Job IntroductionJob Introduction This role is to work as part of the Portfolio Management team, which is a well-established national team of junior fee-earners who support our national Real Estate group.
Our Real Estate group covers every aspect of commercial real estate work including development, investment, asset management, funding, construction, landlord and tenant, planning and environmental and dispute resolution. Clients include property management and development companies, health trusts and government bodies (local and central), owner occupiers and institutions, both in the UK and overseas.
The team also has a proven record in paralegal progression. We very much value our Paralegals and see them as an "incubation hub" for future talent. In the last 12 months alone, we have seen 4 former paralegals formally qualify as solicitors with the assistance of professional development funding and mentoring from within the team and wider group.
Main Responsibilities The Paralegal opportunity is an extremely varied role which sees you work across litigation and transactional work. Joining a very busy team, from day one you will have the opportunity to own your own files and interact with clients.
Our Litigation team is a market leader, particularly in the Telecomms space, being the only team working with all four mobile providers. You will also have exposure to clients in other sectors such as retail. This will give you the opportunity to work on extremely complex, interesting cases across the full lifecycle of litigation.
As a Paralegal, your work will include a huge variety of tasks including:
Helping with work across pre-litigation.Supporting with tribunals in County and High Court proceedings.Commercial debt recovery and distressed tenants.Preparing and issuing tort notices.The preparation of title and lease reports, break notices, lease and other landlord and tenant documentation drafting and negotiation.General assistance to fee earners on a variety of client matters and general support.The Ideal Candidate Excellent academics including a 2.1 degree or better.At least 6 months in a similar Litigation or Real Estate focused Paralegal role.A genuine interest in the law and property.Excellent attention to detail, and strong communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to produce work to a high standard.Confident with an ability to build strong relationships with clients (internal and external) and third-party contacts at all levels.Must be flexible, organised, and a self-motivated team player who is able to work within the team to achieve common goals.Must be able to work under pressure to meet required deadlines.Experience in Telecomms Real Estate would be advantageous.About DACB We're a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We're market leaders in insurance, health, and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial, and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK's top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.
Working with us Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. Combine this with our supportive culture and hybrid working model, and you have: a Life that Works.
Our flexible approach means that we help our colleagues to be their best at work, while recognising that they have all sorts of different interests and commitments outside work.
We pride ourselves on our supportive, approachable culture. We are trusted, appreciated as individuals and embraced as part of a team. At DACB, we don't just accept your differences; we celebrate and advocate for them. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the 'whole you' to work. So if you're good at what you do, come as you are!
We are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome, and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking, and identities.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, long-term health condition, or neurodiversity whose application meets the essential criteria for the role as set out in this advert. If this applies to you, contact ****** in confidence, quoting the reference number for this vacancy in the subject box of your email, and a member of the team will be in touch.
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