Corporate Paralegal

Overview

High-profile, global law firm, is seeking a Corporate Paralegal for their Dallas office. This paralegal will be responsible for providing comprehensive legal and administrative support for corporate transactions, including drafting and managing corporate documents, conducting due diligence, coordinating filings, leveraging AI tools, and assisting with transaction closings and post-closing requirements.

This role reports to the Manager of Paralegal Services.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare and update working group lists.
• Maintain and update forms of due diligence requests lists and diligence call agendas.
• Coordinate UCC, tax lien, judgment, litigation, and bankruptcy searches and prepare summary of results.
• Leveraging AI tools such as KIRA and Harvey to prepare diligence matrices for common corporate documents (e.g., customer and supplier agreements, lease agreements, etc.).
• Preparing "shell" disclosure schedules for sell-side transactions and lower middle-market, buy-side transactions.
• Prepare initial drafts of corporate organizational documents and coordinate filing where necessary.
• Draft stock certificates, stock ledgers, and capitalization tables for corporations.
• Coordinate preparation of secretary's certificates and written consents.
• Manage U.S. state qualifications or registrations for foreign jurisdictions.
• Handle name reservations, amendments, merger documents, dissolutions, and foreign registration cancellations.
• Order good standing certificates and certified formation documents.
• Support transaction closings, including by leveraging iManage Closing Folders to prepare signature packets, final executed documents and client-facing closing binders.
• Coordinate notarization and apostillization of documents.
• Maintain company records notebooks.
• Assist in the tracking and managing of post-closing deadlines, including through the sending of calendar invites for key events.
• Maintain post-closing collateral requirements (e.g., stock certificates, deposit account control agreements).
• Draft release instructions for adjustment and indemnity escrow accounts and coordinating the execution of the same.
• Prepare and submit IRS SS-4 EIN applications.
• Prepare and submit SEC Form ID applications.
• Generate SEC EDGAR filing codes.
• Prepare and file SEC Form D and related blue sky filings.
• Prepare and file UCC financing statements, including collateral descriptions.
• Send documents for execution via DocuSign.
• Prepare signature packets and arrange execution.
• Compile executed documents and assemble exhibits.
• Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Experience

Compensation & Benefits

The firm offers a very competitive benefits package to include medical / dental / vision, parking, 401(k), paid overtime, etc. This position is onsite Monday-Friday. Billables are 1600 / hours annually.

Salary : annual compensation range is $100,000-$115,000. The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.

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