Experience

Howard Kennedy LLP

• Legal Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Banking and Real Estate Finance Paralegal

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Rare Recruitment

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Candidate

  • Jun 2020 - Present



DKLM LLP

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Paralegal

  • Jun 2021 - Jan 2023

  - Hired as a full-time paralegal in the Real Estate/Bridging Finance team of a boutique law firm specialising in property law. - Responsibilities involve reviewing, amending, and drafting sections of loan agreements in accordance with client instructions. - Handling post-completion matters, including registering charges with Companies House and drafting Land Registry documents. - Acted on the bridging loan for the purchase of a shopping centre. Reviewed lease documents and arrears schedules for each unit, compiled key information and red flags, and raised enquiries with the seller’s solicitors based on missing information. Show less



Axiom DWFM

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Paralegal

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  - Hired as a paralegal in the Real Estate team of a full-service regional commercial law firm. Responsible for working on a broad range of commercial and residential property transactions. - Acted for five different sellers on the sale of 16 commercial units in Hayes. Reviewed title documents to find existing charges, acquired redemption statements for each charge and arranged the redemption of each loan post-completion. - On numerous conveyancing transactions, carried out due diligence to ensure clients were compliant with AML/KYC requirements, ordered searches on properties and raised enquiries with the seller’s solicitors based on the results. - Following completion, submitted Stamp Duty Land Tax returns and registered the transactions with the Land Registry. Show less



India Inc. Group

• United Kingdom
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme Executive

  • May 2020 - Dec 2020

  - Hired as a Programme Executive for a London-based media start-up. Worked with a small team to curate corporate conferences discussing India’s global position, featuring industry leaders and well-known political figures. - Secured funding from Citibank India for an event in 2020 and supervised the onboarding of over 75 high profile speakers. - Implemented a system to allow our team to work efficiently while working remotely across multiple time zones, which involved using collaborative working software such as Microsoft SharePoint. Show less



House of Commons

• United Kingdom
• Political Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Parliamentary Assistant

  • Sep 2014 - Sep 2019

  - Hired for a full-time role as a Parliamentary Assistant for the Harrow East constituency after attending a successful work experience programme in 2014. This role involved a mix of Parliamentary casework and political research. - Advised members of the public on issues of homelessness, immigration and healthcare. Liaised with relevant government bodies to provide quick resolution to constituent problems. [flesh out if possible] - Based on my consistently strong performance, I was invited back during university holidays and offered more responsibility. Show less



J D Wetherspoon

• United Kingdom
• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bar Associate

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

  - Hired as a Bar Associate at a well-known UK pub chain. Worked over 24 hours per week while studying an LLM. - Worked with a team of 90 to provide high quality customer service in a busy and high-pressure environment. - Hired as a Bar Associate at a well-known UK pub chain. Worked over 24 hours per week while studying an LLM. - Worked with a team of 90 to provide high quality customer service in a busy and high-pressure environment.



Ashurst

• London, United Kingdom

• Work Experience Student

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2018

  - Chosen to participate in a selective work experience scheme, which involved sitting in the firm’s Digital Economy Group. This team provides practical, commercial legal solutions to client issues in the context of digitisation. - Researched industries such as autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and virtual intelligence, and compiled concise reports on the impact of regulations that apply to each sector to help inform partners ahead of client meetings. - Chosen to participate in a selective work experience scheme, which involved sitting in the firm’s Digital Economy Group. This team provides practical, commercial legal solutions to client issues in the context of digitisation. - Researched industries such as autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and virtual intelligence, and compiled concise reports on the impact of regulations that apply to each sector to help inform partners ahead of client meetings.



University of Exeter

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• BAME Advocate

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2018

  - Selected as a Student Ambassador (BAME Advocate), which involved delivering presentations for teenagers in East London and Birmingham with the aim of inspiring them to pursue higher education. - Hosted residencies and workshops with university lecturers to enhance attendee confidence and belief in themselves. - Selected as a Student Ambassador (BAME Advocate), which involved delivering presentations for teenagers in East London and Birmingham with the aim of inspiring them to pursue higher education. - Hosted residencies and workshops with university lecturers to enhance attendee confidence and belief in themselves.



Zaiwalla & Co

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2017

  - Selected to attend a two-week internship at a boutique full-service law firm based on Chancery Lane. - Shadowed a Senior Associate working the case of Goyal v Goyal, which offered exposure to client interviews and court processes. - Researched cryptocurrencies and their feasibility in the Middle Eastern market for another fee-earner. Created a report based on my research which was in turn presented to the client. - Selected to attend a two-week internship at a boutique full-service law firm based on Chancery Lane. - Shadowed a Senior Associate working the case of Goyal v Goyal, which offered exposure to client interviews and court processes. - Researched cryptocurrencies and their feasibility in the Middle Eastern market for another fee-earner. Created a report based on my research which was in turn presented to the client.



The Conservative Party

• United Kingdom
• Political Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Campaign Assistant

  • Dec 2014 - Jun 2015

  - Hired as a full-time Campaign Assistant for the Harrow East constituency during the 2015 UK General Election. - Recruited a team of 75+ volunteers and organised delivery rotas, canvassing routes, and telephone canvassing sessions. - Hired as a full-time Campaign Assistant for the Harrow East constituency during the 2015 UK General Election. - Recruited a team of 75+ volunteers and organised delivery rotas, canvassing routes, and telephone canvassing sessions.



Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Work Experience Student

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2012

  - Selected to attend a two-week internship at a leading international law firm. I sat at the firm’s India Desk, which advises companies in the UK-India space across industries such as defence and agriculture. - Researched into key developments and companies in this space and compiled digest documents for the firm’s partners. - Proofread transactional documents to ensure key details were correct and there were no spelling or grammatical errors. - Selected to attend a two-week internship at a leading international law firm. I sat at the firm’s India Desk, which advises companies in the UK-India space across industries such as defence and agriculture. - Researched into key developments and companies in this space and compiled digest documents for the firm’s partners. - Proofread transactional documents to ensure key details were correct and there were no spelling or grammatical errors.