TDS Telecommunications LLC is seeking a detail-oriented Real Estate Paralegal to join their team. This role involves drafting, reviewing, and coordinating legal documents for high-volume real estate transactions, ensuring legal integrity and timely execution while supporting the legal department's efforts to manage the real estate portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and revise a variety of real estate legal documents, including leases, lease amendments, easements, license agreements, access and utility agreements, memorandums of leases, option agreements, and asset purchase agreements
- Manage end-to-end real estate transactions, including coordinating due diligence, collecting and reviewing documents, preparing closing documents, and facilitating execution and recording of documents
- Review and summarize title reports, surveys, and legal descriptions for accuracy and compliance with transaction requirements
- Maintain, track, and update legal records, critical dates, document versions, and real estate databases to ensure ongoing compliance and efficiency
- Coordinate across departments (Legal, Asset Management, Sales, Operations, Finance) to meet transaction timelines and resolve issues
- Serve as a liaison with vendors to manage transaction workflows and ensure proper documentation and filing
- Assist with document management, e-filing, and administrative tasks
- Contribute to special legal projects and process improvements initiated by the legal team
Skills
- Associate's degree (or higher) OR 2+ years professional experience
- 1+ year(s) of experience as a real estate legal professional in a real estate law firm or corporate legal department
- Proven experience handling high-volume, deadline-driven real estate transactions
- Experience drafting legal real estate documents including but not limited to NDSa, SNDAs, MOLs, Site License Agreements related to Master Lease Agreements, and amendments to legal agreements
- Strong knowledge of real estate transactional processes, including title and survey review, lease negotiations, and closing coordination
- High proficiency with Microsoft 365 Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and work independently in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Familiarity with real estate management systems (e.g., NexsyOne, Site Tracker, SiteVizion or equivalent) is a plus
- Experience with document management platforms preferred
- Experience at a tower company or national carrier preferred
Benefits
- Medical Coverage
- Dental Coverage
- Vision Coverage
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Plan
- Generous Vacation & Paid Sick Leave
- Seven Paid National Holidays & One Floating Holiday
- Paid Parental Leave (6 weeks after 12 months of employment)
- Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
- Employee Assistance & Wellness Programs
- Commuter Program Benefit
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Education Assistance
- Paid Volunteer Time
Company Overview
- TDS Telecommunications LLC (TDS Telecom/TDS®) delivers high-speed internet, TV entertainment, and phone services to a mix of small to mid-sized urban, suburban and rural communities throughout the U.S. It was founded in 1969, and is headquartered in Madison, WI, US, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.tdstelecom.com.