Paralegal - Real Estate

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Position Overview:

The Paralegal - Real Estate is a key member of the Dutch Bros growing legal team. This role is responsible for providing support to attorneys, paralegals, and internal business partners on all business matters related to real estate development, transactions, and agreements. The Paralegal - Real Estate will also work closely in partnership with the paralegal and administrative staff on supporting internal and external attorneys managing a varying range of legal matters.

Job Qualifications:

High School Diploma or GED, required

Associates Degree, BA/BS, or Paralegal Degree or Certificate, preferred

5 years of proven legal experience with a corporation, law firm, government agency, or similar enterprise, required

Humble, hungry, and smart, required

Understanding of privilege, confidentiality, and unauthorized practice of law, required

Knowledge of law office operations, practices, and procedures, required

Strong verbal and written communication skills for interactions with attorneys, paralegals, administrative staff, and business partners, required

High attention to detail and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize work and respond to multiple demands while meeting time sensitive deadlines, required

Ability to project manage and balance working within the team environment, required

Proficiency in team collaboration and the ability to deliver and receive project and performance feedback, required

Efficiently and effectively work at a high level without direct supervision with work product accountability, required

Ability to acknowledge and comply with all corporate policies and procedures, required

Intermediate and above experience utilizing standard office technology including Google Suite, Microsoft Suite, Zoom, etc, required

Smartsheet and Lucernex experience, preferred

Experience and understanding of real estate development, transactions, and contracts including Build-to-Suit, Ground Leases, CAM, SNDA, Estoppel, and exclusivity issues, lease renewals and amendments, due diligence, memorandums, title and survey review, environmental reports, required

Location Requirement:

This role is located in Tempe, Arizona. This position is required to be in office 4 days per week (Mon-Thurs);
Fridays are optional remote work days.

Area specific:

Draft, track, review, and negotiate Build-to-Suit and Ground Lease Agreements, including but not limited to all ancillary lease documents (CC&Rs, SNDAs, estoppels, memorandums, amendments, rent commencement certificates, easements, etc)

Draft, review, and circulate all related notices and correspondence

Act as liaison to and partner with outside counsel on various legal matters including but not limited to lease negotiation, environmental, land use, construction, and litigation

Review and prepare recommendations on title reports and all other survey, or due diligence related reports

Act as real estate legal matter expert and advise Company’s current Real Property Management system(s) system administrators on all legal real estate related workflows, templates, data points, schedules, etc

Support Real Estate team on all intake and administrative related tasks, as needed

Support attorneys with advising lease administration staff on all lease and site related matters, including lease term compliance, lease renewal negotiation, and related communications and issues

Draft and maintain forms and templates for all real estate agreements

Other special projects as needed

Preparation, review, analysis, negotiation and facilitation of contracts, documents, projects, and matters

Provide high-level, detail focused, and proactive support to internal and external teams and business partners

Manage the collection of document signatures including manual, notary, and electronic signatures utilizing the Legal Department’s current Electronic Signature system(s)

Manage outside counsel relationships and matters

Effectively collaborate with team members to…