This role is to work as part of the housebuilding and development team, based in our Bristol office, providing junior fee earner support and working closely with our associates, senior associates, legal directors and partners.
The Bristol housebuilding and development team has an incredibly strong reputation. Clients include national plc housebuilders, land promoters, landowners, investors and also charities.
The Real Estate team has a proven record in paralegal progression. We very much value and see our paralegals as our “incubation hub” for future talent and have in the last 12 months alone, seen 4 former Real Estate paralegals formally qualify as solicitors with the assistance of professional development funding and mentoring from within the team and wider group.
Key responsibilities
For this particular role, your work will focus primarily on working with our national housebuilders team based in the Bristol office, which includes all aspects of brownfield site regeneration schemes, mixed use, urban extensions, the purchase and development of strategic land, joint ventures and collaborations and the development and disposals of new housing neighbourhoods.
Skills, knowledge and expertise
- Excellent academics including a 2.1 degree or better.
- A genuine interest in the law and property.
- Experience in residential development is not essential but would be advantageous.
- Excellent attention to detail, strong communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to produce work to a high standard.
- Confident with an ability to build strong relationships with clients (internal and external) and third party contacts at all levels.
- Must be flexible, organised, and self-motivated team player who is able to work within the team to achieve common goals.
- Must be able to work under pressure to meet required deadlines.
About DAC Beachcroft
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we’re market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
