Real Estate Disputes Paralegal

About Withers

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For the past 125 years, we have supported some of the world’s most remarkable people and organisations at defining moments in their lives.

As the global private client firm, we are trusted advisors to families, founders, fiduciaries and businesses – and more than this, to governments, charities and financial institutions.
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Our role is to get to know each individual client, find out where they want to be, and help them to get there – whether they are building a business, buying a home or protecting and defending their interests.

To meet their unique needs we are exceptionally collaborative, working together across teams and time zones. And we are agile – focusing on strategy rather than rigid ideas and traditional hierarchy.

We are delighted that we have been awarded Mansfield Certification Plus in relation to our recruitment and leadership progression efforts in the US and UK. This certification is an encouraging milestone as we continue to champion diversity within our organization and in the wider legal sector.

Join us to be part of a team that is always looking to the future. Where initiative, big ideas and bold moves are always encouraged. Where you can truly be yourself.

The Real Estate Disputes team

Withers' real estate disputes team currently comprises six fee earners, and the team is expanding. Accordingly, we have an opportunity for an additional paralegal to join the team in our London office. The team sits within the real estate team and is a core part of the business division - it is a very busy and dynamic practice. 

The team is led by partner, Owen Talfan Davies, who for the last decade has been consistently ranked as a 'leading individual' by Legal 500 in the field of property litigation and he is recognised as a leading practitioner by Chambers – he is also ranked by Legal 500 as a 'leading individual' for professional negligence work (for his real estate-led claimant professional negligence practice).

Our growing property litigation practice has stand-alone clients, as well as clients in common with the rest of the firm; the team is involved with exciting and cutting-edge property-related disputes: their work currently includes one the largest property litigation disputes in UK history, and they have several ongoing arbitrations, expert determinations, as well as a significant number of ongoing cases in the High Court. Due to the multi-jurisdictional nature of Withers' client base, many of these matters have an international dimension. 

The Role

We are looking for an experienced, and competent paralegal. This role will involve a high level of organisation and administration, together with client work to ensure work is completed in a timely and efficient manner and high levels of client service delivery are achieved.

Areas of focus and responsibilities:

• Legal research;
• Working with the lawyers to contentious real estate disputes, including managing case files and deadlines and preparing documents and bundles for Court and other hearings;
• Assisting in preparing fee estimates and pitches;
• Drafting and reviewing and amending documents;
• Assisting in carrying amendments through into documents, and proof reading;
• Electronic and hard copy document management;
• General administrative duties.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for the performance of this job, and as such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Key skills and experience:

• Experience working as a Paralegal;
• Professional with a pro-active approach;
• Familiarity with technology e.g. Excel;
• Strong research skills;
• Be able to work as part of a team;
• Strong academics;
• Excellent written and communication skills;
• Excellent organisational skills;
• Financial aptitude (for billing).

The essentials

• 9.30am – 5.30pm but flexibility is a must
• Flexible benefits package

For further information, please contact Recruitment Team.

Information for Recruitment Agencies

Withers endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, when we do need to engage with agencies, Withers operates a preferred supplier list and will not be accepting unsolicited applications from non-PSL agencies for this role.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement 

It is the policy of Withers to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion.  Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.