Paralegal - Real Estate & Corporate, Singapore

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We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Real Estate and Corporate Paralegal to provide comprehensive legal support across both property and corporate practice areas. This role involves assisting with a broad range of transactions, including real estate matters, corporate governance, and commercial arrangements, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
The successful candidate will support lawyers in managing transactions, preparing and reviewing legal documentation, conducting due diligence, and liaising with clients and external stakeholders. The role requires strong organisational skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, and a proactive approach to supporting legal and administrative processes.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to gain exposure to a diverse portfolio of work within a dynamic and professional environment, while contributing to the smooth delivery of high-quality legal services.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist fee earners with international conveyancing transactions - Prepare, draft, and review legal documents including sale and purchase agreements, leases, transfer pro-forma documents. This role does not involve handling Singapore conveyancing transactions.
• Liaise with clients, fee earners, and other stakeholders to facilitate smooth transactions. This will include responding to client inquiries and provide updates on transaction status in a timely and professional manner.
• Manage file opening and closing procedures, ensuring all documentation is accurate and compliant. Maintain organised records of case files, correspondence, and legal documents.
• Coordinate and track key transaction status, timelines, milestones, and deadlines.
• Assist with loan documentation and financing arrangements with financial institutions.
• Support due diligence exercises for mergers and acquisitions, investments, and financing transactions.
• Organise and manage data rooms and corporate documentation for transactions.
• As a secondary responsibility - Perform general administrative support for the legal team where there is additional capacity to do so.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Minimum of two years' experience gained in a comparable environment (ideally law firm) at an appropriate level.
• Confident stakeholder manager, with proven experience engaging with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with accurate use of grammar and punctuation.
• Strong proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Strong organisational and multitasking skills, with the ability to work in a fast-paced, international environment.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Dynamic problem-solver, capable of finding creative, commercial, and pragmatic solutions where required.
• Flexible and adaptable, with a willingness to meet client needs.
• Proficient in Microsoft office suite. Proficiency in iManage is desirable but not required.
• Able to work effectively both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.
We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.
Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.
Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.
Are you up for the challenge?", "salary_raw": "Row(double=None, string=None)"}