We are seeking a Paralegal to join our Commercial Property team, based in our new office in Southampton.
More about the Commercial Property Team
Our specialist Commercial Property Team, and a number of individual lawyers, have received consistent recognition in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Our team are experts in all matters relating to transactions involving commercial real estate, servicing a wide spectrum of clients from a variety of industry sectors.
Our team pride themselves on their client-centric approach; they recognise the importance of fully understanding a client’s commercial objectives and ensuring they receive an efficient, pragmatic, and dedicated service, regardless of the value or complexity of their matter.
We adopt a “one team” approach, which ensures the best outcomes for our clients through collaboration and teamwork. By sharing work and leveraging each team member’s unique skill set, we guarantee results for our clients while creating a supportive and inclusive work environment for our colleagues.
Day to Day
Our Paralegals are a vital part of our team as they undertake a mixture of chargeable and non-chargeable work, managing their own duties whilst supporting other fee earner on their more complex matters. This work will include;
- Drafting landlord & tenant documents – licences, leases and all ancillary documents,
- Assist in sales and purchases – obtain title documents, draft CPSE enquires, obtain searches.
- Drafting SDLT returns.
- Preparing Bills and Completion statements.
With this varied work you will be looking at cases involving, but not limited to sale and purchases of commercial property, re financing, landlord and tenant work for office, retail, industrial and hospitality sectors.
About you
First and foremost, we are a friendly and welcoming team who look for the same. Therefore, you will ideally be an individual who is open, flexible and excited by about learning new things.
Perhaps you are a law graduate looking to kick-start your career with your first Paralegal role and have a key interest in Commercial Property, or an existing Paralegal with experience in the property industry who is seeking a brand new challenge. Either way, you should have a passion for excellent client-service and naturally take an organised and efficient approach to your work.
Whilst some prior experience as part of a property team would be great, we are keen to hear from those who have related work or study experience and can demonstrate an interest in this line of work.
Who we are
We are Moore Barlow, a top regional career law firm with a simple mission – to make a difference.
We support our clients and the communities we help through providing outstanding legal services with empathy and expertise. A full service law firm, we support these core client groups: Individuals & Families, Entrepreneurial Businesses & Organisations and Personal/Catastrophic Injury & Medical Negligence.
We are passionate about making a difference to our people, their careers and care deeply about their experience at work. Moore Barlow aims to be recognised as the best career law firm to work for. This means that we care as much about your career as you do. So whether you join us early in your career, in one of our outstanding business support functions or are continuing an already rich career in law, you’ll find Moore Barlow a great place to further build your experience.
With numerous top-tier rankings in law, exceptional quality of work and named a Times Top 100 best law firm to work for, we have big plans. We are seeking passionate, human-focused individuals like you as we continue to grow. With over 450 dedicated professionals including 70 Partners and 272 Lawyers, Moore Barlow offers substantial opportunity for further advancement and personal development.
What we can offer
Our culture is open, diverse and inclusive and we look for likeminded individuals who recognise that it’s this individuality that allows us to be truly different to other firms. Everything we do is underpinned by the Moore Barlow Way, which is a set of values and principles to ensure consistency of experience no matter which team you work within.
As a true career firm, we seek to reward the great work our people undertake with continued personal development opportunities. We have big plans for growth, and we see that this creates extensive opportunity for our people as we move towards our long-term ambitions.
In most of our roles, we are also open to supporting hybrid, flexible working and different work patterns. What you do outside of work is as important as your time inside of work – and we want to strike the right balance for both the individual and the firm.
We also offer great benefits including 28 days’ annual leave, private medical insurance, income protection, life assurance, firmwide bonus scheme and a generous pension scheme.
If you’re seeking to join a firm that seeks to provide a personal and highly engaging place to work – we are confident that you’ll find this at Moore Barlow.
