Post Completion Paralegal

Join to apply for the Post Completion Paralegal role at BCLP. Our market-leading Real Estate practice combines key sector knowledge, unparalleled technical ability and a commercial focus, which ensures clients receive the best possible support and guidance. We are consistently ranked number one by the legal directories across all of real estate disciplines with lawyers that are recognised as experts in their fields.

The Manchester office combines with our offices in London and Southampton to give a broad and deep real estate capability across the sector. There is strong collaboration with teams in London and Southampton with matters being resourced seamlessly between our three UK offices, drawing on different practices and skills in our various locations.

Through a mixture of new technology and innovative working methods, we are able to offer our clients an efficient, cost effective and tailored service. You will have the opportunity to work on complex and high value transactions in a flexible and fast-paced environment.

Working with team members in Manchester, Southampton and London, you will be responsible for:

• Provide support to real estate lawyers on a wide range of commercial property transactions;
• Deal with post-completion formalities such as SDLT and Land Registry applications. This includes the day to day management of a high volume caseload of post completion instructions drafting the relevant documents, working with the deal team and the team supervisory lawyer. You will be expected to manage matters through our case management system, from submission through to completion and consider the completed documentation.
• For the correct candidate there is the potential to take on a leading role within the team assisting with allocation of instructions, ensuring compliance with the Land Registry Guidelines and dealing with the allocation of incoming correspondence from the Land Registry.
• Supporting the team in client relationship value added initiatives including reporting.

Skills and experience required:

• Organised with a strong ‘can-do’ attitude
• Strong client and team relationship skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Determination to complete work to the highest quality with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Calm under pressure
• Ability and willingness to turn work around quickly and sometimes work outside of standard hours
• A knowledge of the Land Registry Guidelines, Portal and Search Acumen would be preferential together with an understanding for Real Estate transactions.

At BCLP we understand the value of a diverse workforce and we believe people perform at their best when they can truly be themselves at work. We aim to create an inclusive environment where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to be themselves. In order to provide the best possible service to our diverse client base, we are committed to recruiting, retaining, rewarding and developing our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, political belief, disability or any other protected characteristic.