Corporate Paralegal – Public REIT
Representing a leading publicly traded real estate investment company with a large national portfolio, we are proud to be leading the search for a Corporate Paralegal. This role will oversee entity management, corporate governance, compliance filings, and legal operations support across a complex corporate structure.
This is a highly visible role offering the opportunity to own critical governance processes and support strategic legal initiatives across the business.
As the Corporate Paralegal, you will be responsible for:
- Managing the company’s entity management program and serving as the primary contact for corporate entity matters.
- Maintaining corporate records, governance documentation, minute books, and organizational structure charts.
- Coordinating entity formations, mergers, dissolutions, qualifications, withdrawals, and related corporate transactions.
- Managing annual filings, franchise tax requirements, and state compliance obligations across multiple jurisdictions.
- Partnering with tax, finance, and external advisors to support entity maintenance and regulatory compliance.
- Supporting capital markets and financing transactions, including document preparation and due diligence coordination.
- Managing trademark administration, renewals, and intellectual property recordkeeping.
- Reviewing, tracking, and routing subpoenas, legal notices, garnishments, and bankruptcy filings.
- Coordinating with internal stakeholders and external counsel on legal compliance matters, including real estate-related issues.
- Managing legal invoices, departmental trackers, databases, filing systems, and document retention processes.
- Providing ongoing support to attorneys, risk management professionals, and other legal department stakeholders.
To be successful in this role our client is looking for a:
- Paralegal with a certificate from an ABA-approved paralegal program.
- Professional with 5+ years of experience in a corporate legal department or similar corporate legal environment.
- Candidate with demonstrated expertise in entity management, corporate governance, and corporate maintenance activities.
- Individual with hands-on experience managing entity formations, annual filings, and multi-jurisdiction compliance requirements.
- Professional with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Candidate with outstanding attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.
- Strong communicator who can effectively explain legal and compliance matters to non-legal stakeholders.
- Team-oriented professional who builds strong relationships across functions and levels of an organization.
- Self-starter who can work independently while exercising sound judgment and discretion.
- Paralegal with experience in real estate, REITs, capital markets, or related industries preferred.
- Advanced user of Microsoft Office and experience with entity management systems preferred.
As a specialist Legal, Risk, and Compliance search and recruitment firm, we are excited to be partnering with a recognized industry leader that offers the scale, complexity, and visibility typically associated with a sophisticated public company legal function.
This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented and proactive corporate paralegal to join a growing and collaborative organization and contribute to the continued development and governance of a complex national business.
If this opportunity aligns with your experience, please apply. Please note that our client is unable to provide relocation for this role. The listed salary range serves as a guide and the salary offered within that range to the selected candidate will be based on experience, qualifications, and location.
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