Senior Real Estate Paralegal

We are conducting a search for a dynamic Senior Real Estate Paralegal for a large global law firm to be based in the New York office.

As the dynamo behind this role, you'll be on a mission to make the Commercial Real Estate team shine!

What You'll Do:

• You will be responsible for ordering, reviewing, and analyzing title commitments, documents, surveys, zoning reports and local and municipal compliance letters.
• This will include careful and thorough analysis of complex real estate documents and drafting summaries of documents such as CC&Rs, REAs, development agreements and similar documents.
• You will assist in drafting real estate documents, preparing closing documents, conducting due diligence reviews and coordinating closings as required for commercial real estate transactions.
• You will develop, monitor, and update closing and other checklists for real estate transactions.
• You will also form LLCs, partnerships, and corporations, and draft organizational documents, authority certificates and resolutions.

• College degree and/or a paralegal certificate
• 6 years' experience supporting a Commercial Real Estate practice group in a law firm environment (Large firm experience a plus)
• Extensive title and survey experience
• Experience forming entities and drafting basic entity organizational documents
• Experience with complex legal documents and multi-party closings is a plus
• Experience with land use concepts and/or manufactured housing projects is a plus
• Experience with creating organizational charts in Microsoft PowerPoint is a plus
• Strong oral and written communication
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Strong organizational and matter management skills