Residential Conveyancing Senior Paralegal

Residential Conveyancing Senior Paralegal, Exeter

How would you like to join a dynamic and ambitious firm who can help staff achieve their full potential, a creative, open and collaborative environment in which to develop a career and succeed.

• Taking ownership of day-to-day management of client expectations under appropriate supervision.
• Acting as the main point of contact for clients and external referrers for routine updates, ensuring clear communication and excellent service throughout the transaction and escalating legal/technical issues, risk concerns and complaints in accordance with team procedures
• Communicating proactively with clients to understand their requirements and keeping them informed of progress, maintain strong relationships through regular engagement by the preferred method of the client
• Managing onboarding processes, including file opening checklists and gathering initial documentation together with providing quotations and assisting with initial client instructions

• Coordinating residential sale and purchase transactions from initial instruction through to completion by progressing matters in line with supervising lawyer's instructions
• Preparing draft contract packs and supporting documents and assisting with drafting legal documents associated with the sale of a property
• Conducting title checks, reviewing search results and surveys and drafting legal lease and mortgage reports
• Ensuring mortgage reports comply with lender requirements using the UK Finance Handbook and also dealing with redemptions
• Dealing with complex matters such as retentions, private charges, redundant charges, Forces Help to Buy, Building Safety Act 2022
• Preparing OCEs and OS2s, drafting completion statements for approval and managing Land Registry requisitions
• Assisting with complex Land Registry application and case progression, preparing drafts and supporting evidence for review and approval
• Applying knowledge of non-standard SDLT circumstances, Power of Attorney, Executor and Trust arrangements

The Residential Property Team are the leading property team in the South West. The team are renowned for offering the very best client service, with many clients returning to the team for subsequent property purchases.

This is a great opportunity to join a Firm which believes potential, inspiration, and teamwork should be valued and nurtured.

It is an extremely busy team and anyone will need to be happy to deal with multiple tasks at any one time and prioritise their workload.