Job description
Location
Richmond, VA 23219
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: $80K - $90K annually
- Benefits: Excellent benefits package
- Referral Bonus: $500 (AMS will pay for successful referrals)
Work Environment
- Type: Permanent / Full-time
- Schedule: Hybrid (4 days onsite for the first month, transitioning to 2 days WFH after a ramp-up period)
Job Overview
We are seeking a professional with real estate transactional experience. If you do not have specific real estate experience, legal experience with corporate transactional work will suffice. You will be assigned to designated matters, clients, projects, and/or attorneys, applying specialized knowledge to perform legal research, draft documents, execute technical procedures, and provide direct support.
Essential Responsibilities
- Manage all phases of complex commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, development, joint ventures, and leasing.
- Research, analyze, and summarize facts, documents, and issues relevant to transactions.
- Review, draft, and revise real estate documents, including purchase and sale agreements, loan documents, closing deliverables, leases, amendments, easements, declarations, and entity formation documents.
- Coordinate and prepare closing checklists, timelines, and closing binders; manage deliverables and resolve issues.
- Order, review, and analyze title commitments, policies, exceptions, endorsements, and surveys; identify issues and propose curative measures.
- Coordinate with title companies, surveyors, and third-party vendors.
- Track and summarize documents, prepare due diligence memoranda, and coordinate with clients and third parties.
- Review zoning and environmental reports to identify key issues.
- Monitor deadlines and maintain detailed transaction timelines.
- Establish priorities, manage multiple projects concurrently, and ensure timely delivery of work.
- Collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, and firm departments.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide mentoring and informal training to junior and mid-level staff.
- Contribute to practice group initiatives and process improvements.
- Maintain official files, ensuring proper organization, indexing, and retention.
- Track and submit billable and non-billable time daily.
- Maintain confidentiality of all firm and client information.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to organize high volumes of material with meticulous attention to detail.
- High ethical standards, professionalism, and personal accountability.
- Strong teamwork skills across practice groups and offices.
- Sound judgment and discretion.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including proofreading.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to changing demands.
- Commitment to accuracy in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Ability to self-manage in remote, hybrid, and in-office settings.
- Willingness to work overtime as needed to meet deadlines.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum five (5) years of experience as a Real Estate or Corporate Transactional paralegal in a law firm or professional environment.
- Advanced knowledge of real estate transaction processes, title and survey review, entity formation, and closing procedures.
- Experience with database file management systems such as iManage.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and relevant real estate/title platforms.