Paralegal-Real Estate

New York, NY

As a leading international law firm, our client is dedicated to excellence through impactful communication, collaboration, and community involvement. The firm culture has earned us them as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” for over two decades consecutively. This honor, along with many others, highlights our commitment to innovation and professional development including their foundation of trust, reliability, and compassion. 

Summary

At our client, an international law firm, they take pride in their work through impactful communication, collaboration, and community involvement. The New York office of our client is conducting a search for a Real Estate group paralegal with 3+ years of experience with a strong background in reviewing titles and survey documents. This paralegal will assist attorneys in all stages of real estate transactions, closings and with the preparation of documents necessary to comply with federal, state, and local regulations in the conduct of business activities. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, team player, and possess strong organizational skills. Overtime is sometimes needed to meet client deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist attorneys on commercial real estate financing transactions.
• Conduct thorough title and survey reviews and prepare summaries for attorney and client review.
• Facilitate deal closing procedures for transactions by preparing and organizing binders.
• Support attorneys in managing timelines and coordinating closings.
• Work directly with attorneys and clients during due diligence.
• Assist attorneys with drafting initial draft loan documents, document maintenance, formatting, signature pages, memorandums, correspondence, and indexing.
• Draft and revise closing checklists, escrow instructions, and closing binders.
• Support attorneys in managing timelines and coordinating closings.
• The statements contained in this position description are not necessarily all-inclusive, additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned and requirements may vary from time to time.  

Skills for Success  

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong self-motivation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Availability to work a minimum of four days per week in-office, with flexibility for overtime as needed.

Other Thoughts

• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively through spoken word to convey and exchange information.
• Capable of receiving and interpreting detailed verbal instructions and information.
• Frequent repetitive motions involving the wrists, hands, and fingers.
• Physical activities may include crouching, kneeling, standing, climbing, stooping, walking, pushing, pulling, and lifting.
• Primarily a sedentary role, with prolonged periods of sitting.

The salary range for this position is $80,000.00-$110,000.00, plus overtime and bonus and represents the firm’s good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of the posting. The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidates experience and qualifications. This range is specific to the client’s NYC office and may not be applicable to other locations. Will compensate higher for the right level if experience and internal equity.EEOC

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer does not discriminate on the bases of any status protected under federal, state, or local law. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in relation to the clients recruiting, hiring, and promoting practices. 

The statements contained in this position description are not necessarily all-inclusive, additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned, and requirements may vary from time to time. 

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