The Department

JMW's Real Estate Finance team is one of the largest dedicated finance teams in the northwest and benefits from more than 20 years of industry-specific knowledge and experience. They have a culture of creativity and innovation and a passion for building long-standing relationships with clients. 

They work in the regulated and unregulated lending spheres on both a dual and sole representation basis. They advise a wide range of clients including investors, institutional lenders, banks, specialist financiers, peer-to-peer lenders, fin-tech companies, short-term bridging lenders and mezzanine funders. 

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Paralegal to join the Real Estate Finance Department in our Manchester office. The role will be supporting fee earners with their caseloads.  

Previous relevant experience in Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Residential or Real Estate Commercial preferred. This will be a fantastic opportunity for the successful applicant to develop their legal knowledge in a friendly and supportive environment. 

The role will be fully office-based initially, with the option to work from home one day a week following a successful settling in period and subject to performance. 

Role Responsibilities:         

• Drafting security documentation for checking by supervising fee earner.
• Making and receiving calls to clients and third parties involved in the transaction.
• Drafting mortgage reports under the supervision of your supervising fee earner.
• Responding promptly to requests for updates from clients, agents, brokers and introducers.
• Updating introducer / update portals where necessary.
• Ordering documents from HMLR.
• Ordering bankruptcy searches, priority searches and company searches.
• Drafting and submitting MR01’s to Companies House.
• Preparing files for completion.
• Dealing with files at completion stage including preparing outgoing digital payments.
• Undertaking Lawyer Checker and Company Court searches.
• Ensuring that the case management system is fully up to date 
• Submitting applications to Land Registry and HMRC.
• Dealing with redemptions.
• Ensuring clients and introducers receive the best possible service at all times.

Working for JMW 

As well as a rewarding career, JMW offers its colleagues many other opportunities and benefits, including:

• A minimum of 25 days' annual leave (increasing with length of service) plus office closure between Christmas and New Year
• Employee Pension Scheme – SMART pension scheme
• Travel Insurance – covering you and eligible family members
• Death In Service - 3 x basic salary
• Private Medical Insurance (subject to opting in) and option of contributing to add eligible family members
• Income Protection - cover of up to 75% of salary
• Access to an interest free travel pass/parking loan
• A one-hour early finish, one Friday a month
• Two days a year to do charitable work, with a huge variety of events to get involved in
• The opportunity to participate in sports teams, hobby clubs, and social events
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders
• Annual promotions process open to all
• Work and employee referral schemes

More information including a full list of our benefits and company culture can be found on the careers home page, and via our social media channels – X, Instagram, LinkedIn.