Job Description
Job Description
A company is seeking a short-term Real Estate paralegal in Miami Beach to assist with Commercial real Estate transactions
Responsibilities
• Perform due diligence for—and coordinate transactions and work with team to close—commercial real estate acquisitions and dispositions, with and without loans
• Review title commitments, recorded documents, and surveys, and help generate and respond to title and survey objections
• Draft conveyancing, loan, and closing documents for review and revision by supervising attorney
• Track transaction tasks, parties, and key dates, and communicate progress to team as issues and tasks are resolved
• Follow up on the typical host of post-closing matters
• Coordinate recordation of deeds, deeds of trust/mortgages, amendments, subdivision maps, lot line adjustments, easements, covenants, and similar documents
• Draft commercial lease agreements, lease abstracts, purchase and sale agreements, reciprocal easement agreements, and contractor/service agreements for review and revision by supervising attorney
• Assist with entity formations, draft corporate resolutions, and update minute books and other corporate governance materials
• Conduct basic legal and business research
• Carry out related responsibilities as company needs dictate
• Communicate regularly with our company officers to achieve established goals for each property under management or development
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a transactional commercial real estate paralegal with financing experience
• Experience reviewing and commenting on title insurance and survey matters
• Exceptional drafting, proof-reading, and communication skills
• Excellent organizational, time-management, analytical, and critical thinking skills
• Ability to exercise sound, independent judgment, and take initiative to accomplish objectives in a timely manner with moderate supervision
• Great attention to detail and ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Communicate effectively and professionally with outside parties and in-house colleagues
• Proficient in MS Word and Excel