ABOUT THE TEAM:

The Housing Development and Regeneration Team work alongside top 10 residential property developers including The Miller Group, Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Bloor and Gleeson Developments. It is among the best known names for residential development legal work and plots sales in the UK. With more than 40 experts dedicated entirely to this discipline, it is also one of the biggest.
The areas of residential development expertise within the team include: serviced and un-serviced parcels of land and property, overage, strategic work such as complex and simple options, planning and infrastructure agreements and site assembly, joint ventures, large scale consortium developments, building licences and development management agreements, with a separate sub-team providing plot sales and part exchange transactions.
The team also has a very strong offering to affordable housing providers such as Sanctuary, has market-leading expertise in private rented sector investment, and advises on some of the largest and most complex regeneration and transport projects in the UK (such as Brent Cross).

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Working in an inclusive, sharing and collaborative culture you will be expected to play your part in ensuring the continuing success and growth of the team. Experience of working in a legal environment would be preferable but not essential.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

Our business is growing and we are looking for a Plot Sales Paralegal (Conveyancer) to join the team to manage your own caseload of volume plot sales and residential property acquisitions for house builders and other property companies.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The role will have a residential property focus and will be based in the plot sales part of the team. You will be managing your own caseload of volume instructions using a case management system in relation to:

• File Management – managing a Plot Sales caseload (freehold and leasehold) and residential purchase and sale transactions for housing developers from instruction through to post completion. This includes receiving instructions from clients and action accordingly, preparing report on title for clients on purchase transactions, preparing files for exchange and completion and dealing with enquiries from solicitors and clients, giving advice and direction to clients
• Reviewing transaction documentation – reviewing transaction documentation being sent to solicitors and clients
• Maintain Portal and Client Reports –ensure case management system is updated throughout the transaction and client reporting requirements are met at all times
• Communication – by telephone, standard letter, email, in person or other communication media with clients, solicitors, agents and third parties as well as with other team members
• Finance – Ensuring financial hygiene on caseload throughout, which includes reviewing and preparing statements, reporting to client on financial data, reviewing internal reports and action accordingly, instructing bills and ensuring you clear client account balances from files
• Anticipate workflow peaks and ensure communication is given to Practice Operations Manager and Practice Co-ordinator regarding workflow
• Any other reasonable duties delegated by any Partner, Practice Operations Manager or Practice Co-ordinator