Paralegal/Legal Assistant/Contract Manager

Jonathan Palacio

Stuart, FL *****

786-***-**** / ***************@******.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-palacio/

OVERVIEW

Dynamic, articulate, and highly dedicated Paralegal with 10+ combined years of corporate and real estate legal experience. A distinguished career of negotiating contracts and reviewing leases, mitigating costs, analyzing financial assets and strengthening infrastructures. Strong communication, interpersonal skills and extremely organized with the ability to excel in a fast-paced working environment. SKILLS

• Performance Improvement • Revenue Optimization

• Legal Research • Negotiation Skills

• Strategic Planning & Analysis • Cross-Functional Skills

• Legal Documentation • Relationship Building

• Policies & Procedures • Research & Analysis

EXPERIENCE

TOWER ALLIANCE, LLC., Boca Raton, FL 4/2014 – Present Contract Manager/Paralegal/Lease Consultant

• Managed an asset portfolio of 500 sites throughout the United States and Puerto Rico by conducting daily outbound communications, administering contracts, redlining potential agreements and managing all requirements and client expectations through SalesForce

• Negotiated price and terms with vendors, contractors and service providers, and created daily sales reports for Executives and Lease Consultants

• Generated approximately $2.3M in cash flow by mitigating landlord ground rents and extended ground lease expiration dates by 2,225 years

• Lead a team that consistently met quarterly and annual goals, and produced $8M+ in cash flow over the past three years

• Organized office operations, procedures, scheduled meetings and appointments to sustain an efficient working environment

GLOBAL TOWER PARTNERS, Boca Raton, FL 9/2011 – 3/2014 Legal Assistant

• Administered a team of paralegals that assisted securitized loans resulting in $100M for build to suit cell towers

• Prepared Amendments, Memoranda of Leases, and Assignment & Assumption of Leases, and delivered legal support to General Counsel relating to acquisitions and leasing

• Gathered and arranged evidence and other legal documents for attorney review and case preparation

• Drafted reports to help lawyers prepare for trials, and correspondence and legal documents, such as contracts and mortgages

LAW OFFICES OF MARSHALL C. WATSON, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL 6/2010 – 9/2011 Paralegal

• Delivered administrative proceeding and litigation support, involving such activities as developing and maintaining files, coordinated responses to data requests, interrogatories, requests for admission documents.

• Reviewed summaries of federal and state regulatory agency orders, rules, and procedures, monitored state and federal regulatory agencies and worked with counsel and business leaders to ensure compliance with applicable laws.

• Composed pleadings and documents for ongoing cases and settlements and reviewed and analyzed mortgage documents, notes and title policies.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Applied Science, Supervision & Management Broward College, 2017

Associate of Applied Science, Paralegal/Legal Assistant Broward College, 2015

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