Legal Assistant

About the role and team

We are seeking an experienced Paralegal to deliver work in our Property Home Ownership Team, within our property department. This role can be based in either our Birmingham or Manchester office. This team works on a combination of home ownership with some development transactions and acting for Housing Associations in respect of a variety of routine work connected with the stock of residential properties owned by them including:

• Asset management including disposals and acquisitions of freehold and leasehold residential properties (including at auction)
• Deeds of easements
• Deeds of variation
• Land sales
• Lease extensions
• Releases of restrictive and other covenants
• Older persons shared ownership
• Collective enfranchisement
• Staircasing
• Surrender & Regrants
• Re-mortgages
• Transfers of equity
• First registrations
• General residential portfolio transactions – eg reviewing leases and titles for multiple properties

About the candidate The successful candidate will be able to provide a high quality service to our clients, as well as being a strong team player. You will be able to run a caseload of property transactions with minimal supervision (though training will be provided in those areas which may be new to you) and exhibit a strong understanding of billing and financial hygiene. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Strong organisation skills
• Can work with autonomy
• Excellent communication skills with colleagues and clients alike
• Understand client care and a genuine desire to help our clients
• Confident with good interpersonal skills
• The ability to multitask and prioritise accordingly
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications and relevant legal IT systems
• Experience of working as a Legal Assistant or paralegal in a similar role is essential

You may be an experienced domestic conveyancer looking to expand your legal experience and skills or worked in-house legal department for an organisation with residential property focus.

About the firm Anthony Collins Solicitors is a specialist law firm with a clear purpose – to “improve lives, communities and society". For over 40 years we’ve been successfully combining market-leading legal expertise with a commitment to excellence and long-term relationships underpinned by a strong set of values. What makes Anthony Collins Solicitors distinctive, beyond simply being a sector-specialist law firm, is our people and the values we share. We’re extremely proud of the calibre of people that we attract; people who are inspired by our values, motivated by our vision and work with our clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together.
Anthony Collins Solicitors is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.