Job Description

Our real estate team is looking to hire a paralegal to join the busy post-completions team in our Oxford office. The role provides exposure to high quality work and offers responsibility, direct client contact and training in a supportive environment.

The Commercial Real Estate Team has teams in London, Oxford, Guildford, Cambridge and Birmingham. The national team advise on all areas of commercial real estate from large scale development to social housing.

The work conducted by the Oxford Commercial Real Estate tends to be in the following areas

• Investment acquisitions
• Landlord and Tenant
• Mixed Use Development
• Oxford Colleges

This role is a good opportunity for the right person to progress within the firm. Paralegals in this team often go on to secure training contracts with us, or other firms due to the fantastic training and experience offered.

Responsibilities

The team deals with all aspects of SDLT and land registration, including providing advice to assist with deal structuring, so the successful candidate will be expected to become an expert on SDLT.

The firm operates a hybrid agile working policy allowing employees to work from home (or another UK location) up to 50% of their time. Individuals can also apply for other flexible working options either at the time of recruitment or during the course of their employment.

Essential & Desirable Criteria

• Ideally Degree of CILEx qualified
• Previous experience dealing with SDLT and land registrations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to manage a busy workload and excellent organisational skills
• Ability to work both alone and collaboratively with other team members
• Confidence in client facing communications
• Attention to accuracy and detail
• Collaborative team member with ability to quickly build relationships with a wide range of people
• Receptive to facilitate and support change
• Sound organisational skills; flexible, pragmatic and problem-solving approach
• Comfortable working under pressure with the ability to plan and prioritise work; appreciation of fee earner needs and constraints; commercially aware.

At our firm, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a priority and at the heart of everything we do. We actively want to attract a diverse workforce and welcome applications from everyone, from all backgrounds. We are committed to promoting an inclusive culture where everyone can be their full selves and experience being seen and heard. You can find out more about our firm’s commitment, initiatives and Pennclusion committees here.

We ensure that there are equal opportunities and treatment for all job applicants and employees, at all stages of the recruitment process and employment, regardless of age, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and social background. We aim to provide adjustments for people who have a disability, long-term health condition (including mental health) or neurodiversity. If you would like to request an adjustment, please contact Helen.Lewis@Penningtonslaw.com