Paralegal

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support legal and business teams on transactions, including assisting with deal documents and other aspects such as closings, amendments, consents, corporate actions, and similar.
• Draft, maintain, and update internal corporate documents, tracking spreadsheets, checklists, forms, procedures manuals, and other resources.
• Understand the functions, legal and business needs across divisions, departments, and business units supported, with a focus on transactional work for the Investments division, particularly various Private Investment asset classes.
• Maintain knowledge of the objectives of multiple business lines, and continually updates knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment in which they operate.
• Independently informs and coaches business partners as appropriate.
• Supports the organization’s goals and projects by conducting research and developing options and alternatives related to legal, regulatory and business matters and risk mitigation.
• Provides coaching and counseling to business partners related to implementation.
• Independently identifies, analyzes, and researches legal issues within divisions, departments, and business units supported as appropriate.
• Works directly with outside counsel to resolve issues.
• Conducts research as directed by attorneys.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree or Paralegal Certificate
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience in transactional and/or corporate governance work is critical.
• Experience with tools used to evaluate, interpret, and analyze legal information.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound business acumen and judgment.
• Fosters teamwork and collaboration.
• Mentors other paralegals and legal specialists.
• Ability to evaluate, redesign or tailor electronic tools utilized by law and compliance to meet the needs of the GCO.
• Ability to draft policies and procedures for GCO and business clients;
• Deep understanding of the business to direct outside counsel to obtain cost effective legal advice and results.

Pay

The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $94,175.00 - $127,413.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge, business needs, market demand, and other factors.

Benefits

Various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives); medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings account; flexible spending account; 401k; pension; life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; disability insurance; supplemental protection insurance; 20 days of Paid Time Off each year; Sick and Safe Time; 10 paid company holidays; Volunteer Time Off; paid parental leave; EAP; well-being benefits, and other employee benefits.