Our client is seeking a Legal Secretary -Conveyancing to join their busy team in their Northampton office. The ideal candidate will work alongside an experienced fee earner in a busy conveyancing environment assisting on a varied caseload including freehold/leasehold sales & purchase, re-mortgage, transfers of equity, right to buy and shared ownership schemes.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
1. Dealing with queries raised by clients, solicitors, lenders and estate agents, whether face to face, by telephone or by email.
2. Making detailed attendance notes of all correspondence.
3. Opening and closing files on our CMS.
4. Taking Client instructions, carry out AML checks, source of funds and gifts checks etc.
5. Ensuring files on CMS are updated with all correspondence.
6. Applying GDPR and SRA regulations, following Lexcel and firm procedures.
7. Administrative support (including photocopying and scanning etc).
8. Preparing quotes to clients.
9. Drafting completion statements.
10. Requesting mortgage redemption figures and mortgage advances.
11. Assist Fee Earner in preparing report on title, report on mortgage and search report for clients.
12. Issuing sale contracts.
13. Replying to sales enquiries on freehold and leasehold properties.
14. Ordering searches online.
15. Setting up completions.
16. Post completion admin. (...