About the Opportunity
Our client, a financial firm is looking to add a paralegal to their growing team in the NYC office. This is a brand new role due to the growth of the firm. In this role, you will assist lawyers in drafting, negotiating, and reviewing key documents, assist business teams in successful execution, and provide other relevant support to the legal team. The firm offers great benefits including free lunch once per week and a 4 days in office 1 day remote schedule. This is a great opportunity for someone who values an inclusive culture and would like to gain hands-on experience.
The annual base salary range is $55,000 to $75,000. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things. Details about eligibility for bonus compensation (if applicable) will be finalized at the time of offer.
Responsibilities
- Assist with proofreading presentations and documents
- Apply edits to corporate documents as requested by attorneys
- Execute full contract management lifecycle best practices, including the method of tracking and collecting countersigned versions of all corporate contracts, and tracking status of redline negotiations
- Assist in preparing basic legal documents, such as NDAs, simple contract mods, and correspondences
- Submit, maintain and monitor expense reports and vendor payments.
- Prepare and distribute documentation in advance of meetings involving the Legal department as appropriate
- Assist attorneys in identifying contract compliance items or other matters to be communicated to the company’s various departments and stakeholders
Requirements
- 1-4 years of Corporate Paralegal experience in a fast-paced environment
- Candidates that just graduated who have legal internship experience are encouraged to apply
- Bachelor’s degree is required
