Business Services Paralegal

Best Best & Krieger LLP is a nationally recognized law firm focused on delivering effective and client-service oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals across the U.S. BBK is proud to trace the firm's success back to the groundwork of professionalism and community service laid by its founders 135 years ago.

Today, with nearly 250attorneys in offices throughout California and in Oregon and Washington, D.C., we efficiently and meaningfully assist our clients with complex, multi-disciplinary issues and provide creative solutions.

At BBK, we place a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to culture, community and equal opportunity. We are proud of our workplace culture, where we respect and value our colleagues for their unique perspectives and experiences.

The Business Services Paralegal II (7–10 years of experience) provides advanced transactional support for the Firm's real estate, corporate, finance, municipal, and mergers and acquisitions practices. This position works closely with attorneys, clients, lenders, title and escrow companies, consultants, governmental agencies, opposing counsel, and third-party vendors throughout all phases of complex transactions.

The Business Services Paralegal II independently manages significant transaction responsibilities from inception through closing and post-closing administration. The role requires substantial knowledge of commercial real estate transactions, corporate governance, entity management, financing transactions, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as the ability to coordinate large-scale due diligence efforts involving multiple stakeholders and significant volumes of transactional documentation.

The Business Services Paralegal II is expected to leverage technology and approved artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve efficiency, accuracy, and client service. This includes the use of AI-assisted technologies for document review, due diligence, contract abstraction, transaction management, data room administration, entity management, and preparation of transaction-related summaries and analyses. All AI-assisted work must be conducted in accordance with Firm policies, client requirements, confidentiality obligations, and applicable ethical standards.

The Business Services Paralegal II is expected to proactively anticipate attorney and client needs, identify process improvements, and serve as a resource regarding emerging technologies and best practices within transactional legal services.

• Assist attorneys in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions from contracts and loan commitments through closing and post-closing.
• Draft and/or review and analyze all required correspondence and commercial purchase and sale, lease, loan, tax and escrow documents, including, but not limited to:
  Letters of Intent, Purchase and Sale Agreements, Escrow Instructions, Deeds of Trust, Promissory Notes, Releases of Liens, Continuing Guaranties, Loan Agreements, Environmental Indemnity Agreements, Leases, Estoppel Certificates, UCC forms, Security Agreements.
• Assist with commercial real estate due diligence, including title and survey reviews, title objection letters, lease reviews, municipal lien searches, and UCC, judgement, litigation and lean searches.
• Prepare closing checklists, critical dates timelines, title commitments, title policies, closing statements, title and otheraffidavits, entity authorizations, buyer and seller escrow instructions, customary closing documentation, etc.
• Responsible for closing binders and assist with other aspects of the transactions as needed, both locally and nationally.
• Provide coordination efforts with respect to documentation and closing of real estate transactions, including sales,
• purchases, leases, and financing.
• Serves as liaison between legal team and client to assure quality and timely response. Daily contact (in person, in writing, or on the telephone) with clients, opposing counsel, brokers, as well as title and escrow officers all the while demonstrating a positive attitude with professionalism, courtesy, and appropriate tact and discretion in all interactions.
• Assist in performing due diligence review, including hiring consultants, corporate or other entity status (obtaining good standing certificates and certified copies of formation documents from…