We are recruiting for a Paralegal to join our Real Estate – Core Property Scotland team in Glasgow or Edinburgh.
Your Role
As a Paralegal working in Core Property Scotland, you will:
- Work with Partners and other fee earners in a wide variety of general commercial property work, with a particular focus on landlord and tenant work in the retail and leisure sectors.
- Work autonomously on your own files having direct responsibility and accountability to clients for timely delivery and meeting client expectations.
- Be involved in all aspects of commercial conveyancing, refinancing, leasing and portfolio management work. This will include real estate due diligence, drafting, negotiation and handling matters to completion.
- Draft, review and negotiate Offers, Dispositions, Standard Securities, Leases, Minutes of Variation, Rent Reviews, Licence for Works, Assignations, Sub-Leases, Reports on Title and Reports on Transactional Documents and such other conveyancing documentation as may be required from time to time.
- Deal with and monitor post completion formalities ensuring that these are dealt with as appropriate. This will include preparation, supervision and filing of LBTT returns (including 3 yearly LBTT returns) and liaising closely with Registers of Scotland where appropriate.
- Assist with the planning and coordination of the delivery of work streams associated with large projects which are being undertaken. This may, for example, include working with others in relation to assignation of loan books and dealing with large volumes of title reviews and transfers and taking responsibility for the quality and output of the work you produce.
You will also be responsible for:
- Maintaining up to date reports for clients so that they can track each of their various matters with us. Some clients require this in real time and others require that reports are circulated periodically.
- Ensuring that you and others in the team comply with various KPIs required by our clients. This will include, for example, ensuring that notifications are sent out of key stages of transactions to relevant client contacts in the form that they require.
- Providing real estate support in relation to other aspects of work undertaken by colleagues in the team and wider Firm. This may involve supervision of more junior members of staff (Paralegals and Trainees) and assisting them with queries and drafting.
- Providing all our clients with a quality service in accordance with TLT’s procedures.
- Working with colleagues across our offices to assist in the delivery of cross jurisdictional projects across a range of different industry sectors.
- Continually seeking to develop and expand your skill set taking on increasingly more complex work.
- Where appropriate, attending training events which may be internal or provided by external providers. Help prepare and deliver training to the wider Scottish real estate team to share the knowledge gained from such training events.
- Assisting in the development of legal precedents.
- Assist with the drafting and production of articles and client updates on current legal issues for publication on TLT’s website, newspapers and other publications.
- Maintain and improve relations with existing clients and spot opportunities for business development and enhancement of the current services we offer.
- Be actively involved in team business development initiatives and carry out your own business development activities.
- Continue to win further work from our existing clients, including by cross selling TLT’s other services, and help to strengthen relationships with key individuals at key and strategic clients.
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.
Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.
Our Benefits
We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.
TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLT.com
