Corporate / Transactions Paralegal

JRG Partners•North Las Vegas, NV

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Our client is seeking an experienced Corporate / Transactions Paralegal to serve as a key member of its legal team. The position supports the Chief Legal Officer, Associate General Counsel, and business stakeholders across corporate, transactional, governance, real estate, private investment, and compliance matters in a fast-paced, multigenerational family office. The paralegal will function as a highly organized project manager within a lean legal department, coordinating complex transactions, managing substantial documentation, tracking concurrent workstreams, and helping matters progress from initiation through closing and post-closing. The role also supports entity management, contract workflows, real estate and construction matters, KYC/AML and investment documentation, and trust and estate-related documentation.

Requirements

Several years of experience as a corporate, transactional, M&A, or business paralegal in a sophisticated law-firm or in-house environment.
Demonstrated experience supporting complex business transactions from diligence through closing and post-closing.
Experience managing large volumes of transaction-related documentation, closing checklists, signature pages, and closing materials.
Strong project-management and organizational skills, including the ability to independently manage workstreams, prioritize concurrent matters with minimal supervision, anticipate next steps, and escalate issues appropriately.
Exceptional attention to detail, judgment, discretion, and follow-through.
Experience preparing, reviewing, and maintaining corporate-governance and entity-management documents.
Ability to work onsite in Las Vegas five days per week, immediately or following relocation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with executives and external advisors.

Nice To Haves

Paralegal certificate or equivalent formal paralegal training.
Experience supporting real estate transactions, development projects, or construction-related contracting.
Experience with KYC, AML, family office, private equity, fund subscriptions, or investment-related legal support.
Familiarity with trust and estate documentation, commercial contracts, and high-net-worth family structures.
Proficiency with document-management, entity-management, and data-room platforms.

Responsibilities

Assist with middle-market mergers and acquisitions, including stock purchase agreements, equity purchase agreements, and related transaction documentation.
Coordinate transaction timelines, due diligence, closing checklists, signature pages, closing deliverables, and post-closing obligations.
Prepare initial drafts of, review, and organize LLC operating agreements, bylaws, consents, resolutions, and other corporate governance documents, subject to attorney review.
Support entity formation, qualification, maintenance, and dissolution across operating and holding entities.
Maintain minute books, capitalization tables, organizational charts, registered-agent relationships, and corporate records.
Prepare, review, track, and manage employment, consulting, confidentiality, and other corporate agreements using approved forms, subject to attorney review.
Manage contract workflows for architects, consultants, contractors, vendors, and other project participants, including intake, routing, execution, renewals, and key-obligation tracking.
Assist with real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, and construction matters, including title, survey, escrow coordination, diligence, closing logistics, and related project agreements.
Maintain transaction databases, closing files, corporate records, and legal document repositories, including organization, naming conventions, version control, and retention.
Support KYC and AML processes related to private investment and fund subscriptions, including beneficial-ownership documentation and collection and maintenance of investor, principal, and counterparty documentation.
Assist with fund subscription documents, trust certifications, and related closing conditions.
Assist with trust, estate, and wealth-planning documentation in coordination with outside advisors.
Track deadlines, deliverables, action items, renewals, and reporting obligations across concurrent projects, and proactively flag upcoming requirements.