Legal Assistant

With over 30 years of experience in the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, and management of apartment communities across the Western United States, we are a trusted partner in the property management industry. At MG Properties, we focus on enriching lives – physically in our community buildings, philanthropically through giving back to our local communities, and through development and growth of our employees.

Award-winning MG Properties is searching for a Legal Assistant to join our team in San Diego!

The Legal Assistant supports the Director of Transactions by handling administrative tasks, coordinating with departments, and ensuring smooth legal and transaction processes.

Administrative Support:
•    Prepare and edit correspondence, reports, and legal documents.
•    Maintain and organize files, both electronic and physical.
•    Support investments department, including with due diligence, lender reporting/compliance, or other tasks as needed.

Transaction Support:
•    Assist in the review and preparation of purchase contracts, amendments, notices, and other transaction-related legal documents.
•    Coordinate with the acquisitions and operations teams to gather and organize feedback.
•    Collect signatures and deliver documents as required in the Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA).

Legal & Compliance:
•    Handle entity formation, annual filings, maintain entity database, and review entity-related invoices and SOP notices and communicate the same with various departments.
•    Maintain a centralized tracking tool for lawsuits, claims, and settlements.
•    Process license and permit applications for new acquisitions, process annual renewals for current properties, and maintain tracking tools per property.

Contract Management:
•    Assist with contract administration, tracking, and compliance across departments.
•    Review and summarize vendor service contracts and process contract assumptions for new acquisitions.
•    Review and create abstracts for retail leases for new acquisitions, assist with lease administration and tracking.
•    Assist with ancillary income contracts and tracking.

Knowledge and Experience

• 2-5 years of experience as a legal assistant highly preferred.
• Knowledge of corporate and real estate law preferred.
• Experience with real estate transaction closings preferred.
• Notary designation preferred.
• Paralegal Certification a plus.
• Must be detail oriented and able to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Must possess good analytical, oral, and written communication skills and coordinate many simultaneous activities.

Compensation and Benefits

• $29-$35/hr DOE
• Company profit sharing
• Accrues 10 days Paid time off per year
• 10 Paid Holidays and 2 Paid Personal Days per year
• 40 Hours of Paid Sick Time
• 401K with employer match
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Spending Account
• Rental Discounts

MG Properties is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We are a drug-free workplace, participate in E-Verify, and are an at-will employer. 

If identified for a position, you will be asked to submit to a background check and drug-screen.