Real Estate Paralegal

Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world’s strongest integrated legal practices. With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The Tampa office of Squire Patton Boggs, a global law firm, is seeking a Paralegal for our dynamic, team-oriented Real Estate practice.

Our team provides comprehensive, results-driven legal services to guide clients through all aspects of commercial real estate activity.

• Drafting real estate documents, including deeds, easements, leases, assignments, affidavits, closing statements, and financing statements;
• Preparing initial drafts of leases and lease abstracts;
• Reviewing title, survey and plats and preparing title review memos and objection letters;
• Ordering, reviewing and summarizing UCC and litigation searches and zoning reports;
• Creating and monitoring transaction timelines and checklists;
• Preparation of closing checklists;
• Keeping multiple transactions on schedule for closing; and
• Creating entities and filing entity documents.

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or Paralegal Certificate or equivalent work experience
• At least 3 years’ of real estate, real estate lending, title and survey review, contract review, and general transactional experience
• Superior technical skills: be able to prepare documents in Microsoft Word including editing and redlines, working with “Styles” and working knowledge of Excel
• Illustrates excellent client-relationship skills; strong verbal and written communication abilities, proofreading, grammar, and organizational skills
• Ability to complete assigned tasks with attention to detail; work with teams and under pressure; and meet deadlines
• Motivated, organized, self-starter who is ready to assume responsibility on challenging matters and a desire to grow and develop
• Experience working in a large corporate setting, law firm, or title company preferred

We offer competitive compensation and a full benefits package including medical, health, dental, life, disability and 401(k) and the opportunity to work in a professional, collaborative work environment. We are not accepting third party submissions. Squire Patton Boggs is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion or creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other condition protected by applicable law.