Legal Secretary - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Gateley

Gateley
Gateley
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Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Description
Job Title
Legal Secretary
Closing Date
13-Jul-2023
Position
Full Time
Business Entity
Gateley Legal
Department
Real Estate
Location
Nottingham - United Kingdom
Job Type
Experienced Hire
Description
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The role


We are looking to recruit a proactive Legal Secretary who can provide support to fee earners and partners across our Real Estate team.


You will assist fee earners who advise a variety of Midlands and London based commercial property developers specialising in the logistics, high rise residential and retail and leisure sectors.

Projects have included the acquisition, funding, development and disposal of land across a variety of sectors. The team also advises on general real estate management issues.

The role will be based at our Nottingham office. A regular office presence will be required but provides flexibility for an agile home working arrangement.


The team


Our national Real Estate team has an outstanding reputation for its technical and commercial expertise across all disciplines, including commercial development, commercial investment, mixed-use development, landlord and tenant, retail and leisure, finance and securitisation, real estate litigation, planning and environmental.


The Team also supports Gateley Legal's corporate, banking and restructuring teams who act for a wide variety of corporate clients and banks as well as national insolvency practices.

It also works hand in glove with our non-legal property businesses Gateley Capitus, Gateley Hamer and Gateley Vinden which give us a unique market advantage with property investment and development clients.


The person

  • Previous legal secretarial experience working within a Real Estate or property team would be highly advantageous
  • Ability to type, draft and produce documents efficiently and with ease is essential
  • Previous experience of highvolume document production
  • Competent working knowledge of Microsoft Word is highly essential
  • First class communication skills both written and verbal
  • Excellent levels of accuracy
  • Initiative to learn and ability to selfmotivate
  • Experience of working under pressure eto tight deadlines with the ability to remain calm
  • Capability to prioritise and multitask effectively, with good time management and organisational skills
  • Always demonstrate discretion and the ability to always maintain absolute confidentiality
  • IT skills
  • Microsoft Word, typing, case management use, formatting and editing documents

The benefits


With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty.

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.


In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career.

Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent).

Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.


We are Gateley


We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face.

Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business.

Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be.

We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond.

Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.

The 'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture.

It is what has got us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it.

We have a set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley:
Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together.

Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values.

They are recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.


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