Lending Transaction Manager

3 weeks ago

Borehamwood Hertfordshire, United Kingdom gunnercooke Full time

Job Title: Lending Transaction Manager

Specialism: Real Estate Finance

Location: Borehamwood

Personal Specification

To be successful in the role, we are looking for someone who is ideally already working in transactional real estate finance, preferably as a paralegal, legal secretary or lending administration assistant . Someone who is pro-active, efficient, organised and keen to take the initiative and to drive transactions forward. You will enjoy developing client relationships and will pride yourself on delivering excellent client service. The ideal candidate will also be able to demonstrate:

  • Sound drafting competencies.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Accuracy and strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to build strong rapport and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and colleagues at all levels.
  • Strong IT skills (specifically Outlook, Microsoft Excel/Word and Data Rooms).
  • Ability to plan work and prioritise tasks.
  • Ambition, work ethic and motivation.
  • Willingness to learn and continuously improve service levels.
  • A growth mindset.

The Role & Responsibilities

The role will involve taking charge of a diverse and varied caseload of real estate finance transactions, ensuring they are managed efficiently and cost-effectively from start to finish. Key responsibilities include:

  • Instigation of matter opening process, and issue of initial enquiries;
  • Obtaining and/or reviewing property searches;
  • Reviewing property due diligence and preparing draft reports on title for review by senior lawyers in the team;
  • Preparing suites of banking documentation including legal charges, guarantees, directors’ certificates and corporate authorisations using pre-approved templates;
  • Maintaining good file management, electronic storage, archiving and filing, including the creation and ongoing administration of data rooms;
  • Creation, running and managing satisfaction of CP Lists;
  • Liaising with clients, other team members and third-party solicitors on a daily basis in order to drive transactions forward and ensure that all parties are kept updated;
  • Issuing and tracking completion of agreed form documents via DocuSign;
  • Managing the completion process, including management of funds flow and the redemption process, where applicable;
  • Responsibility for all post-completion matters, including completion of registration at Companies House and the Land Registry, dealing with any requisitions, and dealing with any post-completion requirements of the client.

The Team

We are looking for a Lending Transaction Manager to join Liz and David’s fast-growing team. Besides the Partners, the team currently comprises two senior associates and three legal counsel. The team are instructed by a variety of well-established clients including property development and investment companies, banks and financial institutions.

This is a full-time role, with a minimum of four days a week working in our offices at Kinetic Business Centre, Borehamwood (a short walk from the Thameslink rail station) as well as occasional days at our offices at Cornhill, London (Bank).

The Company

gunner cooke llp was launched in Manchester in 2010. Since then, it has grown to a firm of over 450 solicitors, including 360+ Partners. The firm has offices throughout the UK, Germany, and New York and has a presence in multiple jurisdictions.

The firm’s innovative ‘revenue share’ model has helped to reshape the way that the law is practiced in the UK. Each Partner runs his or her own practice within the firm. This quasi-autonomous structure provides Partners with the freedom to work only with the clients they truly want to work with, charging fees that are commercially viable for both the Partner and the client.

David Merson and Liz Roberts head up a successful Commercial Real Estate and Real Estate Finance team within the gunner cooke llp firm. In a rapidly expanding company, their practice is amongst the most meteoric in growth - both Liz and David are well-respected and well-known throughout the company.

To find out more, please click 'Apply' or contact the Talent team @ gunner cooke

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