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The Midtown Group
Corporate Transaction Paralegal
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What they do
A Paralegal or Legal Assistant assists attorneys and law offices with a variety of tasks ranging from administrative support to legal research and writing. Maintains and organizes files or file databases. Conducts legal or other background research, assists with preparation for trials or hearings, and drafts documents to be filed. Uses software for electronic discovery of materials such as email for a trial. May specialize in a particular area of the law such as corporate or criminal law, family law or real estate law.
$64,803 / year median in Maryland
+1% projected growth
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.