Commercial Property Legal Assistant - Bournemouth

Bournemouth | Permanent | Legal assistant or strong administrator | Salary dependent on experience

An established Bournemouth firm is looking for a Legal Assistant to support its commercial property team. Commercial property is one of the harder practice areas to break into at assistant level, because most support roles sit in residential. That makes this a genuinely useful opportunity for someone who wants broader, more technical property exposure early in their career.

The Role

• Supporting commercial property fee earners across sales, purchases, leases and refinances

• Preparing and managing documents, contract packs and completion paperwork

• Ordering searches and handling Land Registry and SDLT filings

• Liaising with clients, agents and lenders

• General file management and keeping matters progressing to deadline

About You

• Previous legal assistant or legal administration experience, ideally within property

• Organised and accurate, with the confidence to chase what needs chasing

• Professional with clients and comfortable in a busy team

• Interested in building a career in commercial property specifically

Why Consider It

• Commercial rather than residential exposure, which is rarer and more valuable at this level

• An established local firm with a settled, supportive team

• A foundation that opens doors, whether towards paralegal work, CILEX or beyond

To hear more about this role in confidence, contact Ben Holtom at RecQuest, South Coast legal recruitment specialists.