Job Title: Real Estate Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Rosenblum Goldenhersh, P.C. is a full-service St. Louis law firm that has been in business for more than 60 years. We take pride in our ability to handle sophisticated legal matters while fostering a warm and collegial work environment. Our law firm is renowned for its commitment to excellence and the success it has achieved for its clients. We are currently seeking a dedicated and experienced Real Estate Legal Assistant/Paralegal to join our team to contribute to our firm’s continued success.
Position Overview:
As a Real Estate Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Rosenblum Goldenhersh, you will play a critical role in supporting our attorneys in a dynamic and high-volume real estate practice group. We are seeking a detail-oriented, proactive, and organized professional who thrives in a collaborative atmosphere and is passionate about supporting complex real estate transactions from contract to closing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Real Estate Transaction Support: Assist attorneys with all phases of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, development and redevelopment projects.
- Title and Survey Review: Order, review, and analyze title commitments, surveys, and exception documents. Identify and resolve title and survey issues in collaboration with title companies, surveyors, and attorneys.
- Drafting: Draft, revise, amend and organize real estate documents such as purchase and sale agreements, easements, (including multi-party reciprocal easement and operating agreements), covenants conditions and restrictions agreements, declarations, critical date and closing checklists, LLC operating/LLP partnership agreements, closing documents (deeds, FIRPTAs, affidavits, resolutions/consents, assignment and assumption agreements, etc.), closing binders, property management agreements, leases and amendments, approval/consent/disapproval letters, estoppel certificates, SNDAs and response emails to client inquiries. Ensure accuracy and compliance with legal standards and client requirements.
- Due Diligence: Coordinate and manage due diligence processes, including collecting, organizing, and reviewing property and closing documents and searching for and analyzing specific provisions of multiple property documents.
- Closing Coordination: Work closely with attorneys, clients, lenders, and title companies to coordinate real estate closings and facilitate post-closing follow-up.
- Client Communication: Interact directly with clients, brokers, and third-party vendors to gather information, provide updates, and ensure efficient transaction progress and timely responses to clients.
- Administrative Support: Assist with general administrative duties related to real estate matters, including document tracking, database maintenance, file organization, formatting/drafting/searching of documents for use with existing firm-provided AI applications.
Required Qualifications:
- A minimum of 5 years of experience as a real estate assistant/paralegal, preferably in a law firm or in-house legal department handling commercial real estate transactions.
- Familiarity with title and survey review, lease abstraction, and preparation of leases and amendments, easement agreements and closing documents.
- Solid understanding of real estate transaction workflows, including leasing, financing, development and redevelopment; knowledge regarding regional shopping centers, REAs and anchor tenants is a plus.
- Strong working knowledge of legal terminology and procedures related to real estate law.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook); experience with real estate or legal software tools, including AI and time tracking/time entry, is a plus.
- Exceptional organizational skills and a sharp attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction.
- Professionalism, discretion, and a high level of confidentiality and ethical standards.
Resumes may be submitted to Brittany Swiecicki at bswiecicki@rgsz.com