Residential Property Paralegal

  • Mckinlay Law
  • Jan 21, 2026
Full time Legal

Job Description

Salary: £36,000 (negotiable depending on experience)

Location: Central London

Hybrid: Yes

Prestigious London law firm are looking for a residential property paralegal to join their team and deliver a high-quality service and care to the firm's established and HNW client base.

Key duties will include:

  • Completing and submitting stamp duty land tax forms online
  • Preparing legal documents including OYEZ forms and residential contracts of sale
  • Dealing with the Land Registry Online Portal
  • File opening and preparing AML documentation
  • Companies House Registrations
  • Carrying out online property searches
  • File closing including matter balances
  • Post completion tasks and administration
  • Sending out draft contract packs
  • Scheduling of deeds to mortgage lenders
  • Drafting agreements, deeds and contracts
  • Requesting management packs for leasehold properties

It is essential that you have at least 6 months' experience as a residential property paralegal from another London / international law firm and excellent email drafting skills. Exceptional communication and client skills are also essential as you will be expected to build rapport and relationships with high profile partners and third parties. This role is a mixture of fee earning and administrative work looking after a HNW and UHNW client base.

Excellent opportunity for a residential property paralegal to gain hands on experience and work with more autonomy and responsibility in a top London law firm.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.