Corporate Paralegal

Fontainebleau Development; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fontainebleau Development seeks a Corporate Paralegal to support governance, transactions, contract administration, regulatory compliance, and legal operations in a fast-paced real estate environment.

The role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and discretion with confidential information, while managing multiple priorities and collaborating with in-house counsel and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent relevant experience preferred.
• Prior corporate paralegal or legal operations experience in-house or in a law firm.
• Working knowledge of corporate governance, entity management, filings, and document organization.
• Strong proofreading, organizational, and project management skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with business teams and outside counsel.
• Proficiency with MS Office, document management, contract management tools, entity management platforms, and e-signature tools.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize deadlines, and follow through.

Responsibilities

• Maintain corporate records, minute books, organizational charts, and ownership records.
• Prepare and manage corporate filings, annual reports, qualifications, dissolutions, and consents.
• Assist with formation, registration, qualification, and maintenance of domestic entities.
• Assist attorneys with acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, reorganizations, and other transactions.
• Coordinate due diligence requests, data room organization, closing checklists, and post-closing deliverables.
• Review, organize, and track contracts, amendments, notices, and NDAs.
• Support compliance initiatives, including licenses, permits, policies, and regulatory filings.
• Manage IP rights and interact with IP counsel; oversee legal department calendars and workflows.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Project management

Written and verbal communication

Discretion with confidential info

MS Office proficiency

Document management

Contract management

Education

Bachelor's degree or paralegal certificate

Equivalent relevant experience

Tools

Contract management tools

Document management systems

Entity management platforms

Electronic signature tools

Job description

Corporate Paralegal Role

The corporate paralegal will support the legal team with corporate governance, transactional matters, contract administration, regulatory compliance, and legal operations. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced business environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain corporate records, minute books, organizational charts, ownership records, and related governance materials. Focus on Delaware and Florida entities, but entities in other states are needed based on broad range of assets.
• Prepare and manage corporate filings, annual reports, qualifications, dissolutions, consents, resolutions, certificates, and other entity maintenance documents. Focus on Delaware and Florida entities, but entities in other states are needed based on broad range of assets.
• Assist with formation, registration, qualification, and maintenance of domestic entities.
• Assist attorneys with acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, reorganizations, and other corporate transactions.
• Coordinate due diligence requests, data room organization, closing checklists, signature packets, and post-closing deliverables.
• Review, organize, and track contracts, amendments, notices, confidentiality agreements, vendor agreements, and other legal documents.
• Support compliance initiatives, including licenses, permits, policies, regulatory filings, and internal reporting requirements.
• Manage and maintain intellectual property rights through interaction with third-party intellectual property lawyer.
• Manage legal department calendars, deadlines, document workflows, matter files, and administrative processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent relevant experience preferred.
• Prior experience as a corporate paralegal, legal assistant, or legal operations professional in a law firm or in-house legal department.
• Working knowledge of corporate governance, entity management, corporate filings, and legal document organization.
• Strong proofreading, organizational, and project management skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with business teams and outside counsel.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, document management systems, contract management tools, entity management platforms, and electronic signature tools.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, and follow through on assignments with accuracy and efficiency.

Preferred Skills And Attributes

• Detail-oriented, proactive, resourceful, and comfortable taking ownership of recurring legal processes.
• Experience supporting real estate, corporate finance, private equity, hospitality, development, or investment-related matters is a plus.
• Comfortable working with senior leadership and managing time-sensitive legal and business requests.
• Strong sense of urgency, accountability, and follow-through.
• Collaborative team player with a practical, business-minded approach.