Senior Corporate Paralegal

Needed immediately for Legal Department of nation’s largest not-for-profit health system, offering a range of medical services for all stages of life.

The Corporate Paralegal will assist General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel in the drafting, execution and delivery of documents including those required to form, merge, or acquire, maintain, or dissolve business entities and corporate record keeping.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in an ABA approved Paralegal program or Paralegal certification.
• 7-10 years of corporate law practice or in-house legal department experience
• Strong understanding of corporate terms and technological skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Superior research skills, including the use of online services (LexisNexis/Westlaw), corporate databases and the Internet.
• Superior organizational skills
• Project and case management skills including a strong aptitude for managing and prioritizing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Some background with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and entity change.
• Understands structure of complex legal transactions
• Ability to work independently and maintain a high degree of confidentiality.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Corporate governance (preparing resolutions, changes to bylaws, corporate records)
• Drafting contracts
• Assisting the Contracts Database Administrator with amendments, terminations and assignments
• Supporting litigation and responding to subpoenas
• Performing legal research
• Preparing corporate federal and state filings
• Other duties, as assigned.