Conveyancing Assistant

Are you a driven Conveyancing Assistant with a minimum of 1 years’ experience in the legal sector, looking for a new challenge with a prestigious Legal 500 firm?

The Firm:

Our Legal 500 client is a nationwide, full-service firm with 20+ offices, praised for its high-quality advice and strong client satisfaction. Combining top-tier expertise with commercial insight, the firm delivers strategic, expert support across all practice areas

Responsibilities for this Conveyancing Assistant role:

• Dealing with queries raised by clients, solicitors, lenders and estate agents
• Provide client updates and monitor matter progression
• Opening/closing files on the case management system, compliant with the firm’s AML and quality standards and SRA and CQS regulations
• General administrative tasks
• Prepare and submit quotes to clients and drafting completion statements
• Check mortgage offers and prepare reports with supervision.
• Experience of Leasehold transactions
• To be able to prepare apportionment statements for leasehold properties
• Carry out searches online
• Checking and reporting on searches with supervision
• Working towards checking freehold title and raising enquiries with supervision
• Use Land Registry portal to submit registrations, replying to requisitions and ordering official copies, leases and title plans
• Generate Stamp Duty Land Tax calculations and submit applications
• Preparing and submitting bills, receipts and payments to the finance team for fee earners
• Occasional reception cover

Benefits for this Conveyancing Assistant opportunity:

• Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
• Generous annual leave plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Bonus schemes
• Extensive training and development opportunities, including support for professional qualification study