Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. Our exceptional teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high-stakes. The firm’s work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.

Based in New York, the Junior Real Estate Paralegal will be responsible for supporting attorneys and senior paralegal staff in all phases of real estate transactions, including the finalizing of documents for closing, maintaining closing checklists and preparation of signature page packets, and attending to post-closing matters such as distributing original documents and preparing closing binders.

This role reports to the Paralegal Supervisor, Transactional and Associate Director of Paralegal Services.

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Responsibilities include:

• Working on deal closings relating to the mortgage financing, mezzanine financing, acquisition and sale of national commercial real estate projects.
• Maintaining closing checklists, preparing UCC financing statements, escrow instruction letters, loan assignment and termination documents and other ancillary documents.
• Preparing signature page packets, inventory signature pages and assembling final documentation for closing.
• Coordinating UCC, tax lien, judgment, litigation, and bankruptcy searches and preparing summaries of results.
• Attending to post-closing matters including the distribution of original documents, preparation of closing binders and follow-up of recorded documents, title policies and other post-closing items.
• Forming corporate entities and preparing operating documentation, consents and certificates.
• Applying for employee identification numbers.
• Preparing transfer forms on ACRIS.
• Coordinating with external vendors.

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Qualifications:

• Excellent organizational skills and a strong attention to detail.
• Flexible and able to multi-task, balancing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Proactive and able to efficiently handle multiple projects and client matters simultaneously.
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Superior analytical and reasoning abilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with members across multiple offices. 
• Ability to work overtime as necessary.

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Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and substantive paralegal experience. Candidate must meet any applicable state requirements governing the performance of paralegal duties, including any required certifications or qualifications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Adobe.
• Familiarity with AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar) or legal technology platforms strongly preferred.

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Compensation & Benefits:

The annual compensation range for this position is $62 - 70k. The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.

Benefits offered for this position include health care; retirement benefits; paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time; parental leave; basic life insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts; as well as discretionary, performance-based bonuses.

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For technical difficulties with our online application, please contact us at staffrecruiting@gibsondunn.com. Our recruiting support team will respond as soon as possible.

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Gibson Dunn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities.  We strive to ensure an inclusive and accessible hiring experience.  The Firm will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable participation in the application and recruitment process, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
 
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or otherwise take part in the recruitment process, please contact us at recruiting-accommodations@gibsondunn.com. Please note, this is a dedicated email inbox established exclusively to assist applicants with accommodation request related to the recruitment process.  Inquiries about the status of an application or other non-accommodation matter will not receive a response.