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Ashurst LLP Don't show me jobs from Ashurst LLP

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London Don't show me jobs in this location

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You must be a qualified lawyer with real estate finance experience. Our expertise extends to all aspects of real estate finance across Europe including: Secured funding for lenders and borrowers - vanilla lending or structured finance solutions; Property investments via collective investment schemes (such as limited partnerships, LLCs, unit trusts, Shariah compliant structures and/or joint ventures); Commercial mortgage-backed securitisations; Sale and leasebacks (including Opco-Propco sale and leasebacks, both internal and external); Public to privates of property companies; Restructuring; Development financing; Lending to pan-European funds. Main tasks Contribute to professional development and know-how including drafting or updating standard documents. You will take day to day responsibility for more straightforward matters and progress complex matters. Help to plan matter procedures and deadlines. You will be able to identify when a team member needs support and will be approachable for advice. You will have experience in drafting documents of a complex nature. You will be effective in communicating with the client in order to understand their needs. Excellent attention to detail and the ability to collate information from various sources. Essential skills We are looking for someone with specific experience within Real Estate Finance.

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Ashurst LLP Don't show me jobs from Ashurst LLP

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London Don't show me jobs in this location

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You will require specialist working legal knowledge in Real Estate Planning. Contribute to professional development and know-how including drafting or updating standard documents. You will take day to day responsibility for more straightforward matters and progress complex matters. Help to plan matter procedures and deadlines. You will be able to identify when a team member needs support and will be approachable for advice. You will have experience in drafting documents and submissions of a complex nature, instructing and interviewing witness and full document review and preparation. You will be effective in communicating with the client in order to understand their needs. Excellent attention to detail and ability to collate information from various sources.

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Bond Pearce LLP Don't show me jobs from Bond Pearce LLP

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£0 to £0 per year

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Bristol Don't show me jobs in this location

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Permanent

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Part time

Bond Pearce LLP is a leading commercial law firm providing commercial, corporate, real estate and dispute resolution services. We have achieved the title of 'Best Legal Adviser' in the Legal Week Intelligence Client Satisfaction Report for the second year running, as well as being ranked in the top three of the 75 biggest business UK law firms. We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Legal Secretary to join our successful Real Estate Team in Bristol, working on a part-time basis (17.5 hours a week, days negotiable). This department comprises of more than 100 lawyers and is praised by clients for their excellent knowledge of specialist legislation. We are looking for someone with previous legal secretarial experience, ideally gained within a commercial real estate environment. Your duties will include audio typing (using digital dictation), document creation and amendment, diary management, filing and other administrative duties. As a property secretary you will also complete various pre-completion searches, stamp duty applications and registration of properties. This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful commercial law firm, who place huge importance in their people. People are at the very heart of what we do, and for our business to succeed we need the most talented and motivated teams in place. If you have the required experience (as detailed above), along with first-class IT and organisational skills, we would like to hear from you. You could be just a step away from a job where you really will be valued and supported every step of the way. secretary property real estate

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Migration Don't show me jobs from Migration

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£0 to £0 per year

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London Don't show me jobs in this location

