Paralegal, Real Estate - Residential Development Sales
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The role
This is an excellent opportunity to join our Residential Development Sales team on a permanent basis. You will assist in the legal process of selling apartments and houses off-plan on behalf of large-scale residential developer clients. Generally, the team manages approximately 10,000 active files at any point.
Typically, each development can range from 8 to 1,500 apartments. The team is split into sub-teams which nominally look after specific developer clients.
The team is focused on providing an innovative, bespoke, premium service to clients. The type of work tends to be at the top end of the development scale and includes iconic city buildings such as Battersea Power Station, Embassy Gardens (Nine Elms) and London City Island.
Role responsibility
- Dealing with all aspects of the conveyancing sales process from start to finish, from compiling and sending out papers with exchange deadlines, to completions.
- Working alongside colleagues within the team to reach completion and exchange deadlines.
- Dealing with enquiries from purchasers’ solicitors.
About you
Ideally you will be able to demonstrate:
- Relevant work experience in a similar role.
- Knowledge of conveyancing processes.
- The ability to work in a fast paced, high volume deadline driven environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team.
- The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels.
- Sound judgement, with the ability to use your own initiative, taking responsibility where necessary and appropriate.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to perform in a high volume, deadline-orientated role.
At Howard Kennedy we believe that everyone deserves the space to thrive. We’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that reflects the diversity of both our people and our clients.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we’re committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible to all.
We understand that every candidate’s needs are different If there’s anything we can do to make your application journey more comfortable— whether for interviews, assessments, or onboarding—please let us know. We’ll work with you to remove any barriers and ensure our recruitment process is comfortable for you.
Contact our recruitment team at recruitment@howardkennedy.com to discuss any support you might need.
Agency Introductions
Please note that we are not accepting applications via agencies for this role at this time. Before sharing any named candidate CVs, please contact your recruitment representative. If any named CVs are sent from agencies without approval from our recruitment team, they will not be deemed valid introductions, and no agency fee will be paid.