Scottish Commercial Real Estate Paralegal

Department/Division: Legal Delivery Centre
Duration: FTC 12 Months 
Location: UK
Reports to: Partner (Head of LDC) and LDC Operations Manager
Direct Reports: None
Type of Role: Remote (but with option to attend our offices)
Budget Responsibilities: No
Reference no: 6203

The Department

Our Legal Delivery Centre (LDC) is a flexible and scalable paralegal resource for use across all of our UK, Ireland, and Middle East offices and across the full spectrum of legal services. Meeting the ever increasing demands for disaggregated legal services, the LDC offers an exciting opportunity for development and the chance to undertake chargeable work that is varied, challenging, and engaging. This is a great opportunity to join a growing team that is integral to the firm's strategy, whilst benefiting from being able to work remotely and flexibly. 

Winner of the 2019 and 2020 National Paralegal Awards for best law firm for paralegal development and finalist in 2021, Dentons offers fabulous opportunities for paralegals. 

The Role

Meeting the ever increasing demands for disaggregated legal services, the LDC offers an exciting opportunity for development and experience and the chance to undertake work that is varied, challenging, and engaging. 
We are presently looking for a paralegal with between one and two years of Scottish commercial real estate experience to join our focused Scottish Real Estate team of paralegals. 

Predominantly committed to our Scottish Real Estate team, from time to time there will be the opportunity to undertake work across the full spectrum of legal service areas. An opportunity to liaise with all business areas, the LDC offers extensive exposure across the firm and to some of the firm's major clients. 

This is a great opportunity to join a growing team that is integral to the firm's strategy, whilst benefiting from being able to work remotely and flexibly. 
Whilst this is a virtual role with no expectation or requirement that you attend any of our office locations, for those who would like to experience the office environment and meet our hybrid teams, there is the opportunity to attend our offices.
 

Responsibilities

You will work as part of a team to deliver paralegal support to our Scottish Real Estate team and to other teams across the business requiring Scottish and English real estate support on transactions. This may include for example:

• General paralegal support, ensuring projects and tasks are undertaken effectively and within the appropriate timescales (e.g. managing submission of applications to Registers of Scotland, Revenue Scotland, third parties);
• Data room management;
• Due diligence on sales and acquisitions to include handling enquiries processes and collation of conveyancing searches;
• Assistance with corporate and real estate finance support to include managing conditions precedent;
• Preparation and submission of advance notices and LRAFs;
• Preparation and submission of LBTTs;
• Ordering Legal Reports;
• Ordering property searches;
• Provision of legal services to clients including the technical skills of drafting, negotiating, advising;
• Management of own case load under supervision including effecting exchange and completion;
• Use of legal technology and AI;
• Internal and external reporting.

Through newly established ways of working, including an increased emphasis on technological solutions, you will be supported in taking full ownership for some key tasks, giving you direct responsibility. Our approach is to create a collaborative virtual environment by working collaboratively as part of a team whilst also encouraging team members to operate with a degree of independence.

You will work closely with other members of this dedicated team as well as with our legal service areas, project management team and with some clients. The team has a solid teamwork ethic and a first class internal and external client management approach. It is essential that candidates are team players and committed to developing both personally and professionally. A commitment to deliver high-quality focused services is essential as is maintaining and developing both internal and external client relationships.

Qualified candidates will be people with energy and enthusiasm, working hard to provide the highest levels of service whilst at the same time valuing having fun being part of a friendly and collegiate team.

Required experience, skills, and attributes

• Minimum of 5 As at Scottish Highers;
• A qualification in Scottish law (preferred);
• The Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (helpful but not essential);
• Commercial real estate experience (essential but may consider the equivalent length residential experience);
• Experience in drafting, negotiating, advising and managing your own caseload (helpful but not essential);
• Full knowledge of Microsoft office (especially Word, Excel and Outlook);
• Experience of working with data rooms (helpful but not essential);
• Ability to organise, prioritise various tasks and work well in a busy setting and to tight deadlines;
• Ability to work accurately with great attention to detail;
• Demonstrate drive and initiative;
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with the competence to deal effectively with Partners and professionals across the firm;
• An ability and willingness to be flexible;
• Sociable and a good team player.

Firm Profile

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Diversity & Inclusion

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We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved. We welcome you to learn more about diversity and inclusion at Dentons. Inclusion and Diversity

Equal Opportunities

Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and support those in the workplace who have a disability. During the application process, any applicant has the opportunity to tell us about any adjustments they may require during the application process. Any disability disclosure will be dealt with confidentially and sensitively and if you want to speak directly to a member of our team, please email recruitment.matters@dentons.com.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

If you are interested in applying for this position, we welcome direct applications via our careers page, but if you have any questions beforehand please email recruitment.matters@dentons.com – Enquiries only please, applications will not be accepted via email.

Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CVs sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.