Conveyancing Assistant - Edinburgh - Gilson Gray

Conveyancing Assistant - Edinburgh

Conveyancing Assistant - Edinburgh

About Gilson Gray

Gilson Gray’s Conveyancing team is part of Gilson Gray’s continuingly growing organisation. Gilson Gray LLP is a comprehensive law firm, offering expert legal, property and financial services. We support clients throughout their entire lifetime. The Conveyancing team have decades of experience in the local property market and can advise on every property related transaction.

Based in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, North Berwick, Lincoln and London we focus on ensuring we provide the highest level of advice and ongoing service to our clients. We are ambitious and have significantly grown the team in the last year. We pride ourselves in looking after our clients personally and providing the highest standard of service.

This role would be based in our Edinburgh office.

Our Team

We are looking to hire a highly driven Conveyancing Assistant to join one of our successful Residential teams’ in Edinburgh.

We are an enthusiastic team supporting each other to achieve a great working environment. We value each other’s expertise and opinion and pride ourselves in offering an inclusive, enjoyable and motivating place to work.

The Role

We are looking to further strengthen our current team with the appointment of an experienced candidate.

As a Conveyancing Assistant at Gilson Gray LLP you’ll be responsible for:

  • Liaising with clients, providing updates, and taking accurate messages
  • Ordering Redemption Statements
  • Ordering pre-sale reports along with updates closer to settlement
  • Drafting legal documentation for signing e.g. Dispositions, Securities, Discharges, LBTT returns, and sending to clients/lenders
  • Lodging Advance Notices
  • Update LMS and Lender Exchange
  • Submitting and paying LBTT returns
  • Registration of all legal documents
  • NHBC activation
  • Dealing with all post settlement enquiries
  • Send the updated title sheet to lender, client and other party’s solicitors
  • Completing all allocated tasks and day to day general correspondence
  • Use of LawPro our case management system
  • Diary management
  • General administration support

Required Knowledge and Experience

  • Previous experience in a property or administration role is preferred.
  • Broad experience of Microsoft Office, advanced Excel and strong experience of customer service via telephone and email.

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