Corporate Paralegal - Real Estate

We are looking for a detail-oriented Corporate Paralegal with real estate experience to support complex financing and transactional matters in San Francisco, California. This role will focus on preparing and reviewing legal documentation, coordinating closing activities, and organizing due diligence materials across multiple deals. The ideal candidate brings strong judgment, exceptional follow-through, and the ability to manage deadlines in a fast-paced legal environment.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare financing and supporting legal documents for commercial real estate matters, including materials related to transfers, assumptions, lien releases, approvals, and closing deliverables.
• Examine transaction records for accuracy and completeness, such as deeds, lease memoranda, easements, notes, security instruments, assignments, intercreditor arrangements, and related certificates.
• Organize closings from start to finish by assembling signature packages, maintaining data rooms, tracking executed paperwork, and compiling final closing sets.
• Draft closing instructions and assist with loan closings involving real property and other pledged collateral.
• Review settlement statements and help facilitate the filing, recording, and post-closing distribution of required documents.
• Analyze title commitments, surveys, easements, restrictive covenants, endorsements, and title policies, and prepare summaries identifying key issues and required follow-up.
• Request, collect, and evaluate diligence items, including organizational records, registration materials, and other entity-related documentation.
• Maintain transaction calendars and critical date trackers to ensure timely completion of milestones, deliverables, and filing requirements.
• Prepare and review corporate governance and entity documents, including formation papers, partnership or operating agreements, bylaws, resolutions, stock-related records, and dissolution materials.
• Provide quality control across active matters and offer coverage support for the broader legal team when priorities shift or additional assistance is needed.