Our national Property Dispute Resolution team is one of the largest and most highly rated in the UK and we are now looking for a paralegal to expand our team.

What does the team do?

The team advise a broad range of clients on all aspects of residential landlord and tenant, and residential property dispute resolution and property management.  We have an enviable client list, made up of investors, landlords and managing agents (with national portfolios), ranging from significant public and quasi-public sector bodies to FTSE 250 household names across a range of sectors including social housing, PRS, Build to Rent, student, charity, central and local government.

You'll play an important role assisting our lawyers in a wide range of substantial contentious property matters, including landlord and tenant (short tenant and long leasehold),  general property issues such as recovering possession, trespass action, disrepair, injunctions and licensing.  The Property Disputes Team work very closely with our transactional Real Estate team so you will have the opportunity to develop strong ties across the practice.

Along with regular supervision and support, there will also be plenty of opportunity for regular client contact to enhance your communication and relationship building skills.  You'll be supported by a tight knit, friendly team with a collegiate approach and a firm wide commitment to development.

So what are we looking for?

Due to the growth in our work, as well as the variety and complexity of what we do, this role ideally needs some previous property litigation paralegal experience.  You'll be highly organised, efficient and able to prioritise effectively as we often work to tight and urgent court deadlines. In this client facing role, you'll also need to be able to build and maintain strong relationships.

To be successful in this role, you'll need as a minimum:

• Completed your law degree or other legal qualification and have previously worked as a Paralegal, Legal Assistant or similar within litigation or real estate.
• Experience managing and prioritising your workload.
• Computer literacy, having had experience in using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

What makes it great to work here?

We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!

As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working, full-time or part-time working patterns.

Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about ED&I at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.

We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is only visible to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring. 

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