Paralegal

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Create, manage and administer corporate governance, real estate and other legal documents. 
• Provide support in drafting a variety of agreements and legal documents from template: service contracts, leases, construction agreements, and others.
• Manage and administer yearly renewal processes for property level licenses and certifications.
• Support all legal aspects of disposition, acquisition and financing activity and other strategic initiatives, including due diligence, preparation of acquisition/closing agreements/schedules and other documents, closing mechanics and post-closing integration and administration.            
• Contract administration and organization in database; partner with IT to create efficient contracts management process.
• Maintain and update governance charts/spreadsheets.
• Maintain closing binders for transactions (real estate; estate planning transactions; promissory notes/loans, etc.).
• Process, organize and maintain digital and hard copies of all contracts.
• Provide project management and deadline tracking for a variety of projects that involve the legal department.
• Support management of all litigation matters.
• Legal and other research as needed.
• Strict adherence to company policies and guidelines, compliance laws, and legal requirements.
• Assist with all legal billing and invoicing.
• Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of paralegal and transactional experience.
• Knowledge of principles, policies, verbiage, and practices relating to commercial real estate transactions and corporate governance.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Adobe and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility, and project coordination experience.
• Must be comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment and also as part of a team.  Must demonstrate reliability, flexibility, strong work-ethic, collaboration, and cooperation with team
• Be able to accept and adapt to feedback and change.
• Take ownership and demonstrate clear leadership of assigned tasks and projects.
• Pro-active, solutions-oriented mindset with a strong focus on meeting deadlines.
• Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality with highly sensitive information.
• Experience with document management and corporate administration software preferred
• Strong ability to multi-task.
• Strong organizational skills, strong attention to detail, and good time management skills are all required competencies.
• Bachelor’s Degree and/or Paralegal Certificate. 

Post Brothers provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Post Brothers complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.