Sr. Paralegal - Real Estate

The role

DLA Piper seeks a Senior Paralegal with 5 years of experience in their Washington D.C. office. This role focuses on supporting the Real Estate practice group, involving substantive legal and transactional work under attorney supervision.

What you'll do

• Perform a range of substantive cases, matters or entity related duties
• 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
• Assist with due diligence required for real estate transactions
• Order, review and analyze title commitments, recorded documents and surveys
• Develop, monitor and update closing checklists for real estate transactions
• Prepare required documents and coordinate execution and delivery of documentation to other parties’ counsel, lenders, governmental agencies, vendors, etc
• Assist with preparation of tax related applications and work with clients to obtain required documentation
• Prepare petitions for tax consolidation and/or divisions
• Review and abstract leases
• Prepare drafts of leases and lease amendments
• Manage data rooms and matter files
• Mentor case assistants and junior paralegals

What we're looking for

Benefits

Hiring contacts