Paralegal

Is this the start of your Capital Law journey?

Capital is a growing business; we are a commercial law firm and a consultancy business with headquarters in Cardiff and offices in London and Paris. Working with clients across the country and around the world, we have developed a distinctive organisation, providing the highest quality services across the private, public, and third sectors. We aim to be exceptional, both in the way we work and in the combination of our services.

Our Commercial Property team is expanding its social housing service. We’re looking for an experienced paralegal to join the team, ideally with immediate availability. Our work includes providing a variety of transaction-handling and advisory services to clients operating in a range of sectors.

If you’re looking for a career where your ideas are welcomed, and the chance to make a significant contribution to the business, we’d like to hear from you.

Working within the Real Estate team

The Property team’s core work comes from an excellent reputation with major developers and occupiers, energy projects, and in the education and public sectors. We aim to be one of the leading property departments in Wales ranked tier 1 by the Legal 500 and Chambers. Our growth will primarily come from existing clients, as we identify what more we can do to help them develop. There will also be a targeted marketing campaign to help identify and attract new clients. We know that clients in the construction or energy sectors often need property advice too. We will build on this experience by targeting companies in the sector, working closely with the construction, energy & projects team.

Responsibilities:

• assisting partners and associates and delivering the objectives agreed with you by the supervising partner
• managing client files in compliance with the Firm’s rules as specified in the Quality and Practice Manuals (such as Money Laundering, File opening and Rule 2 letters)
• complying fully with the Firm’s core values
• ensuring compliance (with the assistance of the Firm) with the Law Society CPD requirements
• drafting and negotiating legal documentation including contracts, transfers, leases, licences, land registry forms
• analysing and interpreting legal documentation in order to provide advice to clients
• managing the day to day running of a number of matters including coordinating documentation, liaising with external companies and clients, updating the internal cross-department lawyers
• assisting colleagues with more complex matters
• attending meetings and telephone conferences and preparing follow-up action points and attendance notes
• performing legal research
• drafting correspondence and liaising with clients and third parties by telephone
• updating matter files
• assisting with preparing precedent documents
• researching and writing topical articles and blogs for marketing purposes

You’ll need:

• research skills
• strong drafting skills
• planning and organising
• strong communication skills attention to detail and accuracy
• good initiative and problem-solving skills

In return, we offer:

• flexible working: you will have the ability to work between home and the office as required.
• health and wellbeing: subsidised in-person and virtual yoga, wellbeing events and our ‘Time to Move’ scheme, offering colleagues time to simply get away from their desks.
• career development opportunities: we are a fast-growing and ambitious firm. We appreciate and value your ambition, too. We offer promotion opportunities twice a year, supported by a robust and supportive career development framework.
• excellent rewards and benefits: competitive pension scheme, comprehensive health plan, life assurance, option to buy/sell annual leave, recognition scheme, cycle to work scheme, 1x a week Chiropractor onsite, Chef onsite – free lunch on Mondays and Tuesdays, shower facilities onsite, regular social events, and lots more.
• a great location and working environment: Cardiff is a fantastic place to live and work. Our office, in the city centre, is right in the middle of it all, yet only a short drive from some of the best of the Welsh countryside.

We’re committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment. We encourage equality and diversity and treat all job applicants and colleagues fairly — regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, religion or any religious or cultural beliefs, marital status and civil partnership, sexual orientation, pregnancy, and maternity. We have no tolerance for discrimination.

Here, we can be ourselves, succeed on merit, and grow with people from all walks of life.

If you are interested in applying to this role, apply now, stating the role you wish to apply to, attaching a CV & Cover Letter to your email.