Legal Operations Intern/Co-op

Groma is blending real estate and technology to unlock a new real estate asset class while making it easier for everyone, from institutional investors to the residents in our buildings, to participate in ownership. Our property technology platform uses AI to bring new efficiencies to the small unit count multifamily sector, enabling us to efficiently acquire, upgrade, and operate these 2-20 unit multifamily buildings and bring institutional performance to this massive but historically overlooked sector. Our investor technology platform makes owning these assets accessible to a broad array of investors, with bespoke vehicles available to institutional and family office investors and our flagship vehicle, the blockchain-powered GromaREIT, available to everyone, with a special focus on enabling ownership for the residents in our buildings. Visit www.groma.com to learn more about us.

About the Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented Legal Operations Co-Op with a passion for real estate and driving operational efficiencies, to join our in-house legal team. This is an entry level opportunity designed for both undergraduates and graduates seeking seasonal work that can transition into a full time position based on the candidate and internal resourcing needs. The successful candidate is someone who is highly motivated and looking for experience working with accomplished real estate and tech professionals in a fast paced, dynamic and exciting tech start-up environment to drive operational efficiency across the company’s core initiatives. 

This position will be primarily focused on:

• Providing legal support for property acquisitions throughout all aspects of the acquisition lifecycle, including document review, property due diligence, financing support, and recordkeeping. 
• Project based work related to property acquisition including Groma’s 2026 expansion plans into additional regional markets.

This role involves cross-departmental collaboration with our Acquisitions, Property Operations, Finance & Accounting, Investor Relations, and Engineering departments. This is a unique role in which the candidate can gain valuable experience in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Job Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to): 

• Administrative Management
• Prepare and organize physical and electronic closing binders.
• Ensure all post-acquisition documents, such as deeds and mortgages, are properly recorded and tracked.
• Assist legal team in analyzing due diligence and legal research, including title, survey, environmental and other reports.
• Helping counsel draft purchase and sale agreements and other related acquisition closing documents, loan documents, and similar documents.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings with all internal and external parties throughout Legal projects, including property acquisitions, post-acquisition projects, and internal priority initiatives.
• Maintain diligent and efficient documentation, task, and schedule management for the Legal Department.
• Working with internal departments and outside counsel on property-related legal matters
• Operational & Project Support
• Create operational “playbooks” for the Legal department to assist in defining standard operating procedures and processes.
• Assist the Legal Department with research and operational support related to Groma’s expansion into additional regional markets.
• Provide support on a variety of legal projects, including real estate transactions, permitting and development, real estate fund construction, insurance risk management, and expansion city research.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be either:
  
  • Currently enrolled undergraduate/graduate student or a recent graduate with an interest in law and real estate
• Minimum 3.5 GPA required 
• Must meet minimum hour requirements of 40 hours per week. 
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and multiple complex projects and priorities simultaneously 
• Diligent and efficient documentation, task, and schedule management skills
• Must be authorized to work in the US
• Must be willing to work fully in-office at our office in Boston, MA

This position will report directly to Legal Counsel. This is an in-office position, so we encourage only Boston-local candidates to apply. 

About our Culture

At Groma, we’re looking to build something big and are on a very fast growth trajectory. While a healthy work-life balance is important to our team, we want to be upfront that there may be times when we expect commitments outside of the standard 9-5. We strive to respect individuals and their needs, while also acknowledging the reality that we have a small team that is trying to accomplish some very ambitious goals in a short period of time.

We are also focused on maintaining our dynamic in-office culture at Groma’s headquarters in beautiful downtown Boston, Massachusetts. We believe that in-person collaboration and spontaneous interpersonal interaction is critical to the company’s success at this stage. Also, our office is great. We own the whole building and have made it very much our own space. We’ve got a gym, locker rooms, a game room, a rooftop garden, and all the normal stuff to make an office an effective and fun place to be. We understand that everyone will need to work from home or the road occasionally, but want to be transparent with this expectation.

We have an ever-evolving list of values and conventions that guide how we operate as a company, but here’s a high-level overview of how we think about doing what we do:

• We approach our work with pragmatic idealism that enables us to focus on our desire to make the world a better place in ways big and small while also being open to intelligent compromises that accelerate us on our path to serve our broader societal goals.
• Our whole team believes strongly that the challenges we are solving require effective teams, not individual heroes.
• We have complex conversations well. We sit at the intersection of housing and blockchain policy, both nuanced topics with real-world impacts. We pride ourselves on being thoughtful, seeking the best solutions to real-world challenges, and implementing them effectively in the real world.

Job Benefits

• Fully-covered commuter passes for bus, subway, boat, or commuter rail
• Competitive paid time off policy
• 13 official company holidays
• Awesome HQ located in downtown Boston with an in-office gym
• Weekly catering and a robust snack, and beverage program 
• Fully covered commuter passes for bus, subway, boat, or commuter rail
• Foosball, Mario Kart, and ping pong matches (no prior experience required!)