Affordable Housing & Real Estate Spec

Job Description

The Affordable Housing & Real Estate Practice Group Support Specialist is responsible for managing various aspects of the transactional process within the New York City affordable housing practice group. This position is among a dynamic team of attorneys and paralegals. This position requires an onsite work arrangement. A hybrid schedule may be considered ranging from 1-2 days remote after an onboarding period.

A career at Nixon Peabody is the opportunity to do work that matters. It's the chance to use your knowledge to shape what's ahead. To share, to innovate, to learn at a firm that taps the power of collective thinking.

We've created a dynamic, energizing environment that promotes success for our clients and each other. We offer fast growth, connectedness and training in business as well as law. And our rigorous standards assure you are part of a diverse team of top talent at every turn.

If you're someone who's looking toward the future, we'd love to hear from you.

Location: New York City, NY

• Serve as a point of contact for clients and work with attorneys and paralegals to ensure prompt service to clients.
• Assist with preparation of proposals and deal summaries and full range of client management activities.
• Assist with all aspects of deal closings. This includes: monitoring and tracking deadlines for diligence, agency submissions, bond and credit approvals, financing conditions, and closing milestones; organizing and maintaining matter files and data rooms; diligence deal tracking, including tracking deliverables, contingencies and approvals through closing; assisting with preparation and timely delivery of closing binders.
• Prepare signature page packets and track the receipt of executed signature pages along with coordination with clients, co‑counsel, lenders, agencies, counter parties and the title company regarding the same.
• Manage various aspects of document creation and review, including creating first drafts of key documents, updating deal documents with comments from opposing counsel, checking documents for spelling/grammar errors, reviewing revisions on non‑NP controlled docs and highlighting substantive changes for attorneys, and redacting legal documents.
• Coordinate team activities, such as housing industry event registration and attendance, as well as team deal and staffing tracking
• Perform other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential job responsibility listed above, satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. Nixon Peabody retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position. The requirements listed below are representative of the skills and abilities required.

• 0-3 years of relevant experience within a law firm setting.
• Bachelor's degree required. Experience in lieu of a degree will be considered.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Attention to detail with the ability to handle difficult situations and meet varying deadlines.
• Interpersonal skills with the ability to work with personnel at all levels in a variety of areas.
• Strong research, proofreading and editing skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. Excel and Power Point), web‑based collaboration tools and document management, including Net Documents.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently.
• Ability to thrive in a high‑volume, deadline‑driven work environment.
• Willingness to learn new skills.
• Proactive and highly responsive.

Nixon Peabody LLP is an Equal Opportunity / Affinitive Action

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