Are you a driven Residential Property Legal Assistant with a minimum of 1 years' experience in the legal sector, looking for a new challenge with a prestigious Legal 500 firm?
This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your outstanding administrative and organisational skills within a respected Firm where your contributions will be valued. A solid understanding of the conveyancing process is essential, as well as the ability to manage multiple tasks and excel in a fast-paced environment.
The Firm:
Our esteemed Legal 500 client is a full-service practice with a nationwide presence recognised for providing high quality legal advice to private and commercial clients. With client care at their core, the Firm comprises specialists with diverse expertise, drawn from top-tier UK firms, ensuring clients receive the highest quality advice. Understanding the intricacies of business, with many team members boasting hands-on experience in multi-million-pound companies, providing invaluable foresight and risk management skills.
What will be expected from you?
- Handling inquiries from clients, solicitors, lenders, and estate agents.
- Providing clients with updates and tracking the progress of matters
- Opening and closing files within the case management system.
- Ensuring compliance with AML, quality standards, and SRA and CQS regulations.
- Performing general administrative duties.
- Preparing and submitting client quotes and drafting completion statements.
- Reviewing mortgage offers and drafting reports under supervision.
- Conducting online searches
- Familiarity with leasehold transactions
- Ability to prepare apportionment statements for leasehold properties.
- Reviewing and reporting on searches with guidance
- Progressing towards checking freehold titles and raising inquiries with supervision
- Using the Land Registry portal to submit registrations, respond to requisitions, and order official copies, leases, and title plans
- Calculating Stamp Duty Land Tax and submitting applications.
- Preparing and submitting invoices, receipts, and payments to the finance department.
- Providing occasional reception coverage.
Is this the position for you?
- A solid understanding of the daily functions of a legal office
- Strong computer skills, particularly in Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Familiarity with case management software
- Proficiency in English language
- Keen attention to detail
In return for your hard work and dedication the Firm offer a competitive benefits package to include, target related bonuses, training and development opportunities along with many other impressive incentives!
Vacancy Reference Number: 36788
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