Legal Assistant

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Legal Assistant to join the Agriculture department in our Lincoln office.

Wilkin Chapman is one of the largest law firms in Lincolnshire and South and East Yorkshire regions, with an unrivalled breadth and depth of expertise and experience.

We are distinguished by our approachability, innovation and commitment to providing the best service we can to our clients along with achieving and maintaining quality standards.

We believe that this quality, service-led approach is also reflected by the number of accreditations and recommendations that the firm regularly achieves with the UK's leading legal directories, such as Legal 500, Chambers UK and is ranked 111 in The Lawyer UK’s top 200 law firms by turnover.

This is an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic and self motivated individual to join the firm's busy Agriculture team. The duties will involve assisting solicitors with administrative aspects of matters; undertaking searches; preparing transaction documentation liaising with third party providers, other departments and communicating with clients.

This position would suit a candidate who has the ability to work as part of a team and excellent organisational and IT skills.

Knowledge and experience of property work would be preferred.

• Attending to file opening and closure procedures
• Using Land Registry Direct to identify and download documents
• Creating documents based on department precedents
• Preparing search requests and chasing up search results
• Obtaining and putting in place insurance
• Preparing draft completion statements
• Preparing and submitting Stamp Duty Land Tax forms
• Preparing and submitting Land Registry applications
• Attending to post completion work including registration work and dealing with any Land Registry requisitions.
• Assisting Solicitors to keep their files in good order and taking on administrative tasks to maintain efficient systems.
• Dealing with telephone calls effectively and efficiently in a professional and courteous manner.
• To assist other teams other than Agri Property from time to time as directed.
• Effectively manage deeds used within the team, liaising with archiving and assisting with the release of deeds to clients.
• Attending to the submission of client maintenance reports to ensure good financial hygiene within the team.
• Generally to support the Agri Property team to provide high quality services to our clients.
• To support the business development work under taken by the Agri & Food Sector.

• Candidates should preferably possess some legal experience or knowledge of the Law but this is not essential as training will be given.

Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate:

• An ability to show initiative and establish positive working relationships with colleagues
• Proven ability to take responsibility for tasks and meeting deadlines
• Excellent communication and client care skills
• Excellent organisation and administration skills
• Proficient IT user.
• Understanding and adopting the Firm’s values and behaviours. 

Wilkin Chapman is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious practice or any other perceived differences.  We are an armed forces friendly employer.

Our Values

All that we do is shaped by our five values: Service, Teamwork, Approachability, Innovation and Commitment to achieving results. These values are the bedrock of Wilkin Chapman, they define who and what we are - they underpin everything that we do. For more information on our values, please click here.

If you have any queries regarding this position, please contact recruitment@wilkinchapman.co.uk.