Real Estate Senior Paralegal

"It is a strong practice... the offering is exceptionally good" Chambers UK

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Paralegal to join our Real Estate Department at our Bristol office. We are looking for an experienced paralegal to become a key member of our expanding and specialised site set-up team.

In this role, you will collaborate with our highly regarded team to deliver significant projects. Your expertise will be essential in ensuring the smooth and efficient set-up of various sites, while also providing support to junior team members.

This is a permanent, full-time position based in our Bristol office.

The Practice

Osborne Clarke LLP boasts an exceptional reputation in real estate, thanks to the quality and diversity of our client base and the complexity of the work we handle. We have invested significantly in our real estate practice, offering extensive expertise in areas such as residential development, regeneration, real estate investment, real estate funds, logistics, student accommodation, commercial development, telecommunications, utilities & energy, and retail.

Residential developers trust our strong expertise to guide their projects from concept to completion. We provide comprehensive advice throughout the entire project lifecycle, covering areas like acquisition, affordable housing, build-to-rent/PRS sales, site setup, management structures, and infrastructure agreements.

Our residential development team operates nationally across our Bristol, Reading, and London offices, working on top developments and market-leading transactions. The practice is supported by robust departments in real estate litigation, construction, planning, tax, and plots/site setup, forming a powerhouse residential development practice.

The Team

Our real estate team comprises 75 lawyers, including 22 Partners in the UK. The Residential Development practice is a key component of the Real Estate team, featuring 8 Partners and a large team specialising in this area. This includes our dedicated site setup and plots administration and conveyancing teams.

Our Clients

We represent numerous leading residential development clients, both PLC and SME businesses, often on a national, multi-service line panel basis. Our impressive client list includes Barratt Redrow, Vistry, Crest, Taylor Wimpey, St Modwen, Places for People, Sovereign, Bloor, U&I, GLP, DTZ, Patrizia, Mirastar, M&G, PGIM, British Land, and Greystar, among others.

The Role

As well as providing technical support to less experienced team members. You will deliver a wide range of services to the Residential Development practice, including but not limited to:

• Site Set-Up: Assisting with site set-up (i.e.preparing sites for disposal) matters connected with large-scale residential developments.
• Legal Documentation: Handling deeds of easements, wayleaves, infrastructure agreements (e.g. Section 38 and Section 104 agreements), substation transfers, transfers of land, deeds of covenant, and various other matters for our house-builder clients, including the drafting and negotiation of the same.
• Asset Management: Managing asset issues related to large-scale residential development schemes, including leases, licences, transfers, and deeds of variation.
• Comprehensive support: Addressing ancillary matters related to large-scale residential developments.

The candidate

You will be an experienced paralegal with specialised knowledge in infrastructure and associated agreements. You will also:

• Exhibit Excellent Communication Skills: Demonstrate exceptional oral and written communication abilities, ensuring clarity and professionalism in all interactions.
• Be Technically Proficient and Versatile: Possess a keen technical mind, thrive on variety, and excel at prioritising and managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Show Enthusiasm for Simplifying Complex Legal Issues: Display a passion for presenting intricate legal matters in a clear, approachable, and professional manner.
• Adopt a Client-Centric Approach: Maintain a strong client-oriented focus, both internally and externally, while thinking creatively to identify business opportunities and contribute to training initiatives.

Your career development

As a Senior Paralegal with us, you'll benefit from our award-winning career development programme, which offers:

• Clear role expectations and guidance on progressing with high-quality clients and work, including early responsibility and client exposure.
• Comprehensive assessments and personalised feedback from experienced colleagues.
• Strong technical training and early skills development, tailored to your needs.
• Recognition and rewards for your contributions, progress, and potential.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Patrick Fermin Ryan on patrick.ferminryan@osborneclarke.com

Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

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