| Location | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Salary | $60,000–$65,000 Per Year |
Corporate Legal Assistant
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid/Onsite)
Salary: Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package
About the Opportunity
A well-established law firm is seeking an experienced Corporate Legal Assistant to support attorneys in a busy corporate and transactional practice. This role is ideal for a highly organized, detail-oriented legal professional who excels at producing complex legal documents, managing multiple priorities, and delivering polished work with minimal supervision.
The successful candidate will bring advanced legal document-production skills, strong technical proficiency, and experience supporting corporate and transactional attorneys.
Key Responsibilities
Legal Document Production
Create, revise, proofread, format, and finalize complex corporate agreements, correspondence, and legal documents.
Troubleshoot and correct advanced Microsoft Word formatting issues, including:
Automatic and multilevel numbering
Styles and templates
Tables, cross-references, and footnotes
Tables of Contents
Section and page breaks
Headers, footers, and page numbering
Track Changes, document comparisons, and redlines
Convert PDF documents to Word and properly clean, reformat, and prepare documents for attorney use.
Prepare, manage, and review document comparisons and redlines.
Transactional Support
Assist with agreements, signature pages, executed documents, closing materials, and closing sets.
Support transactional matters and document management throughout the lifecycle of deals.
Organize and maintain electronic client and matter files, including version control and shared workspaces.
Prepare and track electronic signature packages.
Administrative Support
Maintain attorney calendars, meetings, and deadlines.
Coordinate virtual meetings and conference calls.
Create and revise PowerPoint presentations and perform basic Excel tasks.
Assist with virtual data rooms, including uploading, organizing, and maintaining transaction documents.
Provide overflow and administrative support to attorneys and practice group members as needed.
Qualifications
Required
Prior experience as a Legal Assistant, Legal Secretary, or similar legal support professional.
Advanced Microsoft Word skills with demonstrated experience producing lengthy and complex legal documents independently.
Strong proficiency with Adobe Acrobat and PDF editing.
Excellent proofreading, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and formatting skills.
Exceptional attention to detail and organizational abilities.
Strong communication skills and a professional, client-service mindset.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
Preferred
Experience supporting corporate and transactional attorneys.
Familiarity with agreements, closing documents, signature pages, and closing sets.
Experience with iManage, Litera, DocuSign, and virtual data room platforms.
Proficiency in Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, private equity, financing, commercial transactions, or related practice areas.
Technology Experience
Experience with the following platforms is highly valued:
Adobe Acrobat
iManage
Litera
DocuSign
Virtual Data Rooms
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Teams
PowerPoint
Excel
Salary: $60,000 - $65,000
Benefits:
Depending on the specific client, location, and role, the benefits may include PTO, medical, dental, vision, term life and AD&D insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits, wellness plans, and a 401k plan or a non-qualified deferred compensation plan. Additionally, you may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Bonus eligibility and amount are based upon company and/or individual performance.
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Pay Details: $60,000.00 to $65,000.00 per year
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Military connected talent encouraged to apply
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.lhh.com/us/en/candidate-privacy
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
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