Real Estate-Corporate Paralegal

2 weeks ago

Chicago, United States Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres Full time

Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres is a growing law firm headquartered in Chicago, with a team of over 80 attorneys. Formed by partners who worked at preeminent international law firms, with a deep bench of sophisticated and experienced corporate lawyers and litigators, our team provides exceptional legal service while affording our clients the benefits of working with an agile and entrepreneurial-minded team of results-oriented, well-rounded professionals. We are a driven by our core values: humility, respect, collaboration, partnership, and innovation.


We represent a diverse group of interesting clients, which include private equity firms, founders, startups, venture capital investors, family offices and public companies (among others), in sophisticated and complex legal matters and transactions.


Croke Fairchild is WBE Certified and a member of the national association of minority and women owned law firms (NAMWOLF).

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Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres has an opening for a mid to senior-level Paralegal to support our Real Estate and Corporate Groups. This is a hybrid position in our Chicago office. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years or more of experience in the areas of both commercial and residential real estate transactions including title & survey review, finance (loan documentation), and general knowledge of the legal process as it relates to the financial services associated with a real estate transaction. Previous experience with a law firm, title company, or financial institution is required.


Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Drafting and coordination of deeds, closing documents, entity resolutions, escrow instructions and other real property related documents.
  • Attention to due diligence.
  • Order title and survey; preparation of title and survey review.
  • Research, prepare and file UCC-1 and UCC-3 filing statements.
  • Order UCC, litigation, tax lien and other searches.
  • Order and obtain title clearance documents, pay-off letters and certified charters and certificates of good standing.
  • Assist with the formation and management of corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships, including preparation of formation documents, obtaining EINs and filing annual reports.
  • Assist with document work including redlines, PDF to Word conversion, and formatting requests.
  • Organize and file documents on the document management system.


Requirements:

  • Ability to multi-task and balance multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
  • Strong time management skills.
  • Ability to troubleshoot issues and problem solve.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Meticulous attention to detail and sense of pride in personal work product.
  • Excellent computer skills, including, but not limited to: Word, Excel, Outlook, and Adobe.
  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • Paralegal/legal education preferred.
  • Prior law firm, title company, and/or financial institution experience required.
  • Must be able to work individually, as well as in a team setting.


About Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres

Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres is a corporate law firm providing services to businesses, private equity and venture firms and their portfolio companies, public companies, founders and family offices. Formed by partners who worked at preeminent international law firms, the firm boasts a deep bench of sophisticated and experienced corporate lawyers. With offices in Chicago and Milwaukee, our team provides exceptional legal service while affording our clients the benefits of working with a small, agile, and driven law firm. For more information, please visit us online at crokefairchild.com.


Benefits

Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres offers a wide range of benefits including discretionary annual bonus, medical, dental and vision insurance, HSA/FSA options, disability Insurance, 401(k), paid paternity leave, paid maternity leave and commuter benefits.


At Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed supporting and encouraging diversity in the workplace. We welcome our employee’s differences regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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