Paralegal - Real Estate

Catholic Health•Village of Rockville Centre, NY

4h•Onsite

About The Position

Catholic Health is a leading health and human services agency on Long Island with a large network of facilities and employees. They are dedicated to providing compassionate care and improving patient outcomes through collaboration and evidence-based practices. Catholic Health emphasizes its commitment to the Long Island community and highlights its recognition as Long Island's Top Workplace.

Requirements

Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Detail-oriented and able to work independently
Exceptional organizational and verbal and written communication skills
Strong understanding of commercial real estate transactions, in particular, leasing transactions, title, acquisitions, dispositions
Ability to review, organize and track real estate files
Proactive work ethic and team mentality
Must be able to work in a high-paced environment handling multiple tasks at the same time
Must maintain confidentiality of legal and business information at all times
Knowledge of real estate legal terminology
Experience in preparing drafts of lease agreements and other real-property related documents
Real estate transactional experience either in a law firm or in-house setting for at least three (3) years

Nice To Haves

Associate degree and/or certificate program in paralegal studies

Responsibilities

Assist and provide a range of legal administrative support to the real estate attorney(s) in the Legal Department, and, on a “as-needed” basis, to other attorneys and staff in the Legal Department, with primary responsibility for Catholic Health (CH) commercial real estate matters, including leases, licenses and sessional (part-time license) agreements, acquisitions, and yearly property tax exemption filings with the various Long Island counties, towns, and villages.
Prepare for attorney review correspondence, leases, subleases, license agreements, session agreements, deeds, legal descriptions of property, basic construction agreements and other real property-related documents.
Order and review external Fair Market Value appraisals, rental study reports and internal financial analysis to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance. Order title, inspections and appraisals.
Review of title searches, surveys, and other transaction documents.
Coordination and preparing documents for closings; attending closings with attorney.
Generate data reports on leases and CH-owned properties as requested by the attorney and CH Facilities unit using the Colliers database system.
Transmit all leases, subleases and licenses to Colliers following execution of agreements so that payment and collection of same is properly tracked.
Prepare for attorney review and file annual real property tax exemption forms for CH-owned real estate.
Compile for attorney review and file IDA Reporting information annually in connection with CH leases with IDA benefits.
Maintain, track, organize, and file official legal documents in CH database, including all leases, licenses and session agreements, construction agreements, FMV Reports, correspondence, research and other documents.
Liaise with the medical group and facilities unit to obtain data necessary to prepare license and session agreements.
Prepare for attorney review Power-Point slides that summarize key lease and license terms in connection with corporate governance approval process.