Real Estate Paralegal – RLS Law About the job RLS is a specialist boutique commercial property firm based in Central London and ranked in the Legal 500. We act for a wide range of clients including corporate occupiers, leisure operators, retailers, housing associations, high net worth individuals, property companies, developers and property investors. We are a small and friendly team. Primary Responsibilities Asset management work (drafting and dealing with licences to alter, licences to assign, licences to underlet and wayleaves) Help with preparing title reports and lease reports Acting on residential property investment purchases and sales and lease extensions Producing initial drafts of client reports and assisting with the preparation of documents Preparing SDLT calculations Conducting legal research as required Obtaining official copies and title documents from the Land Registry and other general Land Registry tasks Preparation of template draft transactional documents Preparation of engrossments and coordination of exchange and completion processes Setting up and managing DocuSign envelopes Preparing replies to enquiries – including CPSEs and residential standard form enquiries Attending to post completion matters including assistance with SDLT returns and Land Registry applications Maintaining deeds, scheduling, archiving and updating records Running your own debt recovery files to recover bad debts for key RLS clients and also from RLS clients who have not paid their bills Providing paralegal support for the property litigation team Other related paralegal tasks as required Qualifications, skills and experience Law degree or other undergraduate degree (2.1 or first class honours ) Exposure to Real Estate law, through degree / LPC / SQE or previous employment Previous paralegal work (or similar) within the Real Estate sector, ideally in a large law firm Experience ordering standard searches and dealing with Land Registry processes Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications Competencies Personal Leadership Builds Authentic Relationships Collaborates with others Enhances the Client Experience Achieves Results Benefits We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include: Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually) Flexible, hybrid working policy Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service) Private medical insurance
