Real Estate/Commercial Finance Paralegal

Benesch Law•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Benesch is seeking an experienced Real Estate/Commercial Finance Paralegal for its Healthcare group in the Chicago office. This position offers a hybrid schedule with work-from-home flexibility. The ideal candidate will have experience in commercial financing, banking, and real estate purchases and sales. This role requires the ability to independently manage numerous real estate deals concurrently at a senior level, providing support and assistance to attorneys in all aspects of litigation and transactional matters. Benesch is a fast-growing law firm recognized for its positive work environment and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Requirements

Paralegal experience in commercial financing and/or banking.
Experience with real estate purchases and sales.
Ability to manage and 'run' numerous real estate deals concurrently.
Ability to work independently at a senior level.
Experience MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) is required.
Solid time management and organizational skills.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Self-motivated and pro-active.
Excellent customer service attitude.
Must be available for overtime work and travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

Preferably hold a valid Paralegal certification.

Responsibilities

Provide support and assistance to attorneys in the coordination, management, and supervision of all aspects of litigation.
Handle caseloads.
Prepare drafts of legal and other documents and correspondence for attorney review.
Compile, analyze, and summarize information.
Coordinate efforts between attorneys, clients, outside legal counsel, opposing legal counsel, other parties, and outside vendors.
Drafts basic corporate documents and ancillary agreements including final drafts of ancillary finance agreements.
Prepare, revise, redline and proofread various corporate documents including contracts, agreements, transactional matters, compliance, closing documents, UCCs, financing and lending, audit letters, etc.
Assist with assembly of pre-closing documents and sets of executed documents for various signatures, corporate formation and dissolution documents and UCC financing statements and amendments.
Manages, reviews and provides comments/input on the reviews of titles, surveys, zoning reports and finances as well as objection letters and responses.
Organizes and maintains complex transaction files and folders as well as all due diligence checklists.
Assists with real estate closings on acquisitions, divestures and financing matters involving purchases and sales of real estate including acquisition financing.
Manages and maintains closing bibles and agenda to ensure accuracy and up-to-date with all information.
Assist with running agendas, proformas and categorizing all due diligence documents.
Organizes and maintains case files using a variety of automated procedures.
Reviews documents for privilege and drafts privilege logs for attorney review.
Performs legal and factual research.
Interacts with outside entities (i.e., courts, government agencies, expert witnesses, corporations, vendors and other law firms) to gather information or coordinate activities as needed in support of firm activities, specifically real estate closings.
Acts as the liaison between case team attorneys and support staff as needed to ensure that case-specific paralegal services are meeting the team's expectations.
Meet billable goals as established by practice management.
May require overtime as needed.
Performs additional office support duties as assigned/requested.
Keep confidential all documents and information that come into possession.