A super opportunity has arisen to join a global power house in the legal industry as a Professional Support Lawyer on a 12 month contract.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a market leading Real Estate team where you will be offered a high level of responsibility across the breadth of the practice and the opportunity to have significant interaction with the firms fee earners.
The role would be ideal for an experienced English qualified Real Estate lawyer or PDL, who has been an active creator and contributor of and to legal know-how materials and client service.
The role will involve:
- Revising, updating and maintaining the English/Welsh real estate precedent bank.
- Creating new precedents.
- Drafting practice notes to support the use of the precedent bank.
- Liaising closely with fee earners to understand and respond to their requirements for precedent support.
- Working closely with fee earners to gather market feedback and to maintain a good understanding of the "market norm".
- Participating in and contributing to innovation projects to enhance the use and delivery of legal documentation.
- Participating in and coordinating the automation of key precedents for their better and more efficient use by internal fee earning teams.
- Where required, providing assistance and support to the Managing PDL with the following:
- Legal research;
- Producing dynamic and up to date client briefings and legal updates;
- Identifying, developing, coordinating and delivering legal training for clients and internal fee earning teams;
- Creating and contributing to legal know-how material;
- Sourcing and sharing relevant and up to date knowledge with clients and our internal team and encouraging others to do the same.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Substantial knowledge of the Real Estate sector and market.
- Comprehensive drafting skills and experience of creating and maintaining precedents.
- Experience of document automation, particularly using Contract Express.
- Understands the likely practical implications of legal changes.
- Maintains up to date industry and legal knowledge.
- Is pro-active in proposing solutions to internal and external clients.
- Excellent intellectual and analytical skills.
There is hybrid working available and the opportunity to work from either London or Milton Keynes (or both) offices.