BCLP
Real Estate Paralegal- Southampton
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Paralegal – Core Real Estate, Southampton
About the Role
Our market-leading Real Estate practice combines key sector knowledge, unparalleled technical ability, and a commercial focus, ensuring clients receive the best support and guidance. Consistently ranked as number one by legal directories across all real estate disciplines, our lawyers are recognised as experts in their fields.
The Southampton office collaborates with our London and Manchester teams, providing a broad and deep real estate capability across the sector. With strong inter-office collaboration, matters are seamlessly resourced between our three UK locations, drawing on diverse practices and skills.
Through new technology and innovative working methods, we deliver an efficient, cost-effective, and tailored service. This role offers the chance to work on complex, high-value transactions within a flexible and fast-paced environment.
By working alongside team members in Southampton, Manchester, and London, you will be responsible for:
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- Providing support to real estate lawyers on a wide range of commercial property transactions
- Assisting with drafting documents (subject to relevant training), including:
- Replies to pre-contract enquiries
- Licences to alter
- 1954 Act paperwork
- Licences to occupy
- Tenancies at will and short-term leases
- With experience, you will be expected to run these types of transactions with increasing independence
- Handling post-completion formalities, such as SDLT and Land Registry applications (or delegating these tasks as appropriate)
- Organising and operating data sites for transactions and deeds management
- Supporting discrete tasks across the real estate team, including:
- Dealing with real estate conditions precedent on financing transactions
- Assisting with searches and title queries, including using Orbital Witness, and starting to review search results to populate title reports
- Supporting client relationship initiatives with value-added reporting
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Requirements
- Organised, with a strong ‘can-do’ attitude
- Strong client and team relationship skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong IT skills
- Determined to complete work to the highest quality, with precision and attention to detail
- Calm under pressure
- Ability to turn work around quickly and work outside standard hours when necessary
Diversity & Inclusion
At BCLP, we value diverse perspectives and experiences. Our goal is to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, motivated, and able to be themselves.
We are committed to recruiting, retaining, rewarding, and developing employees based on their abilities and contributions, without reference to:
- Background
- Gender
- Gender identity or expression
- Ethnic origin
- Age
- Religion
- Sexual orientation
- Socio-economic status
- Political beliefs
- Disability
- Any other applicable protected characteristic
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