Senior Paralegal
Couchman Hanson is looking for a driven and attentive Senior Paralegal to join our friendly, professional and established Private Client team in our new Haslemere Office.
About You
You’ll be an experienced paralegal with 10+ years in Private Client with strong interpersonal skills and have experience of supporting a busy team of solicitors.
You’ll be able to easily demonstrate the following (but not limited to):
Dealing with day to day administration of probate files – i.e. receipting cheques, paying debts with basic letters, completing encashment forms, legacy receipts and running and updating Estate Accounts
Assisting with client take on formalities such as drafting of client and matter opening forms, client due diligence and money laundering requirements and preparing draft retainers
Drafting of Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection application forms
Assisting with the drafting of Wills, Letters of Wishes and trust documentation
Assisting with secretarial and telephone cover when required
The Role
This will be a hands-on role where you will be involved in aspects of Private Client and will work with an experienced team of solicitors.
This role offers a competitive salary to match the candidate’s experience.
Role is Full Time including Saturday presence.
About Us
We’re entrepreneurial thinking, using technology to our advantage, or finding ways of working that gives our solicitors the flexibility to deliver the dedicated and personal service our clients expect.
At Couchman Hanson we foster a thoughtful and flexible work environment and believe everyone's role within the firm is to be service focused, whilst adding value internally and externally.
If you’re interested in this role, please submit your CV with the subject title “Senior Paralegal” to enquiries@couchmanhanson.co.uk