

-Advising registered providers on right to buy and right to acquire sales; -Building and maintaining effective client relationships; -Advising private developers and registered providers on the sale of new build properties -Conduct of files; -Advising registered providers on shared ownership schemes including staircasing transactions and Deeds of Variations -Advising on the purchase of individual residential properties on behalf of a registered provider and simultaneously granting shared ownership leases; -Advising on leasehold management matters; -Assisting members of the team on a wide range of property matters -Assisting on residential leasehold transactions -Ensuring files are managed in compliance with the firm's Lexcel procedures.

Requirements

  • academic record
  • communication
  • lease extensions
  • conveyancing
  • it abilities
  • detail orientation

What You Bring

As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate. -Good academic record; -Good communication skills both oral and written; -Experience of lease extensions would be advantageous -Strong attention to detail with a methodical and logical approach; -Ability to prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines; -An ability to operate with minimum supervision; -Previous residential conveyancing experience handling volume matters -Extensive IT abilities; -A willingness to develop conveyancing knowledge;

The Company

About Trowers & Hamlins

-Operates internationally with offices across the UK, Middle East and Asia, including recent expansion into Singapore and Malaysia. -Trusted by governments, pension funds, developers, housing associations and private equity on major infrastructure, real estate and energy projects. -Strengths include large-scale regeneration, PFI/PPP construction deals, cross-border corporate work and Islamic finance.

Sector Specialisms

Banking and Finance

Construction

Corporate

Dispute Resolution

Employment and Pensions

Energy

Infrastructure

Private Wealth

Projects

Public sector / Local government

Real Estate

Housing and Regeneration

Tax

Security Clearance

-personal details verification -education and employment history verification -professional qualifications verification -credit checks -criminal checks