The Paralegal is a key member of the team and will both partner with and support the executive teams. Reporting into the General Counsel.
Responsibilities
- Assist with organizing and maintaining board minutes and meeting materials
- Contract support for standard corporate agreements, such as NDAs
- Assist in preparing and filing documents required for formation, governance, foreign qualifications and dissolution of legal entities
- Organization of litigation files; coordinate litigation holds and document productions
- Track contract lifecycle and maintain contract database
- Summarizing legal documents
- Performing records research
- Performing legal research
- Checking legal forms for accuracy
- Preparing reports
- Manage routine correspondence, organization of files and other administrative tasks
- Develop and maintain department resources
- Identify and implement improvements to current operations and workflows
- Collaborate with business partners across the organization as needed
- Clerical duties and other projects as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in related degree
- Minimum 5 years paralegal or comparable experience at a company legal departments or law firm
- Previous M&A experience is a plus
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong attention to details
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft office: PowerPoint, Excel, Word & Outlook; Hcue; Diligent; Legal tracker
- Ability to multi-task while maintaining a calm, pleasant attitude
- Strong work ethics and willingness to rollup sleeves, learn fast and take responsibility
- High level of discretion, maturity and confidentiality
- Ability to communicate clearly and comfortably with company directors, officers and staff; outside lawyers and other professionals; vendors; agencies; etc.
- Solid judgment in connection with various requests
- A team player who enjoys working collaboratively with others
- Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- Grit, perseverance and passion for long-term goals