In-House CRE Paralegal — Closings & Leases

Outpost; Austin (TX); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Matching

19 Paid Holidays

Unlimited PTO

Friday team lunches

Title commensurate with experience

Zusammenfassung

Outpost, based in Austin, TX, seeks a Paralegal to join the legal team as the first dedicated hire. You will manage closing workflows for acquisitions, dispositions, refinancings, and leases across a nationwide truck-terminal and IOS portfolio, from signed contracts to funding and post-closing.

You will partner with the General Counsel to keep deadlines, deliverables, and signatures on track. The role requires 5+ years in CRE paralegal/transaction coordination, drafting experience from

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years as a paralegal or transaction coordinator in commercial real estate.
• Hands-on experience closing CRE acquisitions, dispositions, and refinancings.
• Commercial leasing experience: preparing, tracking, and administering tenant leases, amendments, and renewals.
• Ability to draft simple legal agreements (NDAs, amendments, assignments, estoppels) from templates with minimal revision.

Aufgaben

• Own the closing checklist for property acquisitions, dispositions, and refinancings: track every condition precedent, deliverable, and deadline from contract execution through funding.
• Serve as the day-to-day coordinator with title companies, escrow agents, surveyors, environmental consultants, lenders, brokers, and outside counsel to keep closing deliverables on schedule.
• Order, track, and organize third-party diligence for attorney review, including title commitments, surveys, zoning reports, Phase I environmental reports, estoppels, and SNDAs.
• Calculate and calendar critical dates: diligence period expirations, earnest money deposits, closing dates, and lease renewal and notice deadlines.
• Prepare and route execution documents through DocuSign; assemble signature packets and coordinate notarizations, wet-ink originals, and recording.
• Build and maintain virtual data rooms, closing binders, and post-closing deliverables.
• Maintain entity records for Outpost's holding company and property-level entities, including the compliance calendar for annual reports, registered agents, and foreign qualifications.
• Support the leasing process for tenant leases and license agreements: prepare lease documents, track execution, and maintain key dates, renewals, and notice obligations.
• Draft simple legal agreements from templates for attorney review, including NDAs, lease and license amendments, estoppels, assignments, and closing documents.
• Manage contract intake and the contract repository for vendor agreements, NDAs, and other commercial documents; and
• Support the General Counsel on legal operations projects and process improvements as the function grows.

Kenntnisse

Highly organized

Deadline-driven

Clear written communication

Attention to detail

Time management

Ausbildung

Paralegal certificate

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

DocuSign

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Virtual data room platforms

Jobbeschreibung

Outpost, based in Austin, TX, seeks a Paralegal to join the legal team as the first dedicated hire. You will manage closing workflows for acquisitions, dispositions, refinancings, and leases across a nationwide truck-terminal and IOS portfolio, from signed contracts to funding and post-closing.

You will partner with the General Counsel to keep deadlines, deliverables, and signatures on track. The role requires 5+ years in CRE paralegal/transaction coordination, drafting experience from