Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant

We are looking for a Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant to join a leading Real Estate Finance Partner and their team in London!

To be successful in this role, you will have previous experience within Property Law, either as a Legal Assistant or Legal Secretary.

As a Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant, you will join a highly regarded Real Estate Finance Partner and their wider team, supporting a busy and successful practice.

You will play a key role within the department, providing administrative and transactional support to fee earners while also being actively involved in a broad range of property matters.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong working knowledge of all stages of commercial property transactions and be confident managing a varied workload in a fast-paced environment.

Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Opening and closing of files
• Conducting compliance, KYC and ID checks
• Dealing with redemptions and further advances
• Carrying out property searches and liaising with the Land Registry;
• Completion and post completion administration; to include companies house and Land Registry applications
• Diary Management (inputting deadlines and remainders)
• Monitor emails and respond where necessary and applicable
• Manage external networking eventsPreparing Lease Reports and other document summaries
• Scheduling Title Deeds and Documents
• Applying for official copy register entries from Land Registry
• Be responsible for bills, invoices and expenses
• Audio typing documents and correspondence
• Recording all client and matter details on the case management system,
• Ensuring details are kept up to date

This role is suitable for individuals with previous property who wish to step into a Top 75 law firm.

The position is to be based in our central London office, on a hybrid working model.

Personal Specification

You will have strong experience using Microsoft office, Adobe, DocuSign and more. You will be pro-active, efficient, organised, keen to take the initiative and to drive transactions forward.

The ideal candidate will also be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent communicator, both written and oral
• Accuracy and strong attention to detail.
• Be self-motivated and have a strong interest in property.
• Ability to build strong rapport and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and colleagues at all levels.
• Strong IT skills (specifically Outlook, Microsoft Excel/Word and Data Rooms).
• Ability to plan work and prioritise tasks.
• Ability to take initiate with tasks.

About Us

gunnercooke is a Top 75 law firm recognised by over 80 industry awards. Launched in 2010, the firm has rapidly grown to over 500 lawyers across 14 global offices in the UK, US, Germany and Austria. Our breadth of expertise covers some of the most interesting and important emerging disciplines, from ESG and charity law, to blockchain and competition.

Collaboration is at the forefront of our award-winning culture and is what sets our firm apart from the rest. gunnercooke operates as a fee share model meaning our professionals join as self-employed advisors, free to design and develop the practice they’ve always wanted. Our firm brings together the most ambitious and commercially minded people, who build and work in dynamic teams of their choosing, to best suit their clients’ needs.

Our purpose is simple; to deliver a positive impact for our clients, provide a better life for our people and to leave a better world than we found. Our charitable arm, the gunnercooke foundation, enables us to directly engage with communities on social issues and to help charitable organisations grow.