Paralegal, Real Estate - Residential Development Sales - 6 Month FTC

The role

This is an excellent opportunity to join our Residential Development Sales team on a 6 month fixed term contract basis. You will assist in the legal process of selling apartments and houses off-plan on behalf of large-scale residential developer clients. Generally, the team manages approximately 10,000 active files at any point. Typically, each development can range from 8 to 1,500 apartments. The team is split into sub-teams which nominally look after specific developer clients. The team is focused on providing an innovative, bespoke, premium service to clients. The type of work tends to be at the top end of the development scale and includes iconic city buildings such as Battersea Power Station, Embassy Gardens (Nine Elms) and London City Island.

Main responsibilities

• Dealing with all aspects of the conveyancing sales process from start to finish, from compiling and sending out papers with exchange deadlines, to completions.
• Working alongside colleagues within the team to reach completion and exchange deadlines.
• Dealing with enquiries from purchasers’ solicitors.
• Receiving and chasing purchaser deposits where necessary.
• Maintaining up-to-date case management systems for both internal and external use.
• Producing and supplying other information/documents/reports, both internally and externally, that are logical, accurate, and in the correct format.
• Contributing to the effectiveness of team work flow, including attending departmental and other appropriate briefings to assess current and future needs.
• Filing and file-keeping.
• Other ad hoc related tasks.

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate:

• Relevant work experience in a similar role.
• Knowledge of conveyancing processes.
• The ability to work in a fast paced, high volume deadline driven environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels.
• Sound judgement, with the ability to use your own initiative, taking responsibility where necessary and appropriate.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to perform in a high volume, deadline-orientated role.
• Good attention to detail, with a high standard of accuracy.
• A sound understanding of client confidentiality.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel.

At Howard Kennedy we believe that everyone deserves the space to thrive. We’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that reflects the diversity of both our people and our clients. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we’re committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible to all.

We understand that every candidate’s needs are different. If there’s anything we can do to make your application journey more comfortable—whether for interviews, assessments, or onboarding—please let us know. We’ll work with you to remove any barriers and ensure our recruitment process is comfortable for you.

Please note that we are not accepting applications via agencies for this role at this time. Before sharing any named candidate CVs, please contact your recruitment representative. If any named CVs are sent from agencies without approval from our recruitment team, they will not be deemed valid introductions, and no agency fee will be paid.

About Us

With almost 200 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be. We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering. Our clients find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

Whether you are an ambitious and talented individual wanting to hit the ground running from day one, or an established professional looking for a new opportunity, Howard Kennedy is the firm where you can really make it happen. We have earned a strong reputation for our exceptional and uniquely talented people who between them deliver outstanding results for clients. In a firm of our size, our strong team dynamic creates a thriving culture of creativity and entrepreneurialism. Howard Kennedy is a pragmatic and non-hierarchical environment where success is shared, and you are proactively encouraged to thrive at your own pace.

Our distinctive culture is built on fairness and respect. Guided by the firm’s values of talk straight, think smart and be yourself, everyone in the firm holds equal value, and everyone plays their role in supporting, encouraging and inspiring colleagues to do their best work. At the same time, we recognise and reward individualism, celebrating the diversity of our people and supporting them to grow their practice and drive their own career advancement.

As well as client work, there is opportunity to broaden your horizons at the firm with fulfilling pro bono and charity projects. We have a regular social calendar full of wellbeing activities, charitable and social events too.