# Real Estate Paralegal

**Company**: CMS
**Location**: Manchester
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

CMS is seeking an experienced Real Estate Paralegal to join our Legal Services Unit in our Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Bristol or Edinburgh office.

The Legal Services Unit is the central paralegal team at CMS, assisting the associates and partners across the different departments in the UK offices on a wide variety of tasks and projects.

The role will be focused on supporting our energy and utilities clients with English law transactions including: leading on negotiating and completing easements and wayleaves as well as options for and variations to such documents; and assisting with purchases and leases of sub-stations, radio sites, construction compounds and equivalent.

**Responsibilities**

- Managing a busy caseload of transactions including liaising with the client to obtain instructions

- Drafting the acquisition documentation, negotiating with the counterparty to the transaction and carrying out title reviews

- Assisting with file opening procedures including preparing first draft of retainer letter and ensuring compliance with money laundering regulations

- Working with data rooms and online trackers

- Managing completion and post-completion registrations, forms, filing and client signing / reporting requirements

**Requirements**

- A keen eye for detail with the ability to use your initiative

- Excellent organisational and time management skills and the ability to prioritise conflicting deadlines

- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to work well in a team

- A strong academic background and a degree in law or equivalent qualification

- Alternatively, you may be working towards CILEX or have previous time-served Paralegal experience in a Real Estate background

**What's in it for you?**

- Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)

- Flexible, hybrid working policy

- Generous bonus scheme

- Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)

- Holiday exchange scheme

- Private medical insurance

- Enhanced parental leave

- Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010

## Skills

### Required
- English law
- Real Estate
- transaction management
- communication
- organisational skills

### Nice to have
- CILEX
- Paralegal experience

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