Corporate and Real Estate Paralegal

Trueline Talent; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Fully covered parking

Cell phone stipend

PTO

Sick days

Job summary

Trueline Talent seeks a Corporate and Real Estate Paralegal to join its client’s legal team in West Los Angeles. This role offers the chance to work directly with the General Counsel, own a broad mix of corporate and transactional work, and help shape an evolving in-house legal function while maintaining a strong work-life balance.

The role includes managing corporate entities, maintaining governance records, supporting licensing and filings, assisting with contracts and real estate lending

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of paralegal or comparable legal experience.
• Experience supporting corporate transactional and/or real estate practice, either in-house or at a law firm.
• Strong organizational skills and comfort managing detail-intensive records, documents, deadlines, and processes.
• Ability to work independently and resourcefully when playbooks are not established.
• Curiosity and confidence asking questions for unfamiliar work.
• Strong communication skills and sound judgment.
• Flexible, open-minded approach and willingness to learn new areas of law and business.
• Ability to work onsite in West Los Angeles four days per week during ramp-up.

Responsibilities

• Manage legal entities throughout their lifecycle, including formations, dissolutions, and maintenance.
• Maintain corporate records, minute books, and governance documentation.
• Coordinate licensing, registrations, filings, and related compliance.
• Support contract administration, light review, document organization, and signature coordination.
• Assist with audits and other legal/compliance projects.
• Support real estate lending transactions and learn processes specific to the lending business.
• Coordinate document recordings and transaction-related requirements.
• Partner with General Counsel on a wide range of legal, corporate, and operational matters.
• Research unfamiliar issues and help develop practical solutions as the legal function grows.
• Take on greater responsibility over time and contribute ideas for improving processes and legal operations.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Corporate transactional experience

Real estate transactions support

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Paralegal certificate or degree preferred

Job description

Trueline's client, a growing private real estate lending and alternative investment firm, is seeking a Corporate and Real Estate Paralegal to join its legal team in West Los Angeles. This newly created role offers the chance to work directly with the company's General Counsel, take ownership of a broad mix of corporate and transactional work, and help shape an evolving in-house legal function while maintaining a genuinely reasonable work-life balance.

What You'll Do as the Corporate and Real Estate Paralegal:

• Manage legal entities throughout their lifecycle, including formations, dissolutions, and ongoing maintenance.
• Maintain corporate records, minute books, and other governance documentation.
• Coordinate state licensing requirements, registrations, filings, and related compliance activities.
• Support contract administration, including light review, document organization, and signature coordination.
• Assist with audits and other legal and compliance projects as needed.
• Support real estate lending transactions and learn processes specific to the company's lending business.
• Coordinate document recordings and other transaction-related requirements when needed.
• Partner closely with the General Counsel on a wide range of legal, corporate, and operational matters.
• Research unfamiliar issues, ask thoughtful questions, and help develop practical solutions as the legal function continues to grow.
• Take on greater responsibility over time and contribute ideas for improving processes and legal operations.

Must-Haves as the Corporate and Real Estate Paralegal:

• 2-5 years of relevant paralegal or comparable legal experience.
• Experience supporting a corporate transactional and/or real estate legal practice, either in-house or at a law firm.
• Strong organizational skills and comfort managing detail-intensive corporate records, documents, deadlines, and processes.
• Ability to work independently and resourcefully in an environment where every process may not already have a playbook.
• Curiosity and confidence asking questions when encountering unfamiliar work.
• Strong communication skills and sound judgment.
• A flexible, open-minded approach and willingness to learn new areas of law and business.
• Ability to work onsite in West Los Angeles four days per week during the initial ramp-up period.

Nice-to-Haves as the Corporate and Real Estate Paralegal:

• Experience with corporate entity management and governance.
• Experience supporting funds, asset management, or private investment businesses.
• Familiarity with state licensing or regulatory filings.
• Experience supporting corporate transactions.
• Exposure to contract management or legal operations.

Our Client Offers:

• 10% discretionary bonus target, with potential flexibility for exceptional candidates.
• Opportunity to work directly with and learn from the company's first General Counsel.
• Exposure to sophisticated real estate lending, investment, and asset management work in a smaller organization.
• A reasonable work schedule and strong emphasis on work-life balance.
• Four days onsite during the initial ramp-up period, with potential for greater hybrid flexibility over time.
• Flexibility around start time with appropriate communication and coordination.
• Fully covered parking.
• $30 monthly cell phone stipend.
• 10 days of accrued PTO plus 6 sick days.
• A newly created position with room to influence processes, expand your responsibilities, and grow alongside the legal function.

Trueline and its clients are unabashed equal-opportunity employers committed to a diverse workforce. We welcome smart and ambitious applicants and recruit, refer, hire, place, and promote without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.