Legal Assistant

Driftwood Capital is a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment, development, and lending platform, specializing in hospitality. The principals of Driftwood Capital boast a 30+ year track record transacting on more than $5 billion in hospitality assets through various affiliated management and ownership entities. All Driftwood Capital funds benefit from the principals’ affiliation with Driftwood Hospitality Management (“DHM”), among the largest private hotel management companies in the United States.

The Legal Assistant provides support to the Chief Legal Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, and the Associate General Counsels of Driftwood Capital in the business of sponsoring hotel acquisition, development, and lending transactions.

Responsibilities:

• Legal document storage, delivery, notarization, and management
• Completing “KYC” (know your client/customer) requests for new bank account openings
• Coordinating team members across various departments during transaction closings and other deadline-sensitive projects, including organizing signature packages and closing checklists
• Reviewing and managing due diligence items and processes related to hospitality, real estate and corporate transactions
• Assisting with the structuring of corporate and real estate transactions, including the formation and maintenance of limited partnerships, limited liability companies and other corporate entities
• Assisting General Counsel and two Associate General Counsels in schedule management, taking notes during calls, and maintaining lists of open items and status
• Special projects on an “as needed” basis, e.g., assisting accounting team with invoice processing, assisting investor relations department with event planning and other tasks during the week of the firm’s annual investor conference, etc.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience as a dedicated administrative assistant in the legal or financial services field; at least 4 years of experience as an administrative assistant in the real estate or corporate departments of a large law firm is preferred
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Ability to prioritize and multitask
• Willingness to expand knowledge base
• Ability to execute on highly detail-oriented and sensitive assignments
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills; additional fluency in Spanish strongly preferred
• Four-year college degree preferred

Driftwood Capital is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Driftwood Capital are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.