Paralegal – Commercial Real Estate and Finance

Department: Paralegal

Location: Troy, MI

Description

Seeking a paralegal with at least 2 years of transactional experience in commercial real estate and finance. In this position, you will collaborate in-office on transactions with members of the commercial real estate and banking and finance groups, firm clients and other third parties.

This is not a remote work position.

Primary Responsibilities

· In-depth review of title commitments and recorded exceptions to title.
· Coordinate with title companies to obtain title commitments, loan policies of title insurance, and title policy endorsements.
· Review surveys and plat maps for accuracy regarding legal descriptions and title matters, including easements and encroachments.
· Coordinate with surveyors regarding survey comments.
· Order and review corporate due diligence (including UCC lien searches, entity formation documents, certificates of good standing, and litigation and bankruptcy searches).
· Analyze corporate authority documents.
· Draft documents including, but not limited to, organizational documents, amendments, title instruction letters, discharges, UCC financing statements, resolutions, closing certificates, and transfer documents.
· Assist with loan transactions, including maintenance of closing checklists, and preparing and organizing closing documents.
· Assist with post-closing matters, including filing financing statements, recording real estate documents and review of closing binders.
· Some legal research, including review of city, county and state regulations pertaining to real estate transactions.
· Categorize, index and simplify large amounts of data into succinct, understandable format.

Qualifications

· BA/BS degree with:

• Major or minor in paralegal studies; or


• Paralegal certificate; or


• Prior business, real estate estate or paralegal experience.

· Minimum of two years experience in corporate finance, commercial finance and/or real estate, with law firms, corporations, businesses, banks, and/or title companies.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and strong analytical ability.
· Career-minded individual, with ability to follow process and strong organization skills.
· Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
· Must be a problem solver, willing to work and think with a degree of independence, handle confidential information with discretion, and accept responsibility for producing work that is consistently complete, timely, effective and accurate.
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.