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Legal Intern

Boston, MA

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 Legal Intern with a passion for real estate, who will thrive working in a fast paced and exciting environment, to join our in-house legal team. This is an opportunity to work directly with accomplished real estate and tech professionals in a dynamic start-up environment. 

This position will be primarily focused on supporting:

  • The legal aspects of acquiring, financing, and managing property for our real estate funds
  • Groma’s 2026 expansion plans into additional regional markets
  • Our on-chain digital asset buildout
  • Corporate legal matters (e.g., real estate fund structuring and securities law). 

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 work at the intersection of real estate and innovative blockchain applications in a dynamic and fast-paced environment at the forefront of a burgeoning industry.

Job Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to): 

  • Working with internal departments and outside counsel on property-related legal matters
  • 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 for conducting closings
  • Prepare and organize physical and electronic closing binders and ensure all post-closing documents, such as deeds and mortgages, are properly recorded.
  • Support the Legal Department’s role and responsibilities related to Groma’s expansion into additional regional markets 
  • Supporting the legal department on all projects, including real estate transactions, permitting and development, real estate fund construction, expansion city research 
  • Support the Legal Department’s role in the rollout of Groma’s blockchain strategy, including securities law application where applicable
  • Research and track legal and regulatory developments related to the use of blockchain technology in real estate and capital markets, especially concerning securities law

Qualifications

  • Candidates must be either:
    • Full-time, matriculated 2L JD candidate at an ABA accredited institution, OR
    • Currently enrolled undergraduate student with an interest in law, real estate, securities, and/or blockchain technology
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA required 
  • Must meet minimum hour requirements:
    • 40 hours per week when school is not in session; 20 hours per week during school semester
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to manage tight deadlines and multiple complex projects 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 and/or the Legal Operations Manager. 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!)

 

 

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