Real Estate Transactional Paralegal

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

• Organize, prepare for and finalize closings for various real estate transactions
• Prepare ancillary loan documents, including company recording instruction letters, UCC financing statements, corporate resolutions and amendments
• Prepare ancillary documents for purchase and sale transactions, including grant deeds, bills of sale, assignment agreements, corporate resolutions and amendments
• Evaluate title and survey documents and prepare comment letters
• Order lien searches and summarize results
• Prepare and file various types of deeds, PCORs, and UCC financing statements
• Work with service providers, including statutory registered agent services and notaries
• Provide direct support and service to clients, using discretion to decide when to handle matters independently and when to involve an attorney
• Provide general paralegal support to partners and associates

Required Skills, Abilities, and Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years of paralegal experience, with significant real estate experience
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved paralegal program
• Minimum of seven years of relevant experience as a real estate paralegal in the areas of real estate acquisition, finance, leasing, management, and disposition
• Excellent planning and organization skills, including the ability to manage several projects concurrently, and strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; positive and driven attitude
• Able to work well under pressure and maintain all deadlines, and be able to adapt to multiple, conflicting, and/or shifting deadlines
• A proactive approach and the ability to work “hands-on,” as required
• Able to work both independently and collaboratively
• Comfortable interacting with attorneys, staff, clients, and outside vendors
• Excellent technology skills and knowledge of key software systems, particularly MS Office, Acrobat Pro DC, Smart Sheet, and Intapp Time

Benefits

Hanson Bridgett offers a competitive salary and benefits package. The annual salary for this California-based role is anticipated to be in the area of $102,000 - $140,000, and represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation is negotiable and will depend upon several factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s years of experience, qualifications, and skill set.