Paralegal, Corporate

About the role

Ballard Spahr is a national law firm with more than 750 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States. A career at Ballard Spahr means joining a team of talented mentors, colleagues, and friends, supported by strong leadership that actively encourages professional growth. We are seeking a corporate paralegal who will support our lawyers in our Business and Transactions Department and provide the highest quality legal assistance to our clients.

Responsibilities

• Support mergers and acquisitions and securities practices.
• Act as liaison with clients and attorneys; respond to client requests for information and/or materials; coordinate with client on case-related documents.
• Prepare closing documentation, including drafting, organizing, proofreading and assembling documents.
• Prepare mergers and acquisitions documents and general corporate documents, including corporate approvals.
• Prepare applications to state and federal regulators.
• Conduct, organize, review and summarize due diligence documents, including preparation of due diligence checklists, coordinating and tracking receipt of due diligence documents and preparation of disclosure schedules and related documents.
• Prepare closing checklists and track closing-related items, and perform post-closing follow-up as needed.
• Keep a daily time record accurately describing the work performed and the amount of time expended on various matters for accountability and client billing purposes and maintain accurate records of hours worked for payroll purposes; track monthly hours and productivity.

Requirements

• Paralegal experience, preferably 5 years, including corporate paralegal experience, required.
• Four-year college degree and paralegal certificate preferred.
• Must have intermediate-level skills working with Microsoft Office applications, document management systems, and time-keeping software.
• Must be able to work overtime as needed.

Skills

• Significant experience in and a strong understanding of corporate law, including entity formation of Delaware corporations and limited liability companies, and maintenance of stock records and beneficial ownership tables.
• Significant experience in and a strong understanding of business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.
• Significant experience in and a strong understanding of securities law, including blue sky research, Form D filings and state securities filings, SEC Edgar Code maintenance and Section 16 filings.
• Ability to perform Secretary of State and federal SEC filings.
• Ability to prepare documentation for closings and closing binders, coordinate closing logistics, and summarize, prepare and file UCC Financing Statements.
• Ability to assume responsibility and exercise initiative and judgment to make decisions within the scope of assigned authority.
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team and practice collaboration with firm personnel across all offices.

Benefits

Ballard Spahr offers an excellent benefits package. A summary of available benefits can be found in the Careers section of the firm’s website.

Pay

The targeted salary range for this position is from $80,000–$120,000, which reflects the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual pay will depend on several factors such as the candidate’s experience, qualifications and location.

Schedule

This role offers a hybrid work schedule, based in either of our Minneapolis, Philadelphia, or Phoenix offices.