Job Description

With a national presence of over 200 fee earners across 8 locations our Real Estate team are a force to be reckoned with. The team is big but it doesn't mean we've lost our personal touch. It's the quality and commerciality of our service, our industry insight and the talent and passion of our people that engages our clients, and they love what we do.



We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Paralegal to join our rapidly growing Real Estate Group based in our London office.

What will you be doing?



You'll be working in a team who act for a range of regional and national lenders and borrowers on real estate finance transactions often involving the financing of commercial and residential investment portfolios and development properties. In addition, there is a regular workstream of commercial investment and asset management transactions. In this busy team you'll be responsible for managing your own caseload as well as supporting the wider Real Estate team helping with transactions and document production.

So what are we looking for?



Ideally you will have some commercial property experience and have a keen interest in this work. What type of practice you gained that experience in is not important, what is key is that you have excellent communication skills and the desire to offer outstanding client service. You'll also be able to prioritise your work in order to meet key deadlines, have strong IT skills and have experience of using case management systems.



You may have already undertaken legal qualifications or may have gained previous experience as a Paralegal or Legal Executive within the real estate sector; whatever your situation, if you're looking to build your career in this specialism, we absolutely want to hear from you.



To be successful in this role you'll need to have as a minimum:


At least 6 months experience as a paralegal, Legal Assistant or similar. Experience managing and prioritising your workload. Computer literacy, having had experience in using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

What makes it great to work here?



We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!



As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working.



Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about DEI at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.



We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.



We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is only visible to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring.



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