Job Description
Senior Commercial Real Estate Paralegal
Legal Search Solutions has partnered with a well-renowned regional law firm to find a Senior Real Estate Paralegal for their Fort Lauderdale office. This role is ideal for an experienced real estate paralegal who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is comfortable managing transactions from start to finish. The position focuses on supporting commercial real estate closings while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely execution throughout the process.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a steady pipeline of commercial real estate closings from contract execution through post-closing.
- Order and review title work, lien searches, surveys, estoppels, zoning reports, and related due diligence items.
- Prepare title objections and work directly with clients, lenders, underwriters, and third parties to resolve title, survey, lien, and estoppel issues.
- Draft and prepare preliminary Closing Disclosures/settlement statements and coordinate closely with buyers’ lenders.
- Calculate, calendar, and monitor all critical contract and closing deadlines; proactively request extensions when necessary.
- Prepare and organize all closing documentation to ensure smooth and timely closings.
- Balance closing statements and coordinate lender funding.
- Handle e-recordings, issuance of title policies, and prompt delivery of closing documents to all parties.
- Draft and review commercial real estate documents, including purchase and sale agreements, deeds, bills of sale, affidavits, resolutions, promissory notes, mortgages, assignments of leases, and other loan and closing documents.
- Review title commitments, surveys, and title exceptions; satisfy Schedule B-I requirements and address Schedule B-II exceptions in coordination with underwriters.
- Assist with pre- and post-closing matters, including payoffs and final policy issuance.
- Collaborate with loan closing specialists to prepare loan closing statements and satisfy lender requirements.
- Perform additional duties as needed to support the real estate practice.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Strong understanding of defined terms in purchase and sale agreements and the ability to prepare, calendar, and track critical contract dates.
- Experience processing real estate files from contract through closing and post-closing.
- Solid knowledge of commercial leases, title insurance, title commitments, surveys, title exceptions, encroachments, and zoning issues.
- Ability to work directly with title underwriters to clear exceptions when required.
- Familiarity with real estate closing software; experience with SoftPro is a plus but not required.
- Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple transactions simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
- Strong communication skills and a professional client-service mindset.
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If you feel you are qualified and would like to learn more, please contact Matt Salomon at Matt@TopLawJobs.com