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Job Title

Paralegal

Department

Real Estate Finance

Office Location

London

Reports To

Group Manager

Working Hours

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required.  We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns.  Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Firm Description

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms.  Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach.  Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally.  Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

Department Description

Hogan Lovells has one of the broadest banking and finance practices of any major City law firm. By building on our well-established general corporate banking practice, and by developing a clear understanding of our clients’ business needs and the markets in which they operate, we have become one of the market leaders in all areas of finance.

The real estate finance team at Hogan Lovells act for lenders and borrowers on complex transactions. The team is at the forefront of the market and often involved in high profile deals.  The real estate finance team is a well-established team based in London and Birmingham. 

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities

• Reviewing and drafting finance and real estate documents;
• Ensuring deal condition precedents and execution documents are completed;
• Carrying out company searches and drafting company reports;
• Receiving original documents, collating them, producing bibles and re-packaging them for clients;
• Assisting the registrations of security at the Companies House registry and HM Land Registry;
• Maintain confidentiality of client information;
• Assisting with post completion consents such as the lender's consents to dealings and the sale of residential units;
• Arranging execution of transaction documents (both wet-ink and DocuSign);
• Running insolvency searches at relevant points in transactions; and
• Other duties as assigned by the real estate team or one of the other teams in the banking and finance practice.

Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services.

All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.

Person Specification

The Candidate

• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Ability to speak confidently and deal with clients and deal counterparties;
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills;
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with or without direct supervision and coordinate multiple projects;
• A good understanding of Financial documents is an advantage but not essential;
• A good understanding of HM Land Registry is an advantage but not essential;
• Ability to navigate Companies House is an advantage but not essential;
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and the ability to locate specific items on the internet;
• Flexibility for additional hours as needed; and
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

General Attributes

• Paralegal experience gained from a strong finance or corporate practice preferred;
• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience preferred; and
• LPC qualified or equivalent preferred.

Agile Working Statement

Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

It is the policy of Hogan Lovells 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 racial or ethnic origin, religion, sex , gender and gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy or disability.

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