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Owen Reed
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London, Greater London
Legal Secretary - Real Estate
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Overview
Owen Reed are recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join a law firm in the West End. The Legal Secretary will work within the Real Estate team. The Legal Secretary will mainly do residential work. Commercial experience would help, but not essential. Duties of the Legal Secretary Typing dictation files; Taking detailed telephone messages; Drafting and submitting all usual conveyancing searches, using an online search portals; Preparing basic draft contracts, transfer deeds, DS1s etc as and when required; Amending (with track changes) draft contracts, leases etc; Preparing and submitting all usual Land Registry applications; Downloading documents from the Land Registry Portal; Obtaining company documents through Companies House; Registering charges at Companies House online; Completing and submitting SDLTs online; Putting together report documentation for purchases; Procuring indemnity insurance policy quotes; Diary management, to include usual conveyancing related key dates (completion dates, SDLT deadlines, land registry search expiry dates, land registry cancellation dates etc); Operating the telephone system (as a backup to overflow calls from switchboard); Opening files and associated due diligence requirements; Filing, file closures, archiving and associated general admin; DX/Post rota; Dealing with simple day to day correspondence and client requests