LLP - Senior Legal Executive - PFL (LLC Team) London

Job Introduction

Are you looking for a role where you will be intellectually challenged, but treated with respect? Or an environment where you can enjoy industry-leading work quality without compromising on client contact and business development? An opportunity in our Construction team may be for you.

What do we mean by Construction? We mean providing expert legal advice to clients across an engaging mix of the supply chain, to our well established client base and liaising with our national practice and Real Estate teams. Our teams work collaboratively across these disciplines and, whilst everyone will have their area of particular expertise, we encourage cross-working so colleagues have genuine variety in their work and can use their rounded expertise to provide creative, bespoke solutions for our clients. 

So, why should you be excited about a career with us? Our team are empowered to develop their own client contacts and relationships from the start of their careers; you will see how your contribution directly impacts on your clients and understand how the service you provide helps them. We are also very proud of our client base, who provide us with top-quality instructions.  We have the backing of a truly international firm with over 2,500 colleagues across 9 countries and with a myriad of international associations further bolstering our capabilities.

We aim to encourage diversity by offering the opportunity to bring your whole self to work, underpinned by our employer brand of A Life That Works. Our team are very busy and work hard, but we offer genuine flexibility to allow you to meet your personal and work commitments – and that flexibility won’t disappear post-Covid! – it has been hardwired into our DNA for years. All across our team, from our emerging talent to our senior leadership, you won’t find a closed door, real or virtual. 

Role Responsibility

We are looking for someone to join the Construction Team to manage the Landlord Certificate (“LLC”) work stream by leading the LLC team which will consist of you and 1-2 junior paralegals.  Your role will include:

• Developing your knowledge of all aspects of Landlord Certificates which were brought in by the Building Safety Act 2022 (the “Act”) and how they affect/play into the client’s management of its buildings.
• Supervising a team of 1-2 junior paralegals.
• Managing communications with the client, the client’s portfolio agent and property managing agents to ensure that the LLCs are as complete as possible, correct and sent out on time
• Allocating the incoming LLCs and keeping track of the progress of the LLCs.
• Ensuring that the team sends out and follows up on communications with the managing agents and other relevant third parties.
• Monitoring information received from the client’s portfolio managing agent (and following up where necessary).
• Responding to queries from the client’s portfolio managing agent, tenants, managing agents and the client regarding LLCs and Leaseholder Deeds of Certificate (“LDHOC”). Where necessary, this will involve speaking with managing agents to explain certain queries or ask for further specific information.
• Reviewing the LLCs prepared by the junior paralegals and, when necessary, preparing the LLCs. 
• Ensuring that lawyers work effectively to meet the needs of the deadlines set by the Act, clients and the commercial requirements of the firm, managing any identified fee earner performance or conduct issues
• Ensuring files are run pro-actively and effectively to conclusion by the relevant paralegals, with appropriate deadlines met.
• Supporting the Construction Team with recruitment activities, such as interviewing and application short-listing.
• Ensuring that calendar and case management system are updated with diary dates as required by the matter.
• Assuming responsibility for client protocol compliance both on own files and where working on task-based assignments.
• Handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.
• Meeting and exceeding internal targets for time recording and billing.

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous supervision and / or team management experience essential.
• Sufficient technical ability to supervise the allocated sub-team.
• Have a good working knowledge of Land Registry documents and Landlord and Tenant law.
• Be interested in and willing to learn the technical aspects of construction law, litigation and the burgeoning area of law relating to the Act.
• IT literate with a good working knowledge of Excel and Word.
• Must be able to work under pressure and with a high volume caseload.
• Have excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrates alignment with the Firm’s Cultural Principles (Clear, Creative, Determined and Supportive)

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are 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-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them.  From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual.  Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are.  We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best.  Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.  If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.  Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

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