Ready to take the next step in your career or enhance your administrative and customer service skills in a dynamic legal environment?
Join our Real Estate team in Grimsby as a Paralegal, where you'll work in a dynamic environment. This role is ideal for someone looking to transition into the legal field or take their career in a new direction.
You will be assisting Partners and other Solicitors in providing Real Estate advice to the firm's developer/house builder clients, handling a broad range of quality development work for a variety of clients.
What you'll do
- Dealing with freehold and leasehold sales and purchases, and assisting with higher-value, complex transactions, including portfolio sales and purchases.
- Maintaining files so that they are clear and well-organised and ensuring that each file is reviewed on a regular basis and by reference to the monthly matters list produced by the accounts team.
- Dealing with S106 planning agreements and other statutory agreements (section 38,104 etc.) for residential/commercial developments.
- Handling development documents including options, conditional contracts, overage provisions, and promotion agreements (with guidance where appropriate from Partners).
- Managing enquiries from telephone callers and clients effectively and efficiently.
What we’re looking for
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage deadlines and priorities effectively.
- Excellent communication and client service skills, paired with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Strong IT proficiency and adaptability to new systems.
- A team-oriented mindset and a willingness to embody our firm’s values and standards.
The company
With a full-service offering and a client base ranging from loyal, local communities to national and overseas businesses, Wilkin Chapman continues to grow, while our emphasis remains firmly on quality and innovation.
We know that happy, motivated employees are good for business, and a strong, forward-looking culture benefits everyone. Providing the tools and support to enable our people provides the foundation for success.
Our roots go back more than 120 years and we are now the largest law firm in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, with four regional offices and listed in the Lawyer UK 200. With well-established, niche expertise in specialist sectors, many of our solicitors and departments are ranked highly in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK.
We help and guide you on your career path, providing a great package of benefits and a superb sociable working environment. We’re a community of like-minded people ready to welcome your contribution.
At Wilkin Chapman, we prioritise the attraction and retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds. Our commitment to diversity is integral to fostering a values-led culture, facilitating the firm’s growth, and providing our colleagues with opportunities to build and advance their careers. We are dedicated to creating a fully inclusive environment where every individual feels seen, heard, supported, and valued. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people regardless of visible or invisible differences and as a Disability Confident Committed and Armed Forces friendly employer, we are accessible to the widest possible pool of talent.
