Legal Delivery Center Supervising Lawyer
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We are recruiting a lawyer to support growth and development of the commercial real estate capability within our Legal Delivery Centre ("LDC") in Leeds.
The LDC uses streamlined processes, legal technical knowhow, and cutting-edge technology to design and deliver routine or document-heavy legal services quickly and efficiently. Operating from locations in Australia, the UK and Germany the LDC primarily allocates activity to a team of Paralegals with qualified lawyers used to support service delivery.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supervising and supporting the development of a team of Paralegals within the Legal Delivery Centre's real estate function;
- Supporting (and supplementing) the work of the Paralegals in delivering a very high quality service;
- Ensuring the team delivers to internal and external client requirements;
- Building relationships with lawyers and partners across the firm's international Real Estate practice, to identify and unlock new opportunities for LDC-driven solutions;
- Applying legal real estate knowledge and understanding of the firm's alternative legal solutions to design and implement new LDC-driven processes;
- Being the key point of contact between the LDC and the real estate practice group, including ensuring projects are sufficiently staffed, tracking progress, anticipating and highlighting resourcing issues and ensuring we provide sufficient and timely updates;
- Line Management responsibility for members of the LDC's real estate team;
- Ensuring standard ways of working are adhered to and that robust checks and quality controls are in place;
- Identifying training needs and providing coaching to ensure the team have the requisite knowledge to deliver high-quality output;
- Working with real estate lawyers and the firm's broader support network to produce (and update as required) comprehensive playbooks documenting LDC processes and responsibilities;
- Assessing opportunities to improve operational processes, documentation and training; and
- Conducting performance reviews and supporting individual growth in accordance with line management responsibility.
ABOUT YOU
- Qualified Solicitor (preferably England & Wales)
- Minimum of 4 years prior experience connected to commercial real estate activity (including acquisitions & disposals and/or asset management activity)
- Able to manage and work well with people at all levels;
- Highly organised;
- Clear and effective communicator;
- Highly professional, with a dedication to exceeding expectations.
The Department / Practice Group
The Legal Delivery Centre provides innovative solutions to support the firm's high end advisory services.
The function works as an extended part of the legal team, dealing with activities that are best performed by a specialist, process-centric operation. Legal professionals (paralegals), combined with the LDC's qualified lawyers and legal technology tools, deliver a transparent service to agreed timescales, yielding very high-quality outputs.
The LDC operates from offices in Germany, Leeds and across Australia. All combine to service the requirements of the international business.