Commercial Property Legal Assistant/ Legal Secretary

Thornton Legal ,
Chester, Cheshire
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Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £18,000 per annum

Overview

An award winning leading Commercial law firm based in the North West is seeking an experienced Commercial Property Legal Assistant/ Legal Secretary to join their Chester city centre office. The Role: The prime role of the Commercial Property legal assistant is to provide direct support to his/her Fee Earners to enable the Fee Earners to operate at optimum efficiency. You will be assisting on a case load of Commercial Property matters at various stages of the file. Matters will range from amongst other things assisting with land sales, acquisitions and options for developer clients, portfolio acquisitions and landlord and tenant management work for investor clients, both corporate and private individual. Duties will include: Opening files and dealing with the files on a daily basis; Carrying out searches and dealing with enquires in relation to such searched using Searchflow or directly with the various authorities; Using Trace Smart and Companies House Direct to carry out searches including uploading information and saving search results to DMS; Using H M Land Registry portal for : o Downloading official copies, documents and plans and saving to matter number, and carrying out priority; and o Bankruptcy searches and other pre completion and online applications; Collating title bundles, scanning deeds and saving them to the DMS; Retrieving and storing deeds following the correct procedures on and off site; Dealing with post completion registration and stamp duty land tax formalities; Under supervision, preparing invoices, completion statements and statements of account and complete accounts documentation as and when directed by the Fee Earner; Proof reading documents; Audio typing; Carrying out copy typing of documents; Appropriately dealing with telephone calls from clients and other staff members and directing appropriately; Meeting clients in person; Dealing with general admin matters such as filing and photocopying. The Ideal Candidate: It is essential that you have previous experience within a Commercial Property role as well as previous experience within a Legal Secretary role. You will have strong working knowledge of Microsoft word. You will have excellent administrative skills including strong attention to detail and organisational skills. You will work with a high degree of productivity and will be able to meet deadlines. You will have a flexible approach and will be able to work well individually and as part of a team. Salary and Benefits: Salary is in the region of 18,000 - 25,000, depending on experience together with excellent benefits and a fantastic working environment. If you are interested in this position, please click 'apply'. Don't worry if you don't have an up to date CV, get in touch with Laura-Kate Davies directly to discuss further. Testimonial Laura-Kate and the whole team at Thornton Legal have been brilliant. They listened to what role i was looking for and only put me forward for jobs that they felt were suitable for me and the firms they were seeking candidates for. They kept me fully updated and offered tips and advice throughout the process - thank you. Residential Conveyancer

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