Estate Paralegal Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Legal research
• Document drafting
• Case management technology
• Procedural knowledge
• Legal writing
• Attention to detail
• Organization
• Time management
• Communication
• Ethics & confidentiality

Nice To Haves

• Real estate transactions
• Commercial real estate
• TRIRIGA
• Proficiency with AI
• Affiliation with ICSC or similar industry groups

Responsibilities

• Serve as the legal project manager and exercise sound judgment in managing complex, high-volume real estate legal workflows, identifying risks, prioritizing issues, and escalating matters requiring attorney review
• Review letters of intent, site plans and other new deal materials, engage and monitor outside counsel, including following up on deliverables, assisting in-house counsel with researching, and responding to requests from outside counsel
• Research the scope of real estate interests, including easements, needed to order title commitments on all appropriate parcels and then order and manage receipt of title commitments and updates as needed
• Analyze and direct strategy on legal due diligence (title, survey, environmental, etc.)
• Engage environmental counsel, review environmental reports and documents, conduct bi-monthly calls with environmental counsel without in-house counsel involvement and serve as environmental counsel’s primary in-house contact.
• Review environmental memos from environmental counsel and capture appropriate information, facilitate identification and resolution of environmental issues and notify in-house counsel of any open issues requiring attention
• Assist in-house and outside counsel by identifying and facilitating resolution of legal issues as they arise throughout the deal, including title, environmental and all other due diligence
• Review contract abstracts and title summaries and ensure legal issues have been identified and resolved by preparing summaries and issues lists prior to the expiration of the inspection period and then again prior to closing or lease commencement to facilitate resolution of any outstanding issues
• Foster positive relationships and collaborate with outside counsel, title companies, various Restaurant Development teams at Chick-fil-A as well as other sub-departments within the Legal Department
• Draft correspondence and maintain electronic and hardcopy files for each new restaurant deal in the assigned regions
• Draft due diligence report waivers, right of entry agreements and, on occasion, routine licenses, easements, and closing or lease commencement documents
• Pursue continued education in real estate law within the quick-service restaurant and retail industry