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Permanent

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Full time

Who we are looking for PwC Legal LLP is an independent member of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) international network of firms. Based in London, we have more than 20 partners and employ over 150 people. As well as project-based, specialist legal advice, we offer our clients ongoing general counsel support; and our alignment with PwC makes us unique in our ability to provide seamless, multi-disciplinary advice. As we're part of the PwC network, we can call upon the firm's specialists when we need to offer complete, rounded solutions for clients. We often work with PwC tax advisers, human capital consultants, corporate finance and financial services experts, actuaries, management consultants and, of course, accountants. What's more, we have access to legal expertise in over 70 countries and immigration expertise in over 112 countries. We are seeking a qualified solicitor with strong technical skills to support the growth of the Real Estate team. For the successful candidate, this role offers the opportunity to gain broad commercial property experience. About the role PwC Legal is genuinely unique amongst UK law firms due to its connection with PwC - the largest professional services firm in the world. This offers our legal real estate team the opportunity to work alongside market leading experts across PwC in tax, assurance and advisory on a real estate basis. The team is involved in a wide variety of projects - ranging from traditional real estate transaction and management work to complex, high value, tax driven structuring. Some of the high profile work in which we have recently been involved illustrate how our relatively small team can differentiate itself in a crowded market and attract high quality work. Our recent assignments include: * acting for the administrators on an extensively reported transaction involving the sale of five City office buildings in a CMBS enforcement; * acting for one of the leading professional services firms in connection with the re-gearing of the leases of one of its headquarter buildings; and * restructuring a household name retail clients property portfolio, by the creation of a new, off-shore holding structure and transferring properties to a value of approximately 500m. The strategic objective for PwC's Legal's real estate team is to increase revenues threefold by 2015. You will have the opportunity to make a contribution to these ambitious plans for the development of the business and, in doing so, to progress your own career. The vacancy has arisen due to the increasing level of activity and the team's planned revenue growth in the coming financial year. To be a success in this role you will have: - strong technical legal expertise - enthusiasm and a willingness to learn - the ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team - excellent organisational and project management skills - good interpersonal and communications skills - commercial awareness - a flexible mindset You will be involved in handling all aspects of the team's work. The role will initially be focused on project delivery and you will benefit from working with the team, gaining experience in traditional real estate transactions, real estate tax structuring and other complex, high profile work. You will be have a high level of client contact and can expect to be given responsibility at an early stage. The appointment will be at Manager level. Requirements The following skills are required for this role: Essential skills needed for the role: * Solicitor with current Practising Certificate. * 2:1 degree * Strong technical expertise in real estate law gained from a Top 50 law firm who specialise in real estate * Excellent organisational and project management skills. Desirable skills sought for the role: * Good interpersonal and communication skills. * Commercial awareness. * Practical, solution orientated approach to problem solving. Our Competencies At PwC Legal LLP our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us. real estate solicitor pwc legal london lawyer barrister legal counsel attorney

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Welbeck Wealth Management Ltd Don't show me jobs from Welbeck Wealth Management Ltd

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£0 to £0 per year

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London Don't show me jobs in this location

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Graduate Trainee - Tax Broker - City, London Welbeck Solutions are looking for high achieving entrepreneurs with ambition and determination to join our team of brokers. Solutions is part of Welbeck Group, which provides a wide variety of financial planning products and advice from wealth creation to asset protection for both high net-worth individuals and small to medium sized enterprises. Solutions specialises solely in offering the prudent taxpayer access to structures and intellectual endeavour that allow the successful management of their tax affairs. Taxation is one of the largest expenses individuals will have to endure. At the Welbeck Group, we believe tax advice is an essential part of your financial planning with the benefits being an eye opening experience. Just as taxes have increased and the legislation imposing taxation has grown more complicated, the need has never been greater to turn to experienced tax professionals for advice. Welbeck Solutions has a proven track-record in introducing clients to tax specialists offering bespoke tax solutions for both businesses and private individuals, drawing on established relationships with leading law firms, accountants and investment banks. Our tax specialists develop structures and solutions to assist private and business clients, with varied and often sophisticated requirements. We also review your current tax position and help you make an informed decision about your financial affairs. The successful candidate need not have any experience in tax but will ideally be a graduate, have excellent client servicing skills and will have an aptitude for working with numbers. Most importantly they will be ambitious and driven, with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and creative intelligence. We are looking for excellent communication skills as you will be dealing with high net worth individuals face-to-face and also will need to be exceptionally presentable in attire. We have a structured training programme designed for rewarding those with ambition and it is realistic for the successful candidate to earn in excess of 50k in year one. To apply, please click on the Apply online button below and send your CV and cover letter with the reference TAX. graduate trainee tax broker financial graduate grad services accountancy graduate customer services

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Welbeck Wealth Management Ltd Don't show me jobs from Welbeck Wealth Management Ltd

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London Don't show me jobs in this location

