The Role

Department: Real Estate

Location: Guildford

Role: Paralegal, Permanent, FT

The Team

We advise on the complete real estate life cycle and our practice spans the full spectrum of transactional and contentious real estate work and associated disciplines including investment, development, planning, corporate, finance, litigation and tax across all asset classes.

We act for significant UK and international property companies, public authorities, private investors, developers and corporate occupiers. We have a strong reputation for the strength and depth of our real estate expertise, offering the combined benefits of experience, market knowledge and a first-class service delivery.

We provide partner led advice with excellent client service at its core and technical accuracy a fundamental requirement. Our lawyers are exposed to a wide range of projects across the market making them both knowledgeable and adaptable to differing projects, clients and market conditions. In the last year alone, we have worked on deals valued in excess of £11.5 billion.

The Role

Our paralegals are key members of our team assisting on a wide variety of real estate transactions including sales, purchases, lettings and financings. We are looking for a highly organised and motivated individual who can take responsibility for their own workload and work with others to drive efficiencies.

Responsibilities may include:

• Dealing with all aspects of sales of units in residential developments.
• Liaising with external lawyers and clients where appropriate.
• Tracking the progress of transactions and providing updates to clients.
• Managing legal data rooms.
• Preparing draft documents based on templates.
• Reviewing documents and preparing reports on them.
• Attending to post completion matters including preparing and filing SDLT returns and Land Registry applications.

Training will be provided.

This role would suit an individual who would like practical legal experience as a step towards qualifying as a solicitor.

This is a full-time position and requires attendance in the Guildford office.

Essential Skills & Experience

• An undergraduate law degree or equivalent.
• Completed the LPC or equivalent.
• Previous paralegal experience or experience in Real Estate desirable, but not essential.
• IT skills, including Word and Excel. Previous use of an electronic disclosure platform desirable, but not essential.
• Excellent organisation skills and the ability to maintain a high level of attention to detail working in a fast paced and deadline orientated role.
• Excellent communication skills.

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, real estate, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000 people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Role Competency Requirements

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

Technical Excellence

Technical legal expertise: the knowledge of the law and ability to apply it

Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially

Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes are followed efficiently and effectively

People and Team

Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills of self and others

Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively with others

Leadership: creating high performing teams

Client Relationships and Business Development

Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining and using relationships to create and develop business opportunities

Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers

Cross-selling and business development

Finance and Practice Management

Finance management and understanding of the business

Project management: ensuring projects are delivered

Knowledge sharing

Personal Effectiveness

Communication

Clarity of thinking

Personal contribution

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.