Commercial Real Estate Paralegal

Scion Legal Staffing; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

CRE transactions exposure

Close collaboration with attorneys

Job summary

Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Commercial Real Estate Paralegal for a law firm with a sophisticated commercial real estate and transactional practice. This hybrid opportunity offers in‑office collaboration with remote flexibility.

The successful candidate will provide substantive transactional support across acquisitions, dispositions, financings, developments, and leasing matters, manage due diligence, title and survey review, and coordinate closings with attorneys

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience as a Commercial Real Estate Paralegal within a law firm.
• Hands-on experience reviewing title commitments, surveys, and related due diligence materials.
• Strong organizational, project management, and time-management skills with the ability to independently manage multiple transactions and deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, document management systems, and electronic closing platforms.
• Excellent communication, sound judgment, attention to detail, and commitment to high-quality work product.

Responsibilities

• Support commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financings, development projects, and leasing matters throughout all stages of the transaction lifecycle
• Order, review, and analyze title commitments, title exception documents, surveys, zoning reports, and other due diligence materials; prepare summaries and assist with identifying and resolving title and survey issues
• Manage transaction checklists, due diligence materials, closing calendars, critical deadlines, and transaction documents across multiple concurrent matters
• Draft, revise, proofread, organize, and track real estate transaction documents, signature materials, funding documentation, and closing deliverables
• Coordinate with attorneys, clients, title companies, surveyors, lenders, borrowers, purchasers, sellers, opposing counsel, and other transaction participants to facilitate efficient closings
• Manage closing and post-closing activities, including tracking executed documents, coordinating closing deliverables, assembling closing binders, and maintaining complete transaction records

Skills

Paralegal experience

Transaction management

Due diligence

Title & survey review

MS Office

Tools

Document management systems

Electronic closing platforms

Job description

Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Commercial Real Estate Paralegal for a highly respected law firm with a sophisticated commercial real estate and transactional practice. This is a hybrid opportunity offering a combination of in-office collaboration and remote flexibility.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Our client is seeking an experienced Commercial Real Estate Paralegal to provide substantive transactional support across commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financings, development projects, and leasing matters. This individual will play a key role in transaction management, title and survey review, due diligence, closing coordination, and post-closing activities while managing multiple active transactions and critical deadlines. The ideal candidate is a proactive, highly organized real estate professional who can independently manage sophisticated assignments while delivering accurate work product and exceptional client service.

PERKS:

• Competitive compensation ranging from $80,000–$100,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications
• Hybrid work environment offering a combination of in-office collaboration and remote flexibility
• Opportunity to support sophisticated commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financings, developments, and leasing transactions
• Meaningful involvement throughout the full transaction lifecycle, from due diligence and title review through closing and post-closing
• Collaborative environment offering exposure to experienced attorneys, clients, lenders, title professionals, and other transaction participants

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financings, development projects, and leasing matters throughout all stages of the transaction lifecycle
• Order, review, and analyze title commitments, title exception documents, surveys, zoning reports, and other due diligence materials; prepare summaries and assist with identifying and resolving title and survey issues
• Manage transaction checklists, due diligence materials, closing calendars, critical deadlines, and transaction documents across multiple concurrent matters
• Draft, revise, proofread, organize, and track real estate transaction documents, signature materials, funding documentation, and closing deliverables
• Coordinate with attorneys, clients, title companies, surveyors, lenders, borrowers, purchasers, sellers, opposing counsel, and other transaction participants to facilitate efficient closings
• Manage closing and post-closing activities, including tracking executed documents, coordinating closing deliverables, assembling closing binders, and maintaining complete transaction records

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3–5 years of experience as a Commercial Real Estate Paralegal within a law firm
• Strong understanding of commercial real estate transactions and debt financing, including hands-on experience reviewing title commitments, surveys, and related due diligence materials
• Exceptional organizational, project management, and time-management skills with the ability to independently manage multiple transactions and competing closing deadlines
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, document management systems, and electronic closing platforms, with strong drafting, proofreading, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
• Proactive and responsive professional with excellent communication skills, sound judgment, attention to detail, and a commitment to exceptional client service and high-quality work product

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

This opportunity offers competitive compensation ranging from $80,000–$100,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications. The position offers hybrid flexibility, along with the opportunity to join a sophisticated transactional practice and work on complex commercial real estate matters from initial due diligence through closing and post-closing.

Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent.

For opportunities located in a region that has enacted fair-chance, arrest-, or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.