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Graduate Trainee - Financial Advisor, City, London Welbeck Group is a prestigious Financial Services company based in the City of London. We have a number of opportunities for Graduates to join our fast track Trainee Financial Advisor scheme and are looking for high achieving entrepreneurs with ambition and determination to join our team of professional advisors who provide a wide variety of financial planning products and advice from wealth creation to asset protection for both high net-worth individuals and small to medium sized enterprises. We are looking for individuals to join our core division, Welbeck Consulting UK LLP where we offer a bespoke service to clients covering all our clients needs such as investment planning, retirement planning, inheritance tax planning, estate planning, income protection and life cover insurance, school fees planning and regular savings plans, mortgage and property services and tax solutions. The successful candidate need not have any experience but will ideally be a graduate, have excellent client servicing skills and will have a determination to go that extra mile. Most importantly they will be self- driven, with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and creative intelligence. We are looking for individuals with exceptional levels of energy, drive, persistence and personality. Our advisors are expected to be excellently presented and possess outstanding communication skills to establish long term client relationships. We have a structured training programme designed for rewarding those with ambition and you will have the opportunity to gain industry recognized financial planning qualifications through the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Institute of Financial Services. You will be supported in your goal by a network of specialists including IFAs, mortgage brokers, tax solutions brokers and Quality Managers. The training received aims to support your continued career progression from trainee to Partner status within the firm and our expectation is that all trainees will progress through to management level where they will benefit from bonus and equity share scheme. Why Us? Our organisation is the best firm to work for and it recruits and keeps the best people. We consistently deliver the best service value and we are recognised by competitors as the real leaders in our field. We strive to sustain excellence which is contributed by a number of factors including long standing and experienced managers. Our ethos is based upon meritocracy in compensation and authority, devotion to client service, high professional and ethical standards, a strong culture that always reinforces professional standards of excellence, long term values, policies, concepts and behaviour consistently bringing in new opportunities. We see ourselves as unique and seldom try to learn much from competitors. Our advisors have shared commitments and our focus is always on finding ways to do better and be better. Our aspirations are not on what they want to be but on what we want to do. In an emerging financial and economic environment, we have adapted to change fast and attracted more important clients, developed leadership throughout the firm and set the standard of excellence within our industry. Earnings are dependant upon performance on a judge by result ethos, but as an indication the first year remuneration package for a trainee financial advisor is circ 40k OTE pa Graduates will enter at trainee level with the opportunity to fast track to Partner level. For further information about us visit our website. HOW TO APPLY To apply, please click on the Apply online button below and send your CV and cover letter for the attention of Greg Knight. graduate trainee financial advisor graduate financial services

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DAC Beachcroft LLP Don't show me jobs from DAC Beachcroft LLP

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£0 to £0 per year

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Leeds Don't show me jobs in this location

