Conveyancing Legal Assistant

Conveyancing Legal Assistant

A Conveyancing Legal Assistant is required to join a small residential conveyancing department in the beautiful New Forest. The Legal Assistant will join a conveyancing team which is part of an established private practice law firm. The role is commutable from Lyndhurst, New Milton, Lymington, Brockenhurst and Christchurch.

The Firm
A private practice with offices in Hampshire providing a comprehensive legal service to business and private individuals. The firm has a long history and has a fantastic working culture and atmosphere.

The Role
The Conveyancing Legal Assistant duties will support the residential fee earner with their residential conveyancing case load and will involve dealing with all aspects post-exchange.

Duties

1. Providing administration and file preparation after exchange.
2. Completion day procedural work.
3. Stamp duty submission.
4. HM Land registration and other post completion tasks.

The Candidate

1. Previous Conveyancing experience of 6 months essential.
2. Confident, personable and enthusiastic with excellent people skills.
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
4. Competent use of IT packages such as MS Office, Word and Excel.
5. Preferably, good customer-facing experience or work experience in a law firm in non-contentious law.

Opportunity
To develop a legal career with a law firm in a busy, supportive environment.

Salary dependent upon experience.