Legal Administrator, Real Estate Finance (6 Month FTC)
Location
London
Description
The Department
Our specialist team of real estate finance lawyers advises on how to
structure financing, either to provide maximum security for lenders,
or maximum certainty for borrowers. We work with major banks and other
leading property lenders, on a senior and mezzanine basis, as well as
advising some of the industry's highest profile property investment
and development borrowers.
We are here to facilitate deals through the introduction of people,
property and finance, and find practical commercial solutions to
issues along the way. We are helped by our industry-wide experience of
property finance: commercial, residential, leisure and healthcare.
Financial institutions, private equity funds, hedge funds,
institutional funds, developers and investors rely on our advice
across all aspects of transactions including:
Bilateral, syndicated, club, structured, senior and mezzanine finance
Bridging finance
Investment and development financings
Debt restructuring and re-financings
Security enforcements and receiverships
Our banking and finance team is supported by strong corporate, real
estate, tax and regulatory offerings.
Duties and Responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity support the Real Estate Finance team
with a variety of legal administrative tasks and junior paralegal
tasks, in particular:
Accounts - Administration of accounts cheques and forms and
arranging for them to be signed and distributing accordingly.
Archiving - Monitoring the movement of title deeds in and out of
storage, creating deeds schedules and assisting with file closing
where applicable
Document Management - Compiling electronic and binding hard copy
documents, creating data sites and managing the same including
uploading documents.
Utilising technology based solutions in the department to assist
fee-earners with tasks on matters.
Preparation of legal documents as required.
Scanning and copying of documents and liaising with Print Room to
ensure all photocopying and production is undertaken within certain timeframes.
Providing support as required by the fee-earners and working with
other secretaries/paralegals in the Department.
Responsive to the changing needs and priorities of the Department.
Skills/Experience
Interest in law and Real Estate in particular.
Excellent attention to detail.
Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise to work
to deadlines.
Ability to effectively manage own workload.
Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels, both
written and spoken.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Must demonstrate an ability to establish priorities and react
quickly and professionally.
Pro-active and takes initiative.
Good IT skills: thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Outlook
Strong academic record.
Please note that this job
profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline
of the key components of the role. You may be required by your
line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.
About The Mishcon de Reya Group
TheMishcon de ReyaGroup is
an independent international professional service business with law at
its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It
includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading
consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We
have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue
growth in the past five years alone.
Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an
association with Karas So LLPin Hong
Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and
provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often
do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border,
multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.
In times of such far-reaching and
profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients
- and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are
here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic
centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital,
and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge. Through
Mishcon Future, we work to shape a better
world through innovation, creating value for clients at every stage of
the innovation life cycle and for society.
Our purpose remains rooted in our
founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who
make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous
improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion.Mishcon Academy, our in-house place of learning,
development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts
and our innovative impact strategy, including acommitment to be a net zero carbon business, also play a central strategic
role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launchedMishcon Purpose, a first-of-its-kind
sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.
TheMishcon de Reya Groupcomprises standalone businessesMDR Brand Management,MDR Cyber,MDR Discover,MDRi, MDR Lab, MDR One,MDR Mayfair(in London, Singapore and Dubai)
and MDRx. Earlier this year, the
Group announced its first strategic acquisition in the alternative
legal services market, flexible legal resourcing business Flex Legal.
It also acquired a majority stake in Somos, a global group actions
management business.
We strive to create a fully
diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered
to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture
and are always happy to talk flexible working.