Real Estate Paralegal

1 week ago

Manchester UK, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom DAC Beachcroft Full time

Job Introduction

This role is to work as part of the Portfolio Management team, which is a well-established national team of junior fee-earners who support our national Real Estate group.


Our Real Estate group covers every aspect of commercial real estate work including, development, investment, asset management, funding, construction, landlord and tenant, planning and environmental and dispute resolution. Clients include property management and development companies, health trusts and government bodies (local and central), owner occupiers and institutions, both in the UK and overseas.


The team also has a proven recorded in paralegal progression. We very much value and see our Portfolio Management team as our “incubation hub” for future talent and have in the last 12 months alone, seen 4 former paralegals formally qualify as solicitors with the assistance of professional development funding and mentoring from within the team and wider group.


Main Responsibilities

The Paralegal opportunity is an extremely varied role which see you work across the national Real Estate group. You will have the opportunity to own your own files and interact with clients.


As a Paralegal, your work will include the preparation of title and lease reports, legal forms, land registry and SDLT/LBTT, break notices, simple planning documents, lease and other L&T documentation drafting and negotiation as well as general assistance to fee earners on a variety of client matters and general support.


The Ideal Candidate

  • Excellent academics including a 2.1 degree or better.
  • A genuine interest in the law and property.
  • Experience in Commercial Property is not essential but would be advantageous.
  • Excellent attention to detail, and strong communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to produce work to a high standard.
  • Confident with an ability to build strong relationships with clients (internal and external) and third party contacts at all levels.
  • Must be flexible, organised, and self-motivated team player who is able to work within the team to achieve common goals.
  • Must be able to work under pressure to meet required deadlines.


About DAC Beachcroft

We're a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We're market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.


We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.


Working with us

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. Combine this with our supportive culture and hybrid working model, and you have: a Life that Works.


Our flexible approach means that we help our colleagues to be their best at work, while recognising that they have all sorts of different interests and commitments outside work.


We pride ourselves on our supportive, approachable culture. We are trusted, appreciated as individuals and embraced as part of a team. At DACB, we don’t just accept your differences, we celebrate and advocate for them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you as an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the ‘whole you’ to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are

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