Legal Support Assistant

Legal Support Assistant

We are currently looking for a proactive professional with conveyancing experience to fulfil an important support role within our Real Estate Finance team.

Based in Cheltenham and reporting to one of our senior fee earners, the Legal Support Assistant will provide in‑depth support to the fee earners within the team, clients and intermediaries. The Real Estate Finance team is a vibrant team with a strong culture that deals with fast‑paced transactions, acting for both lenders and borrowers on refinances and property acquisitions.

• Supporting the file opening process for the team.
• Being a first point of contact for any administrative and business support requirements for fee earners, anticipating the team's needs where possible.
• Drafting documents and forms.
• Assisting on refinance and purchase transactions.
• Requesting property, OS1 and bankruptcy searches.
• Assisting with post‑completion requirements (including SDLT returns and Land Registry applications).
• Preparing invoices for clients on each transaction.
• Filtering client and agent queries, at times being the first point of contact for clients.

• Experience in conveyancing (preferred but not essential).
• Sound knowledge of IT systems including full Microsoft Office suite and Teams.
• Excellent attention to detail in all aspects of your work, with confident typing abilities.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience in a client‑facing environment would be advantageous.
• Former experience within a legal or professional services environment would be desirable.
• Confident in liaising with clients and other solicitors over the telephone.

• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme.
• Support staff bonus scheme.
• Electric vehicle scheme.
• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays).
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• 1/3 gym membership contribution.
• Flu vaccinations.

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our "Passion for People" lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect from organizations, business leaders and individuals. We take an entrepreneurial approach, are flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With ten offices in England and Wales our well‑established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full‑service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton.…