Real Estate Paralegal

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Herbert Smith Freehills Full time

About Herbert Smith Freehills

We are a leading law firm that advises many of the world's largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. Our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America comprises over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals.

The Opportunity

As a paralegal in our Real Estate team, you will provide full administrative support to a team of partners and associates working on the department's largest clients. You will be an integral member of the team, working closely with the associates and partner for each transaction.

Main areas covered

Our Real Estate Department covers a wide range of areas, including investment, development, disposals, mergers and acquisitions, leasing, joint ventures, large-scale regeneration, infrastructure and energy development projects, real estate financings and restructurings.

Key clients include

Aberdeen Standard Investments, Almacantar, Ballymore, Blackstone, British Land, Brookfield, Canary Wharf Group, CPPIB, Goldman Sachs, GPL, Hammerson, TFL.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Coordination of vendor due diligence and management of pre-sale checklists
  • Setting up and ongoing management/maintenance of datarooms
  • Analysing and collation of documentation to be uploaded to each dataroom
  • Liaising with search agencies and obtaining search results
  • Obtaining EPCs
  • Obtaining official copies and title documents from the Land Registry
  • Verification of tenancy schedules
  • Managing third party access to datarooms
  • Preparation of template draft transactional documents
  • Coordination of reliance letter and warranty procurement and the execution process
  • Preparation of engrossments and coordination of exchange and completion processes
  • Project management, including managing diaries/agendas for project conference calls and keeping team updated on project milestones
  • Coordinating input from associates to client reports
  • Coordinating replies to buyer Q&A
  • Setting up and managing DocuSign envelopes
  • Attending to post completion matters, including assistance with SDLT returns and Land Registry applications
  • Maintaining deeds, scheduling, archiving and updating records

Qualifications, skills and experience:

  • Law degree or other undergraduate degree (ideally 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 creating and managing datarooms or large-scale transactions
  • Experience ordering standard searches and dealing with Land Registry processes
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications

Team

Real Estate

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

London

Contract type

Fixed Term Contract

Diversity & Inclusion

At Herbert Smith Freehills, we strive to create an inclusive environment where high performance is expected, and rewards and opportunities are tailored to your personal and professional goals. We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and aim to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best while maintaining sustainable balance across your life.

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