Hybrid Real Estate Paralegal

at Scout Clean Energy

• Job title: Real Estate Paralegal
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $70,000 - $95,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Boulder, United States

About the role

• Real Estate Paralegal supporting land acquisition and title efforts. Collaborating with legal and development teams to ensure efficient process management.

Responsibilities

• As the Real Estate Paralegal, you will work with the Legal, Land, and Development Teams to support land acquisition and title efforts.
• Create, file, and maintain documents.
• Perform real estate due diligence for land acquisition, both for Scout projects and potential land or project acquisitions from other renewable energy companies.
• Support real estate transactions, including lease review and negotiation, title review, and survey review.
• Utilize the broad suite of Scout’s form agreements to draft and negotiate leases and ancillary transaction documents such as SNDAs, estoppels, notices, assignments, and amendments.
• Maintain real estate templates and support the development teams in their use.
• Review title documents, site plans and ALTA surveys for encumbrances and determine if curative action is required; prepare title and survey comment/revision correspondence to title companies and surveyors; support the drafting and negotiation of title curative documents.
• Coordinate, track, and report on title review, title curative work, and survey work.
• Aid in the preparation and execution of closing documentation for various complex renewable energy transactions involving multi-parcel real estate interests.
• Additional legal support as needed, including assistance with special projects as directed by the General Counsel and other Scout attorneys and/or assistance with various legal requests from other internal client groups.
• Review and implement improvements to Scout’s legal process management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and Paralegal Certificate from an accredited university.
• 3+ years of experience as a paralegal in an in-house legal department or law firm with a heavy focus on real estate contracts (e.g. leases, options to purchase, easements, title commitments and requirements, surveys).
• Interest in the renewable energy industry; prior experience in the industry is preferred but not required.
• Tech savvy – ability to learn and operate at a high level in a variety of software applications.
• Experience drafting documents (e.g., notices, amendments, assignments, consents, waivers, etc.).
• Strong writing skills.
• Detail-oriented with superior organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a flat organization, successfully leveraging the expertise of multiple colleagues in different lines of reporting.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Benefits

• Target base salary: $70,000-$95,000. Negotiable for the right candidate.
• Attractive bonus potential.
• Scout offers a full range of benefits, including medical/dental/vision insurance with attractive premiums, 401(k) match, STD, LTD, an Employee Assistance Program, and a range of optional supplemental insurance coverage.