The Corporate Paralegal will be responsible for supporting matters pertaining to Related Midwest. This position will have the responsibilities of the day-to-day legal administrative and documentation duties for our Related Corporate Real Estate business. This position will be based onsite in our Chicago office and will work closely with the following Related divisions: Construction and Design, Construction Cost Management, Development, Leasing, Marketing, and Residential Sales and Rentals. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Form and maintain legal entities to ensure compliance with corporate governance standards
• Manage and track various litigation matters, ensuring accurate and up-to-date documentation, deadlines, and case-related information.
• Administer legal file management, processing both new and existing files for effective documentation and organization.
• Conduct thorough title and survey reviews for real estate transactions, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and identifying any potential issues or discrepancies.
• Oversee time record administration and invoicing procedures to support accurate financial tracking.
• Collaborate with in-house and third-party attorneys, facilitating seamless communication and coordination.
• Draft and create various legal documents, including agreements, memoranda, corporate resolutions, and closing certificates.
• Review due diligence documents to provide comprehensive support for legal proceedings.
• Order and review lien and judgment searches to assess potential risks and liabilities.

• 8+ years of relevant corporate and real estate legal experience
• Experience working in a corporate environment
• Superior interpersonal skills:
• Ease in working with people up and down the organization hierarchy
• Naturally adaptive to different audiences
• Diplomatically assertive
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong sense of integrity and ethics.
• Excellent written and verbal and communication skills.
• Undergraduate degree required.
• A Registered Paralegal (RP) certification is preferred.

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Formed in 1972, Related is the most prominent privately-owned real estate firm in the United States. Headquartered in New York City, the company has offices and major developments across the world. Related owns and manages a premier portfolio of assets valued at over $60 billion, including the 28-acre Hudson Yards neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side.

Related believes in investing in its talent and cultivates a positive, team-oriented environment where every voice is valued. Employees are encouraged to boldly take on new challenges, transcend the status quo, and demonstrate strong entrepreneurial spirit. In its relentless commitment to excellence, Related works to foster an innovative approach in its team members so that they can positively impact the communities in which they conduct business. Learn more about Related at .

, the Chicago office of Related Companies, is the preeminent developer of mixed-use properties, affordable housing communities, and luxury condominium and rental homes across Chicago. The company commands a portfolio of residential, mixed-use and master-planned properties, including pioneering projects like The 78 where the company is heading a transformational development on 62 acres in the heart of downtown Chicago to create the city's next great neighborhood. Related Midwest is also the largest developer of affordable housing in the Midwest, with more than 10,000 units, and has never converted an affordable unit to market rate.

The firm's other market-defining projects include ultra-luxury residential tower One Bennett Park, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects; The Row Fulton Market, the first high-rise in Chicago built by an African American general contractor (BOWA Construction); luxury rental towers 500 N. Lake Shore Drive and OneEleven; Lathrop, an ongoing restoration and redevelopment of the historic Julia C. Lathrop Homes into a mixed-income community; 400 Lake Shore Drive, two residential towers situated where the river meets the lake in Chicago, and Roosevelt Square, an innovative 120-acre multi-phase development on Chicago's west side.

For more than 30 years, Related Midwest has been an industry leader in community commitment and routinely sets the bar for measurable equity, diversity and inclusion standards on all of its projects. The company is deeply committed to improving neighborhoods, creating sustainable opportunities for small businesses and community residents, and building inspirational places and homes for all. Related Midwest's business model is built on partnership with minority- and women-owned firms as well as mentorship of small minority- and women-owned businesses as they launch and grow. The firm is a founding partner in HIRE360, a first-of-its-kind community partnership designed to expand professional development and employment opportunities in the trades.