Gowling WLG

About Gowling WLG

Paralegal, Real Estate – Commercial Development & Investment - (2000000R) Description About Gowling WLG We have more than 1,400 legal professionals working around the world. Our offices span across 19 cities in Canada, the UK, Continental Europe, Asia and the Middle East. There's strength in our global presence – we embrace our differing cultures and work together as one team. We also understand the importance of investing in relationships that build knowledge and trust, while we provide legal advice that's tailored to our clients' world. 'Our people and distinct culture are what makes us different. We know this through client and employee feedback and this drives everything we do'' Chris Oglethorpe, HR Director. There are great opportunities for all our people to flourish. Through training and personal development they can grow in their role. Our people are the cornerstone of our success, across legal, business support and early talent. We care about their happiness and believe in the power of teamwork. We want them to feel empowered and recognise that by supporting, respecting and embracing everyone's different contributions we achieve more. Working flexibly, working fairly Agile working offers people more freedom and flexibility in where, when, and how they work. As technology advances and our workforce becomes more diverse – and with clients often working to a 24/7 rhythm – having extra flexibility is key to helping us balance work and other commitments sensibly and productively. By supporting people to choose where and when they get their work done, we help them to make a full and fair contribution to their team – while maintaining that all important work-life balance. Where possible and depending on business needs, we will consider all flexible working options such as part-time working, job sharing, working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with Gowling WLG you favour flexibility in your working arrangements, please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process. Main purpose of the role: Providing paralegal support to the commercial development and investment team, particularly helping manage larger projects Main Duties and Responsibilities: General Administrative duties and some legal transactional work including: Assisting team generally particularly in administration and management of large projects (including preparation for and assisting team on client conference calls and meetings, and attending to take minutes), working to deadlines in accordance with agreed procedures. Portal Management – setting up and maintaining client portals with all current documentation and liaising with the team and client on this. Managing log-ins for client/their team and third parties. Deeds management - maintaining complete and accurate records of deeds received into the team and despatched back to clients or third parties. Updating portals alongside physical deeds management. Undertaking billing/ summaries on larger projects. Running and maintenance of lower value legal matters under supervision of the team including drafting documents, billing, liaison with clients and other firms of solicitors and agents. Liaison with other sections of the team/group on the above. Research on ad hoc matters. Assisting the team generally on ad hoc matters. Obtaining copies of entries and documents from Land Registry and carrying out searches and other land registry dealings as required by the team members from time to time. Assisting with acquisitions and disposals, including lease reporting, and dealing with enquiries. The applicant may have the opportunity to expand the role with experience and to take on more responsibility.‪ Any other reasonable duties delegated by any Partner, Senior Manager or Practice Operations Manager of the firm. Qualifications Key Skills and Experience: Some experience of working in a legal environment, focussing on the Real Estate sector would be preferable but not essential. An understanding of the procedural elements of commercial property transactions gained either in a practical legal environment or during academic legal training. Experience of developing strong working relationships with colleagues and working as part of a team. Competencies: We would look for the successful applicant to be: Highly organised with excellent case management skills. Able to work within a large team environment whilst still capable of working on their own initiative where appropriate. Excellent attention to detail. Proactive and enthusiastic. Able to build strong relationships with clients. Able to demonstrate excellent IT skills Able to work well and remain calm under pressure. 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. Standard hours of work are 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Monday to Friday with 1 hour for lunch (35 hours per week). A degree of flexibility will be required for this role together with the requirement for travel in the UK. Work Locations: Snow Hill Birmingham Two Snowhill Birmingham B4 6WR Job: Legal Support Organisation: Legal Schedule: Full-time Employee status: Regular

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Legal Form: Limited

Company Type: Private

Company Size: 1001 - 5000

Revenue: 100 - 500 million (USD)

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