Paralegal

Empowered Staffing LLC; Skokie (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Empowered Staffing LLC in Skokie, IL, seeks an experienced paralegal to support acquisitions and other corporate and real estate transactions. You will manage diligence, closing processes, entity records, and help keep deadlines organized from start to finish.

You will coordinate with internal teams and outside counsel, assist with formation, governance, and annual reporting, and maintain filing and version-control practices across legal documents and closing sets.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of paralegal experience in a law firm or corporate setting.
• Strong real estate and transactional process knowledge, with CRE experience preferred.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, financing, leasing, or private equity deals.
• Exceptional organizational skills to manage multiple deals and deadlines.
• Strong drafting, proofreading, and redlining abilities.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of assignments.
• Excellent communication with attorneys and cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, DocuSign; data-room skills.

Responsibilities

• Support acquisitions, financings, refinancings, JVs, management agreements through closing.
• Maintain transaction checklists, calendars, and status reports; follow deadlines.
• Prepare and circulate transaction documents, signature pages, consents, and closing binds.
• Manage document execution and signature tracking; keep final copies.
• Coordinate with internal teams, outside counsel, lenders, title companies, brokers.
• Assist with entity formation, governance, annual reporting, and registered-agent matters.
• Maintain org charts, entity records, and closing sets with proper filing and version control.
• Track contractual obligations, renewal and notice dates, and deadlines.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Real estate transactions

Drafting and proofreading

Organizational skills

Communication

Independent work

Research skills

DocuSign

Education

Bachelor's degree

Paralegal certificate

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

DocuSign

Data-room platforms

Job description

Empowered Staffing is partnered with a leading healthcare real estate investment and management company seeking an experienced Paralegal to join its legal team in Skokie, IL. They are looking for a highly organized Paralegal to support acquisitions and other corporate and real estate transactions, manage diligence and closing processes, maintain entity records, and help keep legal matters and transaction deadlines organized from start to finish.

What You'll Be Doing

• Support acquisitions, financings, refinancings, joint ventures, management agreements, and other corporate and real estate transactions from initial diligence through closing and post-closing.
• Maintain transaction checklists, closing calendars, responsibility lists, and status reports while proactively following up on outstanding items and deadlines.
• Prepare, revise, proofread, compare, format, and circulate transaction documents, signature pages, consents, resolutions, and closing binders.
• Manage document execution and signature processes, including tracking outstanding signatures and maintaining final executed copies.
• Coordinate with internal teams as well as outside counsel, lenders, title companies, brokers, consultants, and counterparties.
• Assist with entity formation, qualification, governance, annual reporting, and registered-agent matters.
• Maintain organizational charts, entity records, legal files, and closing sets using consistent filing and version-control practices.
• Track contractual obligations, renewal and notice dates, filing deadlines, post-closing deliverables, and other compliance requirements.
• Conduct targeted legal and factual research and assist with legal department process improvements.
• Provide support with litigation, claims, subpoenas, document collection, and related deadline tracking as needed.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of relevant paralegal experience within a law firm, corporate legal department, real estate investment firm, financial institution, or similarly complex business environment.
• Strong understanding of real estate and transactional processes, with commercial real estate experience strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, financing, leasing, joint ventures, corporate transactions, or private equity transactions preferred.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple transactions, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong drafting, proofreading, formatting, redlining, and version-control skills.
• Ability to work independently, anticipate needs, identify issues, and take ownership of assignments through completion.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with attorneys, executives, internal teams, and outside parties.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, DocuSign, and document-management or virtual data-room platforms.
• Litigation experience is transferable; healthcare or skilled nursing real estate experience is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate preferred.