National Residential Transaction Paralegal

Godot Consulting Group

National Residential Transaction Paralegal at a fast-paced investment firm supporting legal and compliance teams in transaction closings. Hybrid role based in New York with full-time hours.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Proactively support the Legal and Compliance team as well as the Investment team with transaction closings.
Assist in the execution and tracking of various legal agreements.
Support Asset Management function in the review and execution of project entitlements.
Manage large volume of highly sensitive and confidential physical and electronic documents and files.
Assist with the formation of legal entities and maintenance of fund level subsidiaries.
Draft and coordinate execution of board resolutions and corporate consents.
Track and process invoices, ensuring invoices go through proper internal approval procedures.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Duties will include coordinating execution of documents, coordinating KYC and due diligence searches, drafting and compiling documents for transaction closings, and working on special projects.
You will also be responsible for tracking critical dates and deadlines and managing highly confidential and sensitive documents.
The role is analogous to a legal assistant position, but there is significant growth potential for a proven candidate who is detail-oriented, motivated, and a self-starter and who demonstrates the ability and willingness to take on additional responsibilities.
To be successful in this role, you must be able to anticipate the needs of the members of the Legal and Compliance and investment team and exercise judgment to plan, prioritize and organize a diversified workload.
The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated track record of success in his or her prior endeavors, superb organizational skills, an entrepreneurial, self-driven nature, a low ego, team-oriented style, and unimpeachable integrity and values.
Proactively support the Legal and Compliance team as well as the Investment team with transaction closings.
Assist in the execution and tracking of various legal agreements.
Support Asset Management function in the review and execution of project entitlements.
Manage large volume of highly sensitive and confidential physical and electronic documents and files.
Assist with the formation of legal entities and maintenance of fund level subsidiaries.
Draft and coordinate execution of board resolutions and corporate consents.
Track and process invoices, ensuring invoices go through proper internal approval procedures.

Benefits

Comp & perks

- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Work From Home

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Hard Skills & Tools

document executionKYCdue diligencetransaction closingslegal agreementsproject entitlementsinvoice processingboard resolutionscorporate consentslegal entity formation

Soft Skills

detail-orientedmotivatedself-starterorganizational skillsteam-orientedjudgmentplanningprioritizationanticipation of needsintegrity