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Full time

Overview of Practice Area/Background DAC Beachcroft is a leading international legal business with more than 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. We provide a full service claims, transactional, commercial, risk and advisory capability. We work with clients in a select range of industry sectors and are market leaders in health, insurance and real estate. We are agile, progressive and easy to engage with. Our flexible approach to resourcing enables us to apply the right mix of legal, commercial and process skills to deliver the right outcome at the right price, depending on our clients' individual needs. We pride ourselves on measuring our performance against our clients' expectations. Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2012, recognised 121 of our partners and professionals as leading lawyers and we hold with 84 rankings in 34 separate practice areas, 20 of which are number one rankings. In 2009 we achieved certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and in 2011 we were awarded ISO27001 certification for our information security procedures. We are the largest law firm in the country to obtain a silver Investors in People award. The firm is committed to supporting the communities in which we operate through charitable giving, pro bono work and via structured programmes including those operated by Business in the Community and The Prince's Trust. Our Professional and Commercial Risks Team advises insurers and professional organisations when they are faced with the threat of a professional negligence claim. They act on numerous high value and sensitive claims for clients throughout the UK including solicitors, surveyors, accountants, brokers, engineers, architects and their insurers. The team are particularly experienced in the deployment of alternative dispute resolution techniques, including mediation and arbitration. The Leeds team includes commercial litigation (with a particular emphasis on financial services) and is in the top tier rankings for professional negligence in both the Legal 500 and Chambers directories, with a number of recognised leading individuals within the team. The team also includes a market leading claims handling team, Beachcroft Specialist Claims Services, handling several thousand professional indemnity claims on an outsourced basis on behalf of London Market Insurers. Core Responsibilities The overall purpose of this role is to provide a timely, professional and high-quality service to clients in the management of professional indemnity cases. You'll typically work, under supervision, on professional indemnity cases up to a value of 50K and/or cases without complex coverage issues (eg surveyor and estate agent claims). This is a challenging and interesting role that will require you to develop a knowledge of legal issues in respect of a variety of professions as well as building an understanding of each profession's own rules, procedures and regulatory framework. Your day to day role will entail conducting a review of new cases, completing case checklists to identify coverage issues and assess liability and quantum whilst establishing strategy for each case and resolving claims through negotiation of settlement, rebuttal of claim and/or declining of cover and draft correspondence to brokers/insureds requesting additional information as required. You'll also have ongoing contact with the client throughout the case to report on progress and take further instructions and will instruct experts and external counsel where appropriate. You'll play a key role in developing and maintaining client relationships and ensure that the client's brand and methodology are promoted effectively in all dealings with third parties. It is crucial that you handle confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols. Key Skills You will be of graduate calibre with an excellent academic record. Previous experience of working as a claims paralegal or similar within the field of professional indemnity is desirable. As you'll be working on our systems, IT literacy is important and you'll have working knowledge of Word and Excel and good keyboard skills. Knowledge/previous experience of case management systems would be an advantage but training will be provided. It is equally important that you are client focused with an ability to build strong relationships with client and third party contacts at all levels. Confidence communication skills both orally and in writing are of great importance within the role too. In order to succeed within this role you will be able to work to deadlines, prioritise own workload effectively under pressure and manage conflicting priorities and therefore a strength in organisation and planning is vital. You will have a proactive, energetic and tenacious approach to identifying issues and solving problems. Additionally you will need to be quality and customer service oriented with a concern for accuracy and an eye for detail. A collegiate and team approach to sharing knowledge is essential as you will be working with colleagues across locations, as is the ability to progress tasks using your own initiative (seeking guidance and input from others where appropriate). You are committed and enthusiastic with a professional and flexible attitude to work and a desire to commit long term to a career in this field. Application Details DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please send your CV to us. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. claims handler

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DAC Beachcroft LLP Don't show me jobs from DAC Beachcroft LLP

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£0 to £0 per year

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Leeds Don't show me jobs in this location

