Senior Paralegal Real Estate

$160,000 - $160,000/Yr

Latham \u0026 Watkins - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Chicago, IL

About the position

The Senior Paralegal at Latham & Watkins plays a crucial role within the Legal Professional and Paralegal team, responsible for performing various legal tasks and supporting attorneys in real estate transactions. This position involves reviewing title insurance commitments, resolving title issues, and preparing legal documents, all while ensuring high-quality service and adherence to legal standards. The role offers flexibility in work arrangements, allowing for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing surveys, zoning reports, lease-related documents, and other due diligence items, including resolving issues and coordinating with diligence service providers.
• Reviewing title insurance commitments and underlying documents, resolving title issues, and finalizing title policies.
• Preparing and maintaining transaction checklists.
• Preparing and/or drafting closing documents, forms, letters, and other correspondence, and legal documents under the supervision of attorneys and maintaining closing files.
• Providing support to attorneys for closings and attending closings, if required.
• Creating and maintaining calendars for closings or transactions, and distributing them to supervisors and other team members.
• Preparing closing and other legal documents for execution, and assembling final closing and other legal documents.
• Following up on post-closing matters, including preparation and distribution of closing binders.
• Coordinating ongoing projects and activities in either on-site or off-site locations, utilizing junior paralegals, support departments, and secretaries when necessary.
• Developing procedures with supervisors for electronic or physical tracking, coding, and ensuring quality control systems for documents, including recorded documents.
• Anticipating typical work for a closing or transaction, and working with supervisors to ensure all aspects are addressed.
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of related law firm experience as a Real Estate Paralegal.
• Experience in title, survey, zoning, and other related diligence review.
• Experience assisting on commercial, multi-state real estate transactions required from origination to finalization of post-closing matters.
• Knowledge of basic corporate structures and UCC matters.
• Proficiency in PC applications, including MS Office Suite (especially Excel), and other programs necessary to complete thorough analyses and reports.
• Well-developed and professional interpersonal skills.

Benefits

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year
• PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional Development programs
• Employee discounts
• Diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups