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About the Role
The Senior Paralegal, Corporate - Real Estate assists the Real Estate group with various commercial transactions from inception to closing. This role involves preparing and verifying transactional documents under attorney supervision, ensuring compliance with local regulations, and utilizing generative AI tools to enhance attorney workflows.
Responsibilities
- Participate in all phases of commercial real estate transactions from inception through closing under attorney supervision
- Obtain, review and negotiate title insurance coverage
- Review surveys in conjunction with title commitments
- Review Zoning and PZR Reports and identify issues
- Conduct comprehensive due diligence of corporate, title, mortgage and lease documents
- Identify and obtain deal-specific consents and approvals
- Perform lien searches with detailed review
- Assist with drafting correspondence and ancillary documents, including but not limited to, mortgages, mortgage modifications, releases, assignments, subordination and non-disturbance agreements, UCC financing statements, deeds, affidavits, guaranties, indemnities, corporate certificates, releases and transfer and mortgage tax forms
- Revise, proofread and distribute draft agreements and other transactional documents
- Prepare and coordinate signature packages
- Obtain charter documents and good-standing certificates from the Secretary of State in applicable jurisdictions
- Assist with incorporating entities in various jurisdictions, and prepare drafts of formation and organizational documents
- Order and evaluate flood hazard determinations
- Assist attorneys with pre-closing, closing and post-closing matters, including preparation and distribution of closing sets
- Conduct factual research assignments and draft memoranda
- Assist with training junior Real Estate Paralegals, provide guidance and training to interns
- Notarize documents and coordinate apostilles
Requirements
- Ability to manage a varied workload and meet deadlines
- Must be punctual and reliable
- Must be able to work collaboratively with lawyers and staff, demonstrating strong teamwork and a positive attitude
- Ensure confidentiality of all the Firm’s and clients’ documentation and information
Skills
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Slack and other applications as needed
- Experience with prompt engineering a plus
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to proofread typed material for typographical, spelling and grammatical errors
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Experience Level
- Minimum five years’ related experience preferred
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record is required
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000 - $140,000
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
About the Company
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is an elite global law firm with world-class practices across the board.
- Clients rely on Davis Polk for their most challenging legal and business matters.
- The firm has offices in key financial centers and political capitals worldwide.
- Over 1,000 lawyers collaborate seamlessly to deliver exceptional service, sophisticated advice and creative, practical solutions.