Real Estate Paralegal

Job Description

Job Description

Real Estate Paralegal (Commercial)-

Location : Atlanta, Chicago or St Louis

• Conducting and coordinating comprehensive due diligence—reviewing title commitments, surveys, zoning reports and underlying documents to spot issues before they become obstacles
• Drafting, revising and assembling real estate conveyance and financing documents
• Driving the closing process for acquisitions, dispositions and debt and equity financings—managing signature packages, tracking deliverables against checklists, satisfying recording requirements and preparing meticulously indexed closing books
• Preparing, filing, and tracking UCC financing statements; ordering and analyzing lien, litigation and similar searches; and ensuring clean title on every matter
• Tackling special projects that require legal research, insightful reporting and creative problem-solving
• Serving as a trusted liaison between lawyers, clients, title companies, surveyors, opposing counsel and governmental agencies to keep every deal on course and on schedule
• Bachelor’s degree (or associate’s degree plus a paralegal certificate)
• Five to seven years of commercial real estate experience in a law-firm, in-house legal department or title company
• Mastery of title and survey review
• Exposure to large, complex transactions strongly preferred
• Superior organizational skills and impeccable attention to detail
• Discretion with sensitive information
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, PDF creation tools, document management systems and timekeeping software