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 a commitment to be a net zero carbon business , also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose , a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR 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.

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