Shakespeare Martineau
Paralegal - Real Estate Finance
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About the Role
Are you an experienced Paralegal looking to develop your career within a specialist and growing area of Real Estate Finance? Do you have an interest in supporting high-quality real estate transactions?
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven Paralegal to join Shakespeare Martineau's Real Estate Finance team. Working closely with Partners, Associates, and clients, you will support a broad range of real estate finance transactions across both investment and development matters.
This role offers the opportunity to gain exposure to a unique and highly regarded practice area, working with a diverse client base including banks, financial institutions, developers, investors, and corporate occupiers. You will be part of a collaborative and supportive team, developing your technical and commercial expertise while contributing to complex and high-value transactions.
This position would suit someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, takes pride in delivering a high standard of work, and is keen to build a long-term career within Real Estate Finance.
What You Will Be Doing
- Supporting fee earners on a variety of Real Estate Finance transactions from instruction through to completion.
- Reviewing title documentation and undertaking due diligence exercises.
- Drafting and preparing reports on title and associated transaction documents.
- Assisting with the management of property aspects of financing structures.
- Raising and responding to enquiries and liaising with borrowers, lenders, agents, and other solicitors.
- Carrying out legal research and assisting with transaction-specific requirements where required.
- Supporting completion and post-completion processes, ensuring all relevant matters are dealt with accurately and efficiently.
- Managing your workload effectively while maintaining excellent client service standards.
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What You Will Need
- Previous Paralegal experience within Real Estate, Commercial Property, Real Estate Finance, or Banking would be advantageous, but is not essential.
- A sound understanding of conveyancing and property transaction processes.
- Experience reviewing title documentation and conducting property due diligence.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills and confidence when dealing with clients and professional contacts.
- Experience using case management systems and legal technology platforms.
- A proactive approach, strong attention to detail, and enthusiasm for developing specialist expertise.
Benefits, Agile Working, and Additional Information
We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.
We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences, and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells.
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Additional Information:
- Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications, we may need to bring the close date forward.
- Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks, which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.
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Equal Opportunities
Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop, and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs.
About Shakespeare Martineau
Shakespeare Martineau is part of Ampa Group, a leading house of brands in legal and professional services. Ampa Group brings together complementary firms - including Lime Solicitors, Mayo Wynne Baxter, Marrons, and others - connected by shared values and a modern, people-first culture.
As a group, we’re focused on unlocking potential. We believe in the power of &: corporate & human, purposeful & profitable, ambitious & inclusive. Ampa Group provides the shared infrastructure, development programmes, culture, values, and empowered working framework that enable our brands, and our people, to thrive.
For you, that means access to award-winning learning, flexibility built on trust, and opportunities to collaborate across a diverse network of specialists.
Shakespeare Martineau remains its own distinctive brand with its own clients and markets. Ampa Group gives our people the strength of the group and the freedom to grow their careers in the way that works for them.
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