Cornelia Crookes Email & Phone Number

Leeds, Gb

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

My role as part of a national team that supports the real estate team across the UK involving commercial real estate work entails: - Drafting of legal documents including leases, wayleave agreements, transfers, deeds and licences;- Providing support to fee earners on a varied caseload, with an appropriate level of supervision e.g. reporting on title, reviewing legal documents and preparing client reports;- Taking instructions and advising the clients as to progress;- Liaising and negotiation with solicitors on a daily basis;- Preparing SDLT and Land Registry applications;- Arranging for the execution of documents;- Managing my own caseload of matters from file opening and receipt of instructions to matter; completion, billing and file closure;- Assuming responsibility for quality control and benchmark compliance on own caseload, including accuracy and timeliness of management reporting and information;- Maintaining an awareness of firm's procedures and strategies;- Maintaining and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions and reading appropriate publications;- Dealing with telephone enquiries from clients, lay clients, and agents;- Handling confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols.

Leeds, United Kingdom

My supervised role being part of a team that assists our client to issue loan agreements for purchase or mortgage of freehold and leasehold estates entails;- Dealing with and managing my own caseload of freehold or leasehold properties being purchased or mortgaged from instruction stage to registration of our client’s charge at Land Registry;- Requesting undertakings from the borrower’s solicitors with regards to redemption of any existing charges that may be on the property including provision of DS1s on completion;- Conducting title checks, lease reviews related to the property that may affect security over the property in addition to obtaining all the relevant consents required under the title;- Raising queries with the borrower’s solicitors with regards to the title and any rights awarded, redemption amount/statement for any existing charge and any restrictive covenants on the title;- Detailing options and recommendations for overcoming any adverse issues on the title that may affect the transaction including ensuring the appropriate title indemnity insurance or restrictive covenant indemnity insurances are obtained as well as buildings insurance; - Preparing and issuing security documents to the borrower’s solicitors including Legal Charge, Debenture (if purchaser is a business), Undertakings, Personal Guarantees, Draft Contract and TR1s etc.;- Preparing and drafting completion documents for file review by supervisor and client’s conditions for drawdown are met before proceeding to completion;- Drafting and preparing certificates of title and lease reports,AP1 documents and making Land Registry applications for registration of client’s charge including relevant support documents such as SDLT, signed Legal Charge, DS1 etc;- Progressing matters from initial instructions to responding to any Land Registry requisitions in addition to ensuring our client’s security is gained over every matter.

West Yorkshire

Part of my job role to the Real Estate Litigation fee earners includes:• Drafting documents and precedents (i.e. Section 25 Notices, S146 Notices, Settlement Agreements, Court forms/documents etc.);• Legal research for the fee earners on Landlord and Tenant dispute related matters;• Dealing, corresponding and assisting clients with relevant matters under supervision;• Instructing bailiffs and advocates in relation to Possession proceedings, Trespasser/Squatter proceedings;• Assisting fee earners in negotiation and completion of transactions and claims;• Review of occupational documents (Leases, Licences, Deeds etc.) and liaising with clients and fee earners.

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Leeds, United Kingdom

Leeds, United Kingdom

My roles and responsibilities as an administrative assistant for a Real Estate Fee earner included:- Capturing and completing of client, party and matter details in the relevant case management systems- Coordinate information from Fee Earners to resolve conflict of interest scenarios by running details through relevant systems.- Liaising with Land Registry to get relevant Official Copies, Deeds, Leases for the Fee Earners and paralegals. Running Search Index Map searches through Land Registry.- Running Searches through Search Flow on properties going on sale, auctions.- Working with estate agents to verify changes to controlled data (e.g. purchaser’s full names and address for the contracts, solicitor’s details representing the purchaser through Law Society)- Opening of new clients on databases and opening cases on relevant case management systems- Making copies of original documents on behalf of Fee Earner.- Typing and sending letters to request more documents during residential transactions.- Managing and monitoring clients’ generic mailbox for client facing requests.- Complete telegraphic payments after completion of sale to estate agents and clients’ account.- File management – archiving, house keeping of files & closure, both hard copy and using various systems, photocopying and scanning documents to send to both clients and solicitors as requested.- Dealing with incoming and outgoing post on a daily basis.

Dorking

I was responsible for ensuring accurate and timely execution of administrative processes in relation to the processing of retirement benefits for corporate organisations.· Was part of the payments team that processed legacy corporate retirement benefits· Delivered agreed service levels to enable client satisfaction.· Managed retirement dates, fund values and different formulas to calculate and perform my daily roles.· Dealt with customers' and financial advisors' complaints and issues in a professional and effective manner.. Made calls to members regarding their various benefits and in addition took calls at specific days during the working week to deal with members and financial advisors enquiries.· Additionally, I recorded and processed information on company systems to enable completion of work in compliance with FCA regulations and the DPA Act.

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