Paralegal (Finance)

This role will be responsible for managing and leading all supportive aspects of finance-related cases or transactions, while maintaining closing checklists, coordinating closings, preparing signature pages, and following up on post-closing items, including preparation of related closing indices and binders. This role will be located in either our New York or Los Angeles office.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting attorneys and other paralegals with due diligence including reviewing and retrieving data room documents
• Preparing an electronic share folder for closing through our global technology group
• Ordering and requesting from vendors articles of organization and incorporation and corporate, and tax certificates of good standing in appropriate jurisdictions, helping to resolve issues, if any
• Drafting forms, letters, or other documents, both legal and non-legal
• Anticipating typical work for a transaction, and working with supervisors to ensure all aspects are addressed

Qualifications:

• Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication with clients, outside vendors, and other parties
• Exhibit proficient knowledge of internal software applications, such as word processing, internet searching skills, spreadsheets, and databases
• Possess knowledge of MS Office applications, specifically MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook
• A minimum of four (4) years of law firm-related experience as a paralegal
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• A paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program or signed declaration, if located in a California office

$115,000 - $130,000