Legal Assistant/Paralegal

We are looking for a detail-oriented Legal Assistant/Paralegal to support a busy legal team in Bethesda, Maryland. This position focuses on corporate matters, commercial agreements, and real estate transactions.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation and qualification of business entities by preparing formation filings, annual submissions, and related records for state and regulatory agencies.
• Draft, organize, and update governance materials such as bylaws, operating agreements, resolutions, meeting records, and other internal corporate documents.
• Maintain entity files, compliance trackers, minute books, and legal databases to help ensure records remain current and deadlines are met.
• Assist attorneys with a range of business transactions, including commercial contracts, financings, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, leases, and property transfers.
• Prepare and revise legal documents with a high degree of accuracy, including proofreading, incorporating edits, and producing comparison drafts through Microsoft Word tools.
• Coordinate transactional support activities by managing due diligence materials, reviewing title and survey documents, tracking milestone dates, and assembling execution and closing packages.
• Handle routine legal correspondence, calendar management, matter tracking, electronic filing, and general document organization to keep assignments moving efficiently.
• Use legal technology tools, including Microsoft Copilot and CoCounsel, to improve workflow efficiency, document quality, and overall transaction support.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in a paralegal or legal assistant role focused on corporate, transactional, commercial real estate, or related business law matters.
• Demonstrated background supporting entity management, corporate transactions, commercial agreements, or real estate deals.
• Working knowledge of business formations, governance documentation, and ongoing corporate record maintenance.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities while maintaining strong accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in preparing, editing, and comparing legal documents using Microsoft Word and similar office technology.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for working with attorneys, clients, agencies, and other transaction participants.
• Comfortable working onsite on a permanent basis in Bethesda, Maryland.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance available to contract/temporary professionals.
• Eligibility to enroll in our company 401(k) plan for hired contract/temporary professionals.