Overview
McGuireWoods is seeking a Real Estate Paralegal to join its Atlanta office. This role will service a wide range of transactions and support an active commercial real estate practice. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant experience, strong organizational and multitasking skills, and will embrace a team mentality.
McGuireWoods, one of the world’s leading law firms, has provided legal solutions to corporate, individual and nonprofit clients since 1834. Along with excellent benefits, McGuireWoods offers most employees a hybrid remote option allowing flexibility and work-life balance. Our Applicant Disclosures describe your rights. Our Privacy Statement describes how we will process and safeguard your personal data.
Responsibilities
- Reviews purchase and sales agreements to identify and docket critical dates; monitors and updates the docket as transactions progress
- Drafts extension notices, amendments, consents, assignments, and organizational charts for PSA transactions
- Drafts and formats transaction documents
- Reviews title commitments and surveys; drafts title memos and title objection letters to resolve defects
- Assembles signature packets, incumbency certificates, and legal opinions for closing
- Communicates with clients and external parties to advance transactions and resolve open items
- Retrieves property information, obtains zoning letters, orders lien searches, and drafts result summaries
- Assembles and delivers closing binders to clients post-closing
- Handles entity formation, foreign registrations, EIN procurement, and operating agreement drafting
- Obtains entity certificates and certified entity documents
Qualifications
- 5+ years of real estate legal experience
- Expertise in title and survey review is required
- Prior experience in managing complex projects or transactions, with a track record of meticulous document management, timeline construction, and proactive problem-solving
- Demonstrated organizational, multi-tasking, and project management skills, with a proven ability to operate as a self-starter and exercise ownership over caseloads
- Strong interpersonal and professional communication skills, with the confidence to actively interface and coordinate with court clerks, vendors, and other staff members
- Willingness and desire to work with innovative technology platforms - our employees also have access to Harvey, a legal-specific AI tool that reduces time spent on routine tasks, allowing you to focus on more meaningful, high-impact work
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