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Overview of Practice Area/Background DAC Beachcroft is a leading international legal business with more than 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. We provide a full service claims, transactional, commercial, risk and advisory capability. We work with clients in a select range of industry sectors and are market leaders in health, insurance and real estate. We are agile, progressive and easy to engage with. Our flexible approach to resourcing enables us to apply the right mix of legal, commercial and process skills to deliver the right outcome at the right price, depending on our clients' individual needs. We pride ourselves on measuring our performance against our clients' expectations. Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2012, recognised 121 of our partners and professionals as leading lawyers and we hold with 84 rankings in 34 separate practice areas, 20 of which are number one rankings. In 2009 we achieved certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and in 2011 we were awarded ISO27001 certification for our information security procedures. We are the largest law firm in the country to obtain a silver Investors in People award. The firm is committed to supporting the communities in which we operate through charitable giving, pro bono work and via structured programmes including those operated by Business in the Community and The Prince's Trust. Our Professional and Commercial Risks Team advises insurers and professional organisations when they are faced with the threat of a professional negligence claim. They act on numerous high value and sensitive claims for clients throughout the UK including solicitors, surveyors, accountants, brokers, engineers, architects and their insurers. The team are particularly experienced in the deployment of alternative dispute resolution techniques, including mediation and arbitration. The Leeds team includes commercial litigation (with a particular emphasis on financial services) and is in the top tier rankings for professional negligence in both the Legal 500 and Chambers directories, with a number of recognised leading individuals within the team. The team also includes a market leading claims handling team, Beachcroft Specialist Claims Services, handling several thousand professional indemnity claims on an outsourced basis on behalf of London Market Insurers. Core Responsibilities The overall purpose of this role is to provide a timely, professional and high-quality service to clients in the management of professional indemnity cases. Senior Claims Handlers will typically work on professional indemnity cases with a value of up to 250k and/or more complex cases with, for example, coverage issues (e.g. construction/architects/consulting engineers claims). Within this role you will manage a varied professional indemnity caseload, which will include developing a knowledge of legal issues in respect of a variety of professions as well as building an understanding of each profession's procedures and regulatory framework. Your day to day role will involve setting up of new files by reviewing incoming instructions and all associated tasks with the support from the administrator, reviewing new cases and ultimately establishing the best strategy. As such you'll be drafting correspondence to brokers/insured party requesting additional information as and when required to resolve claims, review panel reports and obtain instructions where appropriate and maintaining ongoing contact with the clients throughout the process. You will play a key role in developing and maintaining client relationships and ensure that the client's brand and methodology are promoted effectively in all dealing with third parties. You will assume responsibility for quality control and client protocol compliance on own caseload, including accuracy and timeliness of record keeping, file management and management reporting and information. You will also be required to assume management duties as and when required. Handling confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols. Key Skills You will be of graduate calibre with an excellent academic record and previous experience of working as a claims paralegal or similar within the field of professional indemnity is desirable. An interest in the area of insurance claims management is a pre-requisite. As we work with case management and IT systems, it's important that you're IT literate with working knowledge of Word and Excel and have confident oral and written communication skills. Although knowledge/previous experience of case management systems would be an advantage, training will be provided. It's vital that you're client focused with an ability to build strong relationships with clients/third party contacts and the ability to work to deadlines as we pride ourselves on the service we provide to our clients and the relationships we have with them. Prioritisation of your own workload is crucial in order to manage conflicting priorities. You will have a proactive and energetic approach with a tenacious approach to identifying issues and solving problems. You are team oriented, with a collegiate approach to sharing knowledge and have the ability to progress tasks using your own initiative, seeking guidance and input from others where appropriate. In order to succeed in this role you will possess a committed, enthusiastic, flexible and professional attitude to work. It is crucial to handle confidential data in line with the firms data security protocols. Application Details DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please send your CV to us. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. senior claims handler professional negligence supervisor

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Bond Pearce LLP Don't show me jobs from Bond Pearce LLP

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Southampton Don't show me jobs in this location

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Our Real Estate teams are experiencing a period of growth thanks to new client wins and increased instructions from key clients, nationally. We work with an enviable client base including large FTSE retailers, institutional investors and pension portfolio providers, and our success has most recently been seen in completing the largest South East office letting outside of the city of London last year. As part of this continued growth we are looking to recruit a further Lawyer for our Chambers premier rated team in Southampton. Working with Partners Anna Robbins and Alistair Walton, this role will focus largely on landlord and tenant and portfolio management instructions for large multinational retailers and other corporate occupiers. The successful candidate will become part of a close knit and supportive team, which prides itself on delivering outstanding client service - a tenet which has been key in its, and the firms continuing success. Strong commercial property experience from a city or large regional firm is a must, particularly within landlord and tenant work, as is the ability to make a positive impact on our teams and our clients. You will need to work collaboratively and communicate effectively. In return we are offering the opportunity to join one of the premier rated Real Estate teams outside of London where your career ambitions will be supported, and where success is celebrated. commercial property real estate landlord and tenant

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DLA Piper UK LLP Don't show me jobs from DLA Piper UK LLP

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London Don't show me jobs in this location

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DLA Piper's Leveraged Finance team is one of the largest and most active teams in the UK and continental Europe. We regularly advise senior lenders, mezzanine lenders, venture capitalists and companies on all aspects of leveraged debt financing. This includes all aspects of the debt financing of public and private company acquisitions, MBOs, MBIs and other institutional buyouts in the UK and internationally. The team also offers legal advice to financiers delivering solutions where the offering consists of a combination of senior, mezzanine, subordinated and equity funding. We provide continuing advice and assistance to clients in dealing with distressed credit issues and work closely with our restructuring group to find appropriate solutions. With a team of nearly 40 partners and lawyers in the UK, we offer a wealth of expertise and the capacity to undertake complex deals in exacting timescales. Through our leading corporate, tax, real estate and restructuring practices we provide full service support to the most complex of transactions. The team now seeks to recruit an additional, technically excellent, solicitor with at least five years' experience in a firm rated for its Finance practice.