Paralegal - Commercial Property

Foot Anstey LLP

About The Position

Ready to take your career to the next level? We’re one of the UK’s most forward-thinking law firms, built on a foundation of innovation, collaboration, and ambition. Join us, and let’s shape the future together. We are in a period of exclusive direct sourcing for this role and are not currently accepting applications from recruitment agencies. _______________________________________ The role in 60 seconds Role: Paralegal Team: Commercial Property Locations: Southampton Working Pattern: Full-time ________________________________________ At Foot Anstey, we’re committed to making a difference for our people, our clients, and society. Here’s what makes us stand out: An ambitious growth strategy that opens up opportunities for our people to make their mark. A client base that spans household names, thriving startups, and ambitious enterprises. A culture built on our values of being refreshingly human, entrepreneurial, inclusive and collaborative. A strong focus on being a responsible business with a commitment to sustainability and giving back to our communities. Comprehensive professional development and training – whatever your role and level we have training that will support you to achieve your goals. ________________________________________ We believe our people are our greatest asset. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your professional growth and personal wellbeing, including: Competitive salary and performance-linked bonus. Enhanced parental leave policies. Private healthcare and wellbeing initiatives (e.g., mental health support, gym memberships). A modern, flexible working environment. ________________________________________ As one of the UK’s fastest growing law firms, Foot Anstey believes in helping our clients and people achieve their ambitions, unlocking new and exciting opportunities. Our team of business and legal advisors are motivated by understanding clients’ goals and collaborating with them and other advisers to deliver solutions. By becoming our clients’ most trusted advisor, we are enabling them to achieve their ambitions. How we do it is just as important as what we do. Our values define the way we act with our clients and one another every day, and because of these we think our culture and environment sets us apart. Over our history we’ve grown from a high-street firm to a significant regional and national player working with leading brands and individuals predominantly across six key sectors: Private Equity, Retail & Consumer, Energy & Infrastructure, Islamic Finance, Developers and Private Wealth. Our strategy of gaining market share through meeting clients’ needs, investing in and developing high quality talent and using technology and innovation to enhance our services has led to significant growth. We now operate from seven locations: Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton, Bristol, Southampton and London. Our people are central to our success, in every part of the business. We actively support our employees to achieve their aspirations through offering meaningful careers with balanced rewards, which have been carefully designed to focus on personal wellbeing. We offer continual opportunities for support and professional development through our Business Skills Academy and Digital Skills Academy and believe in empowering each other to achieve and strive to create a progressive and inclusive working environment. Being forward-thinking, we are open to discussing flexible working patterns for all of our vacancies, with over 40% of our existing employees having a permanent flexible working pattern. In addition, our impressive suite of flexible benefits will enable you to prioritise what matters most to you. Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is integral to delivering our strategy, and we were delighted to be awarded the National Equality Standard for a second time in 2021. We consider this to be right at the heart of our priorities and goes way beyond our policies – it’s something we consider across everything we do, from the make-up of our client teams, encouraging staff to reach their potential, through to our leadership. We aim to support our clients and our people to achieve their goals, regardless of background, gender, race, beliefs, sexuality or other non-work related factors. We champion aspiration and encourage it in everyone that works with us. As such we actively encourage applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of any characteristics protected by law. Foot Anstey. Powering Your Ambition.

Requirements

Thrives in a fast paced, client focused environment.
Demonstrates strong commercial awareness and business aptitude.
Works methodically with exceptional attention to detail in both content and presentation.
A shared passion for innovation, collaboration - achieving great things together.

Nice To Haves

Has prior experience working in the commercial property space, preferable but not essential.

Responsibilities

Manage matter set-up and administration, ensuring compliance with risk and internal procedures.
Handle post-completion processes, including SDLT returns and Land Registry applications, responding to requisitions, tracking progress and keeping clients informed.
Provide support on acquisitions and disposals within client property portfolios.
Assist with lease and license management, including landlord and tenant matters.
Support with title administration and portfolio management - reviewing title documents, conducting Land Registry searches and maintaining accurate records.
Support post-completion management, including SDLT returns and Land Registry applications.
Draft, amend and maintain precedent letters and house-style documents.
Ensure proper archiving, storage, and retrieval of property documents and deeds.
Generate and circulate client reports, ensuring timely updates and delivery.
Handle travel and diary management, ensuring fee earners are fully prepared for meetings.
Respond to client and stakeholder queries with clear, professional communication.

Benefits

Competitive salary and performance-linked bonus.
Enhanced parental leave policies.
Private healthcare and wellbeing initiatives (e.g., mental health support, gym memberships).
A modern, flexible working environment.
scope for personal as well as professional development.
coaching and mentoring programmes
weekly Lifestyle Hour
market leading family friendly policies, including a fertility support package, health cash plan, 28 days annual leave, a day off for your birthday, and a sabbatical you can take every 5 years.
You can also buy holiday, and manage your benefits flexibly using our sophisticated portal to configure your total reward offer according to what you value most.
make ongoing or one-off donations to our charitable foundation and access our CSR programme where you can engage with community-based initiatives (as a team, or individually) twice a year, to give something back where you feel it matters.