Legal Assistant

Mileway Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics real estate company is seeking a Legal Assistant in Leeds. This role involves drafting and managing legal documentation and requires excellent organisational and attention to detail skills. Candidates should have a genuine interest in law and property, with the opportunity for training if lacking experience. The position promotes teamwork and a proactive approach to tasks, with a flexible work model that requires office attendance three days a week.

Benefits

In-house learning & development program

Flexible working environment

State-of-the-art technology package

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in law and property.
• Experience in drafting legal documentation preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to manage tasks efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate a range of legal documentation.
• Process legal documents using DocuSign.
• Collaborate with Legal Assistants and external lawyers.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Proactive attitude

Tools

Yardi Voyager

DocuSign

Salesforce

MS Office

Job description

Career Opportunities: Legal Assistant (2562)

We offer an opportunity you simply won’t find anywhere else. In less than six years, Mileway has grown into Europe’s leader in last mile logistics real estate, with a 550-plus team across twenty six offices in eleven countries.

Are you proactive, driven and ready to shine in a fast-moving team? We are looking for a highly organised, focused, and experienced Legal Assistant with great attention to detail to join our team in the North West or Yorkshire. In this role, you’ll work within the UK In-House Legal team and will have regular interaction with Asset Managers, Company Directors and external lawyers. Our current in-house legal team comprises a team of four across the UK, as part the wider UK Property Management & Asset Management Operations team.

You will be responsible for administration in relation to the leasing of our commercial property portfolio. This will include the drafting and management of important legal documentation. As one of the first contacts with our customers, we are looking for a friendly, helpful and highly professional individual to join our team. We value collaboration between departments and provide the opportunity to grow and develop at Mileway.

Working at Mileway:

We offer an opportunity you simply won’t find anywhere else. Launched in 2019, Mileway has rapidly grown into Europe’s leader in last-mile logistics real estate, with a team of over 550 across more than twenty offices in 11 countries. From the start, Mileway set out to be a different kind of real estate company, with a cloud-based IT infrastructure and a team that combines local expertise with the pooled strengths of a pan-European presence.

Our culture is fast-paced and highly international, with team members from more than 50 countries, bringing diverse perspectives and a “can-do” attitude to everything we do. While we have already achieved a lot, we’re only just getting started – our purpose is to be Europe’s leading provider of last mile logistics real estate, enabling businesses to thrive, driving sustainability forward, and shaping the cities of tomorrow. To get there, we live by our values: Drive, Trust, Grow, Together.

At Mileway, we believe company growth comes from supporting the growth of our combined capabilities. That’s why we offer an in-house learning & development program where personal, professional, and business development go hand in hand, helping you carve out your own unique career path. You’ll be based at our Leeds office. While we embrace a flexible approach to work, our policy requires working from the office three days a week. To support this, we provide a state-of-the-art technology package to keep you connected at all times.

What you’ll do:

• Drafting and negotiating a range of legal documentation using standard templates, including but not limited to, leases, licences to alter, licences to assign, licences to underlet and surrender documents. You will have the opportunity to manage your own matters.
• Process legal documents for completion using qualifying electronic signatures within DocuSign.
• Prepare completion summary for inclusion in our property management system, Yardi Voyager.
• Track and record vital lease dates and information within our core systems.
• Collaborate with our other Legal Assistants, Team Assistants, Asset Managers, Office Managers, Legal & Compliance team, and external lawyers for best working practice.

What you’ll bring:

• A genuine interest in the law and property.
• Experience in commercial property is not essential but would be advantageous.
• Your experience in drafting legal documentation is preferred but we will offer training if the right candidate is found without this experience.
• Your technology skills. Strong preference for experience with Yardi Voyager, Salesforce and / or DocuSign, but not essential. You’re also competent with MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Your strong analytical and organisational skills. You’re well organised with the ability to manage and prioritise many simultaneous tasks, without compromising your excellent quality standard and attention to detail.
• Your great team energy. You’re a hands-on self-starter who works confidently and independently, and you also collaborate well with others.
• Your proactive attitude, openness to learn new systems and processes and ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels.
• Must be able to work under pressure to meet required deadlines.

Our vision is to be the number one gateway to urban communities. To get there, we live our values: Drive, Trust, Grow, Together.