Corporate Paralegal
Corporate Paralegal
Category
Paralegals
Location
Los Angeles, California
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
$120000 - $140000
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
Due Diligence
* Obtain, organize and index due diligence documents
* Organize, print and index documents from data sites
* Monitor review of data room by other professionals
* Order and review lien, tax and judgment searches
Research
* Review publicly available corporate and SEC documents and draft corporate profiles
* Execute LEXIS and Bloomberg searches
* Prepare brief bios or background/industry reports
Business Entity Documentation
* Form and dissolve corporations and other business entities
* Draft board resolutions and shareholder, member and limited partner resolutions
* Issue stock or membership interest certificates and maintain ledger
* Prepare foreign qualification form
* Draft charter documents and amendments to charter documents
* Draft merger certificates
* Interface with service companies to file and retrieve documents and coordinate apostilles
SEC filings and Related Documents
* Organize exhibits for regulatory filings
* Obtain EDGAR codes
* Coordinate distribution to exchanges and interested parties
* Manage a printer group; run a master, supervise proofreaders and ensure a smooth transition between support staff shifts
* Draft tender offer ancillary documents and coordinate mailing to security holders
Transactional/Closings
* Coordinate the preparation and revisions of working group lists
* Draft certain closing documents including secretary's certificates and officer's certificates
* Draft UCC financing, assignment and termination statements and arrange for filing; order and review searches to reflect
* Coordinate the collection of required documents and/or signatures pages
* Order and review certified charter documents
* Work with clients to obtain Employer Identification Number (EIN)
* Organize pre-closing: prepare folders and labels; manage signature pages and documents as they arrive; double-check availability of signatories and number of document copies needed for original signature (forwarding signature pages in advance); determine and coordinate appropriate support staffing levels and arrange ancillary services for pre-closing and closing
* Substantively review certain documents required for closings, such as board resolutions, certified corporate documents and third party consents
* Coordinate the execution and, where appropriate, the notarization of all closing documents
* Coordinate post-closing activities; follow-up to obtain all post-closing items; prepare closing sets and/or bound volumes; prepare and maintain office record
Administrative
* Coordinate and draft the Firm's responses to audit letters
* Monitor service company accounts; ensure payments of bills for services ordered; update service of process addresses for business entities formed
* Manage, edit, format and proof read Microsoft Word documents, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and Adobe PDF documents consistent with firm styles and standards; maintain proficiency in these programs, among others, in support of attorneys
* Perform other duties assigned
Job Requirements:
Qualifications:
* College Degree or Paralegal Certification from an ABA approved school
* Flexibility to work overtime
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to work as part of a team and work independently
* Strong technical skills
* Strong administrative, analytical, organizational and researching skills
* Attention to detail
* Strong multi-tasking skills
* Ability to work under pressure and interface with high-level attorneys and clients
* A plus if candidate is already a notary, but not required