Senior Paralegal – Real Estate

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Senior Paralegal is an integral part of Latham’s Legal Professional and Paralegal team. This role will be responsible for performing legal tasks, working on legal projects, and providing various support functions to supervisors, while reviewing title insurance commitments and underlying documents, resolving title issues, and finalizing title policies. This role will be located in our Chicago office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Reviewing surveys, zoning reports, lease-related documents, and other due diligence items, including resolving issues, as well as coordinating with diligence service providers
• Preparing and maintaining transaction checklists
• Preparing and/or drafting closing documents, forms, letters, and other correspondence, and legal documents under the supervision of attorneys and maintaining closing files
• Providing support to attorneys for closings (and attending closings, if required)
• Creating and maintaining calendars for closings or transactions, and distributing them to supervisors and other team members
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 
  
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Possess knowledge of basic corporate structures and UCC matters
• Display knowledge and proficiency in PC applications, including MS Office Suite (especially Excel), and other programs necessary to complete thorough analyses and reports
• Exhibit well-developed and professional interpersonal skills

And have:

• A bachelor's degree (and signed declaration if located in a California office), or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program
• A minimum of ten (10) years of related law firm experience as a Real Estate Paralegal
• Experience in title, survey, zoning, and other related diligence review
• Experience assisting on commercial, multi-state real estate transactions required from origination to finalization of post-closing matters

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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