Senior Paralegal

Tricon Residential • Tustin, CA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Tricon’s Legal & Compliance Department is seeking a motivated, experienced Senior Paralegal to support a wide range of real estate and commercial contracting matters. We are one of the largest owner-operators of single-family and multi-family rental homes and growing fast. We are looking for a service-oriented professional who will share our purpose to provide best-in-class housing to our residents. Reports directly to Vice President, Counsel and works collaboratively with many constituents across this industry-leading organization.

Requirements

• Paralegal with 5+ years’ experience with a major law firm and/or reputable in-house legal environment
• Significant experience supporting real estate transactions, including experience reviewing title insurance and resolving title-related issues
• Experience reviewing and revising real estate documents, including deeds, HOA governance documents, easements, lien releases and SNDAs
• Experience supporting full life-cycle of commercial contracts, including negotiation, execution, and administration is desired
• Experience working with contract and/or matter management tools
• Familiarity with litigation, including foreclosures, is desired
• Credibility and presence to interact with and present at senior executive levels internally and externally
• Superior problem-solving skills and legal judgment, highest ethical standards, and a desire to take initiative
• A team player who works well in a dynamic and hands-on operating environment
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Flexibility to learn and desire to expand skill set; for example, support on other legal programs and landlord-tenant disputes is a potential growth opportunity

Responsibilities

• Manage real estate matters and disputes, including title claims, vendor disputes, eminent domain proceedings, CC&R enforcement actions, easements, access agreements and related matters
• Support disposition transactions in collaboration with title insurance and escrow companies to resolve third-party liens, title defects and similar matters
• Review and revise easement agreements, HOA governance documents and other real estate agreements
• Support commercial contract negotiation, execution and life-cycle management, including reviewing and revising contracts, coordinating and circulating feedback to internal and external stakeholders, monitoring progress and deadlines, facilitating execution, summarizing key terms, and maintaining a database of contracts tracking life-cycle events and other key metrics
• Use matter and contract management tools to track all matters and support related reporting and dashboards
• Facilitate and track office leasing transactions
• Assist as needed on strategic department programs, projects and large-scale transactions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed