Job
Paralegal - Real Estate
Simmons & Simmons
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19d ago
đź’Ľ Graduate Job
Bristol
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Description
- Our integrated real estate team manages a wide range of transactions in all commercial property asset classes. We have planning, construction and property litigation specialists within our team and draw on local and international colleagues’ tax, finance, funds and corporate transactional expertise to deliver a full service in all areas of the market.
- Over a third of our diverse, 70-strong international practice are partners, which allows us to assemble teams that are tailored to each client’s needs and are truly partner led. We take pride in our legal and project management skills but also in our ability to understand the commercial issues faced by our clients.
- Our clients include institutional funds, private equity houses, financial institutions and individual investors. We are proud that many of these relationships have lasted decades (and, in one case, over a century). The breadth of our work has enabled us to develop an impressive understanding of the real estate sector and a network of contacts that continues to prove valuable to many of our clients.
Requirements
- Law graduate with a first or upper second class degree or equivalent.
- Previous paralegal experience or other relevant legal work experience
- Preferably Real Estate experience and understanding of real estate tasks
- Experience using legal research databases (preferred)
- Knowledge and technical skills:
- Excellent IT skills, including Outlook, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Previous legal database experience
- General Skills/Attributes:
- Highly organised and methodical approach to the role as well as confidence with IT systems
- Attention to detail and the confidence to work independently
- Willingness to travel to London as required
- Highly motivated and commercially astute
- Excellent communication skills and a collegiate, team-based attitude
- The ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy
- Self-motivated, hardworking, reliable and works well under pressure
Education requirements
2:1 or higher
Bachelors
Area of Responsibilities
Legal
Responsibilities
- Providing general administrative support to fee-earners including drafting, reviewing and proof-reading legal documents
- Providing support in relation to Land Registry applications and property searches and analysing, collating and summarising the relevant documents and information
- Researching points of law and other factual issues and preparing reports on the same
- Collating, organising, uploading and managing documents in DealRoom and any other online dataroom service
Details
Work type
Full time
Work mode
office
Location
Bristol