Hybrid Real Estate Paralegal
2 days ago
Tampa
Full-Time | Law Firm Environment | Hybrid Potential Based on Team Needs A well-established law firm is seeking an experienced Real Estate Paralegal to support a high-volume transactional real estate practice in its Tampa office. This role offers the opportunity to work on sophisticated real estate and corporate transactions in a fast-paced, collaborative, and professional environment. This position is ideal for a paralegal who enjoys owning deals from contract to closing, working directly with attorneys and clients, and being deeply involved in both real estate and corporate transactional matters. Support attorneys on acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and financing transactions Coordinate real estate closings, including: • Preparing closing checklists, • Reviewing settlement statements, • Deeds, • Leases, • Purchase and sale agreements, • Title searches, title commitments, surveys, and exceptions, • Zoning reports, tax records, and property data, • Property ownership, • Condition of title, • Potential title defects Handle: • Entity formations and amendments, • Foreign qualifications, • FEIN applications, • S-corporation elections, • UCC financing statements, • Manage compliance-related filings, annual renewals, and state searches, • Communicate with governmental agencies regarding filings and records, • Manage deadlines and critical dates across multiple transactions, • Time entry, scanning, document management, and correspondence, • Participate in practice group marketing initiatives, • Delegate appropriately to support staff and case clerks, • Ensure full regulatory and procedural compliance, • 5+ years of transactional Real Estate Paralegal experience, • Experience in a law firm, title company, or in-house legal department strongly preferred, • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and supervised legal experience, • Title review, • Closings, • Due diligence, • Corporate filings, • Excellent drafting, organizational, and multitasking skills, • Professional demeanor with strong client-service orientation, • Ability to thrive in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment, • Team-oriented with the ability to work independently, • Meet a billable hour requirement of 1,550 annually, • Regular, reliable attendance is essential, • High-level transactional real estate work, • Exposure to both real estate and corporate transactions, • Direct attorney interaction and ownership of matters, • Stable, well-structured firm environment We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), marital or familial status, age, physical or mental disability, perceived disability, citizenship status, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, height, weight, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Applications from members of minority groups and women are encouraged. Pay:$65,000.00 - $85,000.00