Paralegal - Real Estate (Global Estate Management) - Leeds

2 weeks ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Eversheds Sutherland Full time
Summary

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with 5,000+ colleagues in more than 30 countries. We're full service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we're equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we're purposeful and purpose-led. So although the world is fast-moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We're ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you. Whether you're starting out on your career or well established, whether you're a lawyer or in business services. If you're looking for what's next, we are too.

What to expect

With us, you grow your global mindset. You're encouraged to put ideas into action and there's always something new and different to get involved in. We see the fast-moving world as a place where we can all thrive and succeed. We're excited for what's next, so with us, you can be too.

Our team

We have one of the largest full service Real Estate teams of any global law practice and are consistently ranked in directories worldwide. We act for 62 of the FTSE 100, 58 of the Fortune 100 and 92 of the Fortune 200 and are also on the panels of 25 major international banks and several hundred global companies.

Eversheds Sutherland's leading corporate real estate team provides intelligent corporate real estate advice on a domestic and international level. Our service combines pragmatic commercial advice with award-winning technological innovations tailored to your needs.

Role and key responsibilities

This is a hands on, client facing role within our Global Estate Management real estate team. You will have your own files and will take ownership of your matters and deal with them through to their conclusion. You will act primarily for our TMT occupier clients, managing their real estate portfolio across the globe, dealing with BAU transactional documents and day to day real estate queries, managing international law firm relationships, as well as the clients.

You will report directly into a Senior Legal Manager and on occasion the Senior Leeds Office Partner. You will also be supervised and assisted by other Paralegals, including the Senior Paralegal within the team. We are particularly looking for individuals with creativity who want to join a progressive and innovative firm and who are passionate about wanting to be the best. We want to continue winning the best work for the best clients whilst at the same time pushing the boundaries for truly putting the client at the heart of everything we do.

Your duties will include:

Dealing with high volume, quick paced work and your own transactions from the outset.Adhering to strict client key performance indicatorsClient contact – transactional and relationship management including feeding into weekly and monthly client updatesDrafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of transactional documentation including leases, surrenders, lease renewals and licencesUndertaking, reviewing and reporting on search results, title investigation and negotiated documentsAssisting the team on post-completion aspects of transactions, including SDLT Returns, applications to Companies House and Land Registry applicationsUse of legal technology to support the team and managing client and internal extranet sitesFollowing, adapting and providing constructive feedback on agreed processes in place for global estate managementManaging multiple international matters for our clients global estate management portfolios

Skills and experience

We are looking for:

Paralegal experience in an office environment is important and experience within a real estate department would be desirable but not essentialExcellent academic qualificationsCompletion of the LPC is desirable but not essentialA committed team player demonstrating a proactive "can do" attitudeExperience of dealing with your own case load and meeting and managing deadlinesExcellent communication and organisationalSelf-motivationAbility to work under pressure in addition to being flexible and resilientDedication to delivering excellent client service at all timesProficient on Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and OutlookExperience with project management is desirable but not essentialConfidence with speaking over the phone with clients and key international stakeholders

What's in it for you?

At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.

We're fair, transparent and equitableWe share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performanceWe support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of workingWe support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness supportWe support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusionWe provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programsWe provide experience and opportunity through international and cross-function exposureWe provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagementWe help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance

Diversity and inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, "Inclusive" is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients' goals: together.

We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.

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