Paralegal / Conveyancer

Gilson Gray LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent law firm in London is seeking a motivated Paralegal/Conveyancer to join its Residential Conveyancing team. The role involves daily communication with clients, managing property transactions, and ensuring compliance with legal regulations. Ideal candidates will be highly driven and self-sufficient, with excellent client interaction skills. Join a supportive team in a thriving environment situated in a leading legal practice in the UK.

Qualifications

• Highly driven and self-sufficient individual.
• Excellent communication skills for client interactions.
• Experience in residential conveyancing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with clients daily regarding matters.
• Update and maintain case management systems.
• Manage property transactions from inception to completion.

Skills

Client communication

Case management

Property transaction management

Compliance awareness

Job description

We are a comprehensive law firm, offering expert legal, property, and financial services.

We are a team of highly-skilled, award-winning professionals who are committed to helping our clients achieve their goals in every area of the law. We are proud to be a part of one of the most prominent and modern legal firms in the UK. We are Gilson Gray.

Based in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, North Berwick, Lincoln, and London, we focus on ensuring we provide the highest level of advice and ongoing service to our clients, internal and external.

This role is based in our London office.

Our Team

We are looking to hire a highly driven, self-sufficient Paralegal/Conveyancer to join one of our successful Residential Conveyancing departments in London.

We are an enthusiastic team that support each other in order to achieve a great working environment. We value each other’s expertise and opinion and pride ourselves in offering an inclusive, enjoyable and motivating place to work.

The Role

We are looking to further strengthen our Residential Conveyancing team with the appointment of a Paralegal/Conveyancer based in our London office.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Communicating with clients on a daily basis, dealing with matters over the phone, email or in person
• Updating branches and building relationships with our referrers
• Updating and maintaining a case management system
• Sending quotes and letters of instruction
• Ordering searches
• Liaising with other parties solicitors, brokers and estate agents
• Managing property transactions, including freehold and leasehold sales and purchases, New build and Shared ownership transactions, remortgages and transfers of equity from inception until post completion
• Updating clients on progress of matter
• Checking mortgage offers and searches
• Title checking and reporting to clients
• Raising and signing off the enquiries
• Maintaining and checking Due Diligence and Risk Assessments in line with the firms’ policies
• Ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering and data protection regulations
• Exchanging contracts and completing the transaction