Property Transactions Specialist
Department: Legal Department
Key Organizational Relationships
Reports to: Chief Operations Officer
Supervises: None
Role Objective
You will be leading the legal department of a fast-growing UK real estate company. You will be responsible for handling all of our property transactions, and mortgage applications, and preparing any other legal contracts as needed.
You will also need excellent communication skills as you would need to work with our external UK lawyers, mortgage brokers, tenants and contractors.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Facilitating the sales and purchase of UK properties, reviewing property transaction documents and reporting to the CEO directly regarding the legal findings
- Facilitating communication between property owners, landlords, clients, and lawyers.
- Assessing and preparing contracts, lease agreements, and closing documents.
- Working with the mortgage broker to review financing options, lending requirements, title affidavits, and bankruptcy claims.
- Conducting research and distributing real estate documents.
- Analyzing title documents and legal descriptions of the property.
- Documenting processes, as well as maintaining hard copy files and electronic records.
- Answering client questions and escalating serious concerns.
- Keeping clients informed of progress made with real estate applications.
- Submitting accurate legal documents in a timely manner.
- A minimum of 2 - 3 years experience in real estate conveyancing is required
- Professional demeanor including an ability to manage all incoming client inquiries, work well with colleagues, lawyers, external clients and outside service providers
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Reliable and able to work independently taking initiative when required
- Knowledge of and ability in Google Suite and ProLaw is an asset
- Competency in legal project management software, such as Amberlo and Accelo.
- Superb organizational, time management, and multitasking skills.
- Excellent collaboration and communication abilities.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Organization: Real Estate Paralegal often works with large amounts of data, including contracts, case files and other documents. It’s important to be able to organize and find information quickly and efficiently. This can help you save time and help you work more productively.
- Communication: Communication is another skill that can be useful for real estate legal assistants. This is because you may be communicating with clients, other legal assistants and lawyers on a regular basis. You can use your communication skills to explain legal documents, answer questions and provide information to clients and lawyers.
- Technology: Real Estate Paralegal often uses technology to research and draft documents, so it’s important to have a basic understanding of computer programs and software.
- Research: Real Estate Paralegal often performs research to find information for the Company. This may include searching for case law, statutes or regulations related to a client’s case. It’s important to be able to conduct research efficiently and find the information you need.
