Legal Assistant Property

at  Anthony Collins Solicitors

ABOUT THE CANDIDATE

You will need to be:

• a good communicator
• have excellent attention to detail and accuracy and be committed to providing high quality service to our clients
• be a strong team player
• Some property experience would be an advantage but not essential as we are able to provide on the job training.
• committed to providing a high quality service to our clients as well as being a strong team player with attention to detail and a can-do attitude.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking for their first step in to a law firm or those who are already an experienced administrator looking to join a firm that prides itself on being different and is well placed to offer you a satisfying and rewarding career within our well regarded and supportive team.

We are seeking a legal assistant to help with the delivery of work in our Social Housing and Local Government Team, within our Property department. The team carries out a wide variety of work, both complex and routine, for Housing Association and Local Government clients, and has a strong pipeline of instructions.
Supporting a number of fee earners in the team, and reporting to a lawyer , this role will involve the completion of transfers and leases of individual and multiple properties , liaising with clients and lawyers in the team to ensure the proper and timely completion of acquisitions , preparation and submission of applications to Land Registry either directly or via infotrack, dealing with any requisitions as requested by the Land Registry , preparing and submitting SDLT returns and keeping accurate records on our internal logs of both the LR applications and SDLT returns. The successful candidate will be trained to understand and be self sufficient in dealing with acquisitions of individual and multiple properties and this is a great starting point for practice as a property lawyer . There may also be scope for other more varied work such as Deeds of Grant of Easement , Wayleaves and Infrastructure Agreements .
This will include the preparation of engrossments, arranging pre-completion searches, preparing cheque and telegraphic transfer requisitions, arranging for funds to be remitted as instructed, diarising key dates (priority period expiry, SDLT submission deadlines) and scanning and photocopying as required.

There may also be a requirement to support the team with other admin tasks on an ad-hoc basis, this may include:

• Sending completed deeds away
• updating clients
• closing files
• liaising with the plot conveyancing team as needed , particularly where they may be dealing with sales ahead of registrations being completed.