Lead Paralegal Multifamily Legal

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Job Description

As a Lead Paralegal you will play a key role supporting the operational administrative and strategic needs of the Multifamily Legal this role you will work closely with legal leadership and crossfunctional partners to effectively support Fannie Maes multifamily mission as well as Enterprise business needs.

This position is wellsuited for someone who thrives in a fastpaced highly collaborative environment enjoys bringing structure to complex workstreams and can balance daytoday operational support and legal work with longerterm strategic initiatives.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Lead Paralegal role is a critical partner to the Deputy General Counsel responsible for advising the LIHTC & Corporate Real Estate platforms. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in reducing risk improving operational rigor and helping the company leverage its real estate and equity investment assets effectively. You will help ensure the team operates efficiently remains aligned with enterprise priorities and is positioned to scale as business needs evolve.

In this role you will:

• Work closely with Fannie Maes Deputy General Counsel for LIHTC & Corporate Real Estate in providing legal support for the companys real estate & lease portfolio with a primary focus on lease administration lease compliance lease expansions and contractions estoppel certificates SNDAs and lease notices as well as real estate dispositions and acquisitions.
• Assist Multifamily legal attorneys in providing legal support and legal administration for the companys multifamily real estate equity investments.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders across Legal LIHTC Customer Engagement and Equity Asset Management business teams Corporate Real Estate & Workplace Strategies Facilities Procurement Finance Risk Compliance and Operations as well as external counsel and vendors to advance strategic initiatives and legal deliverables.
• Help administer manage and track ongoing legal initiatives priorities and action items ensuring timely followthrough and clear communication.
• Help develop and maintain playbooks trackers legal metrics and legal budget reporting.
• Manage and maintain organization of portfolio of legal templates for the Corporate Real Estate & Multifamily Equity Investment business platforms.
• Prepare materials summaries and PowerPoint presentations for leadership and stakeholder discussions as needed.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experience

• 4 years of relevant experience within an in-house legal department corporate real estate function or law firm real estate practice.
• Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with discretion.

Desired Experience

• Bachelors degree or equivalent.
• Substantial experience supporting a large corporate tenant with a multi-site or national office portfolio preferred.
• Experience coordinating the execution of legal documents managing legal project plans and legal due diligence closing processes and post-closing obligations to ensure successful project completion.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong organizational communication and stakeholdermanagement skills.
• Experience working crossfunctionally with diverse teams and partners.
• Proficiency with common enterprise tools (e.g. CoPilot ChatGPT Excel PowerPoint Box imanage & collaboration platforms).

Multifamily Legal - Business Administration - Lead Associate

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The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health Life Voluntary Lifestyle and other benefits and perks that enhance an employees physical mental emotional and financial well-being. See more here.

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