Job Description

About the role:

We have a great opportunity for a paralegal to join our Housing, Regeneration and Development (HDR) team in Leeds.


As a paralegal you will be required to assist the land acquisition team in conducting legal due diligence, to run some smaller individual matters (such as infrastructure documentation), and to deal with registration and post completion formalities.


Within this role you will be responsible for:


Investigating and reporting on title; Carrying out due diligence, including searches, and reporting on the results; Reporting on and negotiating infrastructure agreements and straightforward contracts, deeds and transfers (such as highway agreements and transfers of public open space, electricity substations, gas governors and similar utility facilities), with some client contact as appropriate, and running matters;

About the Team

Gowling WLG is home to one of the UK's largest real estate practices with a team of more than 275 commercially minded, innovative and pragmatic lawyers.


We work alongside many of the sector's most successful companies and have helped to deliver numerous high-profile projects, advising throughout their lifecycle.


Gowling WLG's Housing Development and Regeneration Team is working alongside top 10 developers including Barratt, Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon, Miller, Bloor and Bovis. It is among the best-known names for residential development legal work in the UK.

About you:

We're looking for an individual who demonstrates sound technical and theoretical knowledge of land law and the ability to apply this practically. You will have experience using a case-management system and working within a legal or other business environment.


Strong client-facing skills are essential, with experience of dealing with clients either independently or as part of a team. In addition, you will have undertaken and, ideally, completed the Legal Practice Course.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 25 consecutive years.


Excellent benefits, including:


A hybrid approach to office and remote working. 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members A generous pension allowance Life assurance covering four times your annual salary The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes A range of health and wellbeing programmes Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.


At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at

meg.astley@gowlingwlg.com

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