Paralegal - General Practice

SUMMARY

General Practice Paralegals work very closely with each other and with the Firm’s lawyers and clients, depending on the needs of each particular transaction. Within the General Practice group, paralegals are assigned work in the following practice specialty areas: Capital Markets, Financial Institutions, Intellectual Property - Transactional, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sovereign Issuers, Commercial Real Estate, and Restructuring.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Project management of capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings transactions
Assist with special projects supporting the Firm’s practice development, knowledge management and business development initiatives
Conduct precedent research and analysis utilizing internal and external resources, as directed by supervising lawyers
Search for and review due diligence materials
Assist with pre-closings and closings
Assembling electronic closing documents
Proofreading a variety of documents, including offering documents, translations, mark-ups and drafting
Assist with corporate filings, UCC searches, and SEC filings
Notarizing documents
In addition, responsibilities related to maintaining firm and client information are to be adhered to by all employees. This includes complying with the firm’s information security policies, protecting firm assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, destruction or interference, and reporting security events or potential events or other security risks to management.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of legal/paralegal environments.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Good organizational skills; detail-oriented.
Good interpersonal skills.
Able to work under pressure and multitask when required.
High degree of initiative and self-motivation.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree required.
Prior legal experience is beneficial but not required.
Language skills are beneficial, specifically Spanish and Portuguese

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.