Legal Assistant - Kendal, United Kingdom - Napthens LLP

Napthens LLP

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Kendal, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Legal Assistant

Residential Property, Conveyancing

Full time, Permanent, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Kendal office, Cumbria LA9 4BD

Salaries to attract talented professionals + bonus scheme + benefits that support health and wellbeing.
At Napthens we are creating a law firm of the future.

Our transformation and growth continue at pace, and we are building a team to help the firm achieve its vision and strategy.

You will work within our Residential Property Department, a team that thrives in the heart of the lake district and Cumbria.

Napthens Kendal office are hiring a Legal Assistant to join our Residential Property, conveyancing department.

Working closely with our conveyancing residential property solicitors you will be required to assist in the day-to-day progression of files, office administration and management of diaries', calls and internal administration.

Day to day you will be involved in:

Relationship building with 3rd parties, proactively progressing matters.
Handling first line client queries.
Arranging practical aspects relating to case work.
Taking ownership in the drafting and submissions of Land Registry Applications and Stamp Duty returns, alongside the file handler.
Attending upon clients for administrative matters.
Diary management.
Liaising with Risk and Compliance on Audit.
Preparing bills
Supporting lawyers in proactively managing WIP and aged debt.
Updating external websites and portals on matters, as and when required
Ensuring all file closing procedures are conducted at the end of the transaction and liaising with archiving for file closure.

Skills/Experience/Qualifications required to perform the role:

Committed team player
Detailorientated approach to your work and can work under pressure
Initiative
Excellent telephone manner
Effective time management
Experience gained within a property department as a legal assistant or legal secretary.
Proven experience of working with a case management system, e.g., Proclaim.

Join us. We are creating a law firm of the future.

NB* Agencies. Only CVs from agencies who have been instructed to work with us will be accepted. Thank you.