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Job Description
Description
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Assist attorneys in a wide range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and financing. Role model and demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys with preparation, review and revision of legal documents for real estate transactions, including leases, licenses, purchase agreements, deeds, easements, closing documents, escrow instruction letters and other transaction documents
- Review title reports, title commitments and surveys, draft title objections and assist in resolving title issues
- Coordinate and attend to details of real estate transactions and closings, working closely with real estate attorneys
- Handle post-closing tasks such as obtaining, reviewing and confirming accuracy of closing documents
- Assist real estate personnel with property management and lease administration issues
- Investigate, assemble and organize factual information, including responses to discovery requests and subpoenas in real estate matters
- Research applicable laws, rules and regulations as needed
- Must be able to work with a minimum of supervision from attorneys
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
Qualifications
Minimum
- Paralegal certificate or paralegal degree
- 5 years of paralegal experience in commercial real estate. (Level 6)
- 10 years of paralegal experience, including at least 5 years in commercial real estate. (Level 7)
- Proven organizational skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Westlaw
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate and professionally interact with all levels of associates and with attorneys, property owners, brokers, title insurance companies, and government agency representatives
- Ability to work under minimal supervision from attorneys
- Ability to travel independently up to 10%
Desired
- Bachelor’s degree
- Extensive paralegal experience in sophisticated commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and ground leases
- Experience reviewing title commitments and surveys, and working with title insurance companies to close real estate transactions
