Real Estate & Corporate Transactions Paralegal (M&A)

Sunrise Senior Living; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Dis

Disability Plans

Retirement Savings Plans

Paid time off (PTO), sick time, andhol

Job summary

Sunrise Senior Living in McLean, VA seeks a Real Estate and Corporate Transactions Paralegal to support complex real estate, corporate, M&A, development, financing, and transactional matters through initiation and closing.

The role coordinates projects, manages deadlines, supports due diligence, prepares legal documents, and facilitates collaboration among attorneys, internal stakeholders, counterparties, and external partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or certification preferred.
• 5+ years of experience supporting real estate, corporate transactions, M&A, or legal project management.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate transaction project plans, timelines, deliverables, and closing requirements across multiple concurrent matters.
• Support M&A, real estate development, financing, and corporate transactions, including due diligence and transaction management.
• Draft, review, and organize purchase agreements, due diligence checklists, closing documents, corporate resolutions, and closing binders.
• Conduct and coordinate due diligence, reviewing contracts, leases, corporate records, and other transaction documents.
• Support real estate closings, including title review, escrow coordination, closing documentation, and post-closing matters.
• Maintain transaction files, databases, compliance records, key dates, and contractual obligations.
• Communicate with attorneys, clients, counterparties, lenders, vendors, and other third parties to facilitate transactions.
• Conduct legal and transactional research and provide administrative and project management support to the Legal team.

Skills

Real estate transactions

M&A

Legal project management

Due diligence

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree or certification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Asana

Smartsheet

Monday.com

Job description

Sunrise Senior Living in McLean, VA seeks a Real Estate and Corporate Transactions Paralegal to support complex real estate, corporate, M&A, development, financing, and transactional matters through initiation and closing.

The role coordinates projects, manages deadlines, supports due diligence, prepares legal documents, and facilitates collaboration among attorneys, internal stakeholders, counterparties, and external partners.