Legal Assistant - Real Estate

The legal Assistant will support the team in managing client accounts, coordinating proposals, and ensuring smooth execution of real estate operations, with a focus on legal sector clients. This role requires excellent communication, strong organizational skills, and knowledge of compliance to maintain client relationships and ensure regulatory adherence.

Job Description

• The Legal Assistant - Real Estate supports the day-to-day activities of the lawyer(s) assigned.
• This role is responsible for document preparation and general practice administration.
• Responsible for filing of documentation, data entry and data management, correspondence, and client management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support in the efficient and effective management of the practice, scheduling appointments, file management, etc.
• Facilitate communication between lawyer, clients and external contacts
• Assist management in completing real estate files from beginning to end of transaction
• General duties including opening and maintaining files, drafting and sending correspondence, etc.
• Reviewing title reports
• Requesting title insurance
• Conducting pre due diligence tasks and reviews
• Prepare corporate documents for private lender real estate transactions.
• Preparing closing packages consisting of all documentation needed to close a transaction.
• Communicate with clients, brokers, lenders, and other law offices to complete closings.
• Ongoing verbal and written communication with lawyers, law clerks and clients.
• Manage administrative details with respect to opening/closing files.
• Strong time management skills to effectively prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Other tasks as reasonably required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, English, Journalism or related field
• Minimum 2 year working experience in a legal matters in real estate law, and land titles
• Minimum 2 year working experience in a customer service environment
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and scheduling skills
• Ability to multi-task and meet demanding deadlines
• Demonstrated experience providing administrative support in an environment with a variety of functions
• Must have a positive attitude and a willingness to assist others
• Enjoy working in a large office and team environment
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Rs60,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person