Corporate Real Estate Paralegal

Responsible for supporting Real Estate activities to accomplish strategic planning and execution of CEMEX real estate mission – align the company’s U.S. operations with their need for real estate - including dispositions, acquisitions and leasing.

Job Responsibilities

• Supporting real estate and legal departments, management and business groups on commercial real estate transactions and projects.
• Performing legal due diligence for real estate transactions including researching and retrieving public records and internal information from other departments (i.e. operations, tax, accounting, BSO, environmental).
• Reviewing legal descriptions, surveys, title commitments and exception documents. 
• Proofreading legal documents to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Analyzing and summarizing real estate documents, zoning ordinances and statutes. 
• Preparing documents for review by attorneys, including but not limited to amendments to real estate purchase and sale agreements, leases, licenses, termination notices, estoppel certificates.
• Preparing real estate closing documents for review by attorneys (i.e. escrow instructions, deeds, easements, owner’s affidavits, closing certificates, entitlements and statements).
• Keeping detailed inventory of closing documents and review deliveries to flag open issues and alert attorneys to outstanding items.
• Managing real estate closings including coordinating and facilitating communication between attorneys for buyer and seller, escrow agents, title company, surveyors, etc. and overseeing and assembling multiple documents for closings. 
• Coordinating updates and real estate information with internal departments (i.e. operations, tax, accounting, BSO, environmental).
• Managing and updating real estate files and database(s) (i.e. due diligence and tracking).
• Assisting with special projects as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or better.  
• Paralegal certification from an accredited real estate paralegal education program. 
• Minimum of five years of experience as a real estate paralegal.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must be able to multi-task, prioritize work assignments, and maintain high quality performance with varied deadlines and competing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
• Self-starter who is adept at working in a team environment.
• Knowledge of spreadsheet software, word processing software, database software. 
• Knowledge of procedures related to recording documents and civil process.
• Contract expertise related to real estate and leasing transactions. 
• Strong research skills - ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. 
• Analytical skills - ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; and to compute rate, ratio, and percent. 
• Reasoning skills - ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 
• Problem solving – ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; skillfully gathers and analyzes information. 
• Strong oral communications skills – ability to communicate effectively across broad functional and organizational lines; listens and obtains clarification; responds well to questions; is able to communicate in a courteous, effective, and professional manner. 
• Strong written communications skills - ability to write and proofread reports, business correspondence and emails clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; able to read and interpret written information.
• Ability to demonstrate impeccable integrity in confidential matters.

Working Conditions

• Creative solution development and innovation skills in a collaborative environment
• Must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Self-starter able to work with minimal supervision
• Detail oriented
• Must possess excellent written and verbal skills
• Database management and market research experience a plus
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office, Internet research, Google Earth and presentation creation  

Physical Requirements

• Requires walking, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling and climbing to a significant degree
•  Job involves sitting most of the time, but also involves walking or standing for brief periods of time
•  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, in order to communicate to employees/visitors