Paralegal - Real Estate

at  Irwin Mitchell

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is ‘we’re legal and financial experts that care’ – something you’ll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.
We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.
We’re always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to one of our Talent Acquisition team for more information.

ABOUT YOU

• Previous experience within a Commercial Property or Real Estate paralegal position
• A friendly, enthusiastic and can-do approach
• Very good organisational skills and attention to detail

We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:

• To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
• To be approachable and caring
• To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
• To be efficient in the provision of our services
• To work with a foundation of integrity

If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application.

We are looking for a Commercial Property / Real Estate Paralegal to join our team in Gatwick, Southampton, Brighton or Chichester.
The team is led by partner, Guy Sackett and the team deals with a wide range of Real Estate work primarily focused on residential led development with a specialism in strategic land development projects. We also deal with commercial development projects, regeneration and investment/asset management work for national companies, highly regarded regional property companies, as well as a number of respected owner/occupier clients. The team also advises on niche natural capital projects in biodiversity net gain, water neutrality and nutrient neutrality providing offsite solutions to unlock thousands of residential developments. The Team also deal with both contentious and non-contentious agricultural matters.

What we’ve been doing recently:

• Advising a national land promoter on numerous strategic land promotion agreements across the country;
• Dealing with the promotion of a 250 plus acre Sussex site for delivery of up to 1,500 residential units, together with education, leisure and care facilities
• Acting for habitat bank operators and mitigation providers on conservation covenants and natural capital projects relating to biodiversity net gain, water neutrality and nutrient neutrality;
• Advising a number of household owner/occupier names on a wide range of asset management matters including portfolio expansions, estate restructurings and re-financings
• Acting for a number of Further Education Colleges in relation to a range of issues affecting their campuses including leases, charges, sales and redevelopment
• Advising on the acquisition and development of a prominent mixed use gateway site in Leicester, comprising offices, residential, hotel, student accommodation and retail accommodation valued at approximately £50m

Working as a Paralegal, you’ll support the Real Estate team with legal and administrative tasks. Applicants will be based in either our Gatwick, Southampton, Brighton or Chichester offices but with hybrid working available. From day one, you’ll be busy assisting the team on a wide range of work including Land Registry applications, reports on title and project management. This will cover all types of real estate work including property investment, commercial landlord and tenant and development work. As your confidence in the role increases, you’ll start to take on more of your own cases and work on more complex matters, and with the support of more senior members of the team, you’ll have exposure to a range of interesting tasks. We’d like you to be ambitious and driven and we will help you to build up your own caseload.