Job Title: Real Estate Paralegal
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide expert level real estate support in commercial purchase, sale, administration, and leasing matters.
- Research and analyze law sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, and legal codes.
- Draft and negotiate legal documents such as easements, lease amendments, contract amendments, development agreements, CC&Rs, escrow agreements, and other transaction-related documents.
- Compose, prepare, copy, transcribe, and distribute internal contract and title digests, closing binders, and other requested documents.
- Close real estate transactions, including coordination with landlords, buyers, sellers, and title companies.
- Provide guidance and leadership to other paralegals and legal assistants.
- Conduct title reviews and manage title issues throughout the escrow process.
- Update appropriate parties on transaction status and work with in-house attorneys and the real estate development team to coordinate various real estate transactions.
- File correspondence and legal documents in office filing systems.
- Update and organize binders and various charts of real estate transactions (acquisitions and leases) in escrow.
- Arrange conference calls with internal and external parties.
- Support real estate projects, such as the development of real estate-related processes, policies, form transaction documents, and training materials.
- Manage and maintain internal databases, systems, and files.
- Represent company values professionally in the community and at public gatherings.
- Exhibit strong project management skills and assist managers.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned.
Education and Experience Information:
- This position requires a minimum of eight years of paralegal experience, preferably legal, although not required.
- Strong understanding of technical legal terminology.
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office suite programs such as Outlook, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams, etc., are required.
- This position also requires excellent communication, organizational, detail-oriented, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to take initiative and work independently with a high level of independent motivation.
- Maintaining confidentiality, treating others with respect, and upholding company values is key.
- A paralegal certificate is required. A bachelor’s degree is preferred.
Salary Information:
- Not provided in the text.
The company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
