Legal Specialist

NOTE: This role is a TEMPORARY / CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT for 4 to 6 months

What you’ll do: Corporate & Entity Administration—Oversee organizational records for a portfolio of affiliated companies and other legal entities. Coordinate entity creation, registrations, foreign qualifications, routine filings, reorganizations, and wind‑down activities. Keep governance materials current, including organizational documents, resolutions, consents, and meeting records. Identify and help resolve gaps or inconsistencies in historical entity documentation. Assist with recurring corporate compliance and entity‑management requirements. Provide legal and administrative support throughout commercial real estate transactions. Assist with acquisitions, sales, leasing matters, and other property‑related projects from initial diligence through completion. Review, organize, and track agreements and supporting documentation associated with transactions. Help coordinate materials such as purchase agreements, leases, amendments, estoppels, subordination agreements, easements, closing documents, and related approvals. Maintain transaction checklists and help ensure outstanding items are addressed before closing. Legal Operations—Maintain organized electronic legal files and transaction repositories. Coordinate diligence materials and virtual data rooms. Track deadlines, deliverables, approvals, and transaction milestones across concurrent matters. Develop and maintain internal trackers and reporting tools that provide visibility into ongoing legal work. Assist with document organization, legal‑process improvements, and department‑wide administrative initiatives. Work closely with internal stakeholders and external advisers to keep matters moving efficiently. Take on additional corporate, real estate, and legal operations assignments as business needs arise.

What We’re Looking For: Paralegal Path—Approximately three or more years of experience supporting transactional legal work, preferably involving corporate and commercial real estate matters. Demonstrated experience with entity administration and corporate records. Familiarity with transaction documentation, closing processes, and legal file management. Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize competing deadlines. Strong attention to detail and comfort working across multiple matters simultaneously. Ability to communicate effectively with attorneys, business personnel, and outside service providers. Attorney Path—Active Texas law license and good standing, or recent completion of the Texas Bar Exam with licensure pending. Academic, internship, clerkship, or professional exposure to transactional law, commercial real estate, corporate law, or a related practice is helpful. Ability to understand, draft, review, and organize legal and transactional documents. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Interest in the practical side of in‑house legal work, including transaction coordination, entity management, and legal department operations.

Location: Post Oak / Galleria area

Schedule: ONSITE

Salary range: $40 - $50 hourly DOE + potential OTApplicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.