Real Estate Finance Paralegal

Purpose of job Providing support to the Real Estate Finance team including reporting to clients, drafting from precedent documents and project specific work. What's in it for you? Our Real Estate Finance team is the leading specialist team in the UK. Focussed on the funding of domestic and international real estate in all its forms, we act for the leading financial institutions, investors, developers and funds. We are active in all sectors of the global real estate finance market including investment, development and structured financings, originations for CMBS and principal financing. We work closely with senior lenders and mezzanine financiers and we have one of the leading syndication, sell down and A/B practices. Consistently acknowledged by independent commentators as one of the leading real estate finance practices, we offer expertise and delivery of service that is second to none. This is a great opportunity for a Paralegal to build up their real estate finance knowledge as well as further develop their commercial skills and awareness. You will be exposed to high-quality finance and banking matters. Key responsibilities • Assisting with running and managing conditions precedent on large transactions • Assisting with post completion tasks, including security registrations, and general administration • Coordinating reports to clients, chasing internal teams on cross-departmental projects and sending out reports • Organising internal team meetings, agendas, keeping minutes of meetings and liaising with either fee-earners • Carrying out Companies House searches, completion searches and assisting with signing meetings • Keeping client sites (internal) up to date to support client team - e.g. press news, procedural changes, team changes • Creating and maintaining client extranets - creating logins, uploading Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and other documents, organising folders, keeping extranet up to date with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner deeds • Running release of security files (following training) • Drafting from precedent documents and compiling client know how Key relationships REF Partners and Associates in Manchester and London Experience and knowledge Minimum of 3 A Levels (or equivalent) at grade B or above - essential Law degree (minimum of 2.1) or GDL - essential Proven track record of understanding the importance of excellent service delivery to clients - essential LPC - desirable Previous transactional experience as a Paralegal - desirable Skills and competencies Organised with a strong 'can-do' attitude Strong client relationship and influencing skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills Strong IT skills Determination to complete work to the highest quality with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail Attention to deal Calm under pressure Ability and willingness to turn work around quickly and sometimes work outside of standard hours Diversity, inclusion and working differently Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our firm. At Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner we aim to create an inclusive and inspirational culture where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to be themselves. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is a firm with an increasingly flexible workforce and is supportive of flexible working arrangements, tailored to the individual, wherever possible. Please feel free to speak to the Resourcing Team about the flexibility we are offering for this role. Confidentiality To ensure all hardcopy and electronic materials containing confidential information are securely stored and accessible only to those authorised to view such content. Disclosure As a regulated firm of solicitors, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is required to undertake appropriate vetting of staff. In addition to completion, by applicants who accept a job offer, of a regulatory questionnaire, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner uses a specialist provider to undertake professional verification and background checks (including through electronic data sources, and directly with employers and professional bodies/regulators) on our behalf. We will also undertake certain verifications ourselves. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner adopts a risk-based approach to its vetting procedures, which are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with IT, legal and regulatory obligations. For further details, please see our recruitment website: