Job Description
Our client, a boutique firm with offices in London and St Albans have a vacancy for an experienced Real Estate Legal PA.
Duties are as follows:
- Copy and audio typing various documents - mainly in Word, iManage, iManage Share, Outlook, PDF Docs, Acrobat, Indigo, DocuSign and Excel
- Proof reading and amending documents
- Transcribing and formatting documents
- Converting documents from PDF to Word and reformatting and proofing and creating house-style as required
- Picking up dictation from Bighand
- Telephone and email communication with clients and ensuring messages are passed on promptly and accurately
- Organising printing
- Scanning and photocopying
- AML – mainly in Legl
- SDLT Applications
- Land registry applications
- drafting forms e.g., AP1, TR1s
- replying to requisitions
- uploading documents
- Post completion formalities
- drafting notice of transfer/charge, deed of covenant
- Land registry services
- Requesting office copies
- Submitting official searches
- Map searches
- Requesting updates and expediting applications
- Lease and deed summaries
- Scheduling deeds
- Phoning lenders to request documents or updates
- Requesting planning documentation from local authority website
- Drafting letters to clients, HMRC, HMLR and solicitors.
- Opening files
- Client ID & matter forms
- Completing smartsearches
- Compiling sales packs
- Creating folder on iManage share/dropbox
- Indexing sales packs
- Preparing basic replies to CPSEs
- Drafting basic reports on title
- Closing files
- Completing file closure form
- printing financial report
- requesting WIP/balances written off
- Using a variety of electronic tools such as e-chits - checking incoming payments and preparing all documents, ready for monies to be claimed and e-chit
- Preparing Invoices, BACS/TT payments, checking ledgers and verifying bank details
- Credit Control- sending overdue reminders to clients
- Arranging file and deed retrieval from storage
- Additional ad hoc support/ cover as/ when required by other fee earners or departments
- Organising diaries/calendars, arranging meetings internally and externally and on Teams or Zoom
Key Skills:
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise workloads in a deadline driven, transactional environment
- Computer literate and competent user of Outlook, Word, PDF Docs, Excel and DocuSign
- Teamwork
- Being adaptable and flexible
- Having competent knowledge about legal practice
- Excellent interpersonal abilities including a good telephone manner and face to face communication skills with colleagues and clients
- Good grammar and spelling a must
- A proactive, enthusiastic and commercially focused approach
To secure this role you must have previous real estate experience including all property and searches. A can do flexible team attitude is also essential.