Transactions Assistant - Corporate

About the role

The Corporate Transactions Assistant is a key member of the corporate legal team that assists attorneys, paralegals, and clients with financings, mergers & acquisitions, new company formations and corporate governance matters. This is a perfect position for someone interested in business, corporate law, and working in a law firm environment.

Responsibilities

• Proficiency in Word and Excel
• Experience and/or interest in learning and working with cutting edge legal tools and software
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to regularly interact with both clients and legal team members
• Excellent organization and attention to detail skills to manage and track legal documents and spreadsheets with multiple users and versions and prepare and maintain checklists
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments and meet deadlines
• Organize documents for attorney review
• Absorb and assist with various aspects of corporate transactions, including tracking, organizing, and editing documents, researching public records, assisting with electronic closing volumes, creating and maintaining signature tracking spreadsheets, entering data, and maintaining corporate records
• Perform transaction research and assist the legal team in closing large transactions using electronic mail and signature collection and tracking process
• Obtain documents and other information from governmental agencies or public agencies and information from accounting, timekeeping, and attorneys

Qualifications

• Demonstrated basic level of proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook and database experience
• Office experience in a law firm environment supporting paralegals and/or attorneys preferred
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required to interact with paralegals, attorneys and clients on a regular basis
• Excellent organizational and attention-to-detail skills necessary to manage volumes of documents, binders, letters, charts, etc.
• Must have the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments to meet deadlines
• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Paralegal certificate preferred

Benefits

This position is located in our Austin office and offers a hybrid work schedule.