Find Jobs
Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location
Find & Apply For Paralegal / Legal Assistant Jobs in Potomac, Maryland
Browse jobs from a variety of sources below, sorted with the most recently published, nearest to the top. Click the title to view more information and apply online.
Skip to job details
Now viewing: Corporate Transaction Paralegal
TM
The Midtown Group
Corporate Transaction Paralegal
Job Description
Corporate Transaction Paralegal
Corporate Transactional ParalegalPotomac, MD | Full-Time | OnsiteSalary $75,000
The successful candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple matters simultaneously while supporting attorneys throughout the lifecycle of sophisticated corporate matters.
Responsibilities
- $90,000 DOEOur client, a well-established law firm in Potomac, Maryland, is seeking a Corporate Transactional Paralegal to support its Corporate & Business Department.
The successful candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple matters simultaneously while supporting attorneys throughout the lifecycle of sophisticated corporate matters.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and organize documents for business transactions from inception through closing.
- Assist attorneys with business formations, including corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and nonprofit entities.
- Prepare and file formation documents, annual reports, amendments, dissolutions, and other corporate filings with Secretaries of State nationwide.
- Maintain corporate records, minute books, governance documents, and entity management databases.
- Prepare corporate organizational documents, including:
- Operating Agreements
- Bylaws
- Corporate Resolutions
- Written Consents
- Stock Certificates
- Membership Certificates
- Assist with due diligence reviews for mergers, acquisitions, financings, and other corporate transactions.
- Prepare closing checklists, closing binders, signature packets, and post-closing documentation.
- Prepare and file UCC financing statements, amendments, continuations, and terminations.
- Coordinate registered agent services and maintain multi-state compliance calendars.
- Conduct legal and factual research using Westlaw and other research platforms.
- Track deadlines and maintain accurate electronic and physical client files.
- Record billable time and meet monthly billing expectations.
- Collaborate with attorneys, clients, financial institutions, and government agencies to ensure timely completion of corporate matters
- Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience supporting corporate and business law matters.
- Experience in either:
- Corporate department within a law firm, or
- In-house legal department supporting corporate transactions.
- Experience with corporate entity management and governance.
- Strong knowledge of:
- Entity formations
- Secretary of State filings
- Annual reports
- Corporate governance documents
- UCC filings
- Corporate compliance
- Experience preparing closing documents and supporting transactional matters.
- Strong legal research and writing skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Preferred Qualifications
- ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate.
- Bachelor's degree.
- Experience with:
- PerfectLaw
- Westlaw
- LexisNexis
- iManage or similar document management systems
- SharePoint
- Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending, or other business transactions.
- Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate has practical experience supporting corporate transactional matters and is comfortable handling entity formations, governance documents, Secretary of State filings, UCCs, due diligence, and business closings.