Corporate Paralegal

Position: Corporate Paralegal, UCC

Compensation: $80,000 - $120,000

Location: Midtown, Hybrid

Ranking: AmLaw100

Position Overview

The Global Transportation Finance Paralegal will provide substantive support on corporate, finance, and transportation finance transactions from document preparation through closing and post-closing. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, comfortable working on time-sensitive transactions, and experienced supporting sophisticated finance or asset-based lending matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist attorneys with all aspects of corporate, finance, and Global Transportation Finance transactions.
• Prepare, proofread, amend, organize, and distribute transaction documents.
• Create and update closing checklists, closing indices, execution documents, and master closing bibles.
• Manage post-closing activities and related documentation.
• Draft and lodge/register charges, aircraft mortgages, ship mortgages, and railcar mortgages.
• Draft corporate authorities and ancillary transaction documents.
• Coordinate with opposing counsel regarding corporate authorization and ancillary matters.
• Conduct limited due diligence related to corporate powers and authority.
• Work with government authorities, including ship registries and the International Registry.
• Review and confirm satisfaction of conditions precedent.
• Communicate with clients regarding conditions precedent and closing deliverables.
• Prepare instructions to counsel for various transactions under attorney supervision.
• Assist with consolidating and updating internal know-how and transaction resources.
• Prepare and review Uniform Commercial Code filings and related documentation.
• Arrange filing of UCC documentation.
• Make International Registry filings and obtain equipment and user searches from the International Registry.
• Prepare and manage electronic and hard-copy closing bibles and post-closing documentation.
• Distribute original documents and closing sets to relevant transaction parties.
• Assist with creating, organizing, and managing physical and virtual data rooms.
• Analyze, organize, and reconcile transaction records and documents.
• Review and approve certain vendor invoices pre- and post-closing to support timely client billing.
• Perform other transaction-related tasks as assigned by attorneys.
• Maintain an annual target of approximately 1,500 billable hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7 years of experience in commercial lending, asset-based financing, secured lending, corporate transactions, or related transactional paralegal work preferred.
• Familiarity with UCC filings strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of the International Registry is a plus.
• Experience supporting complex closings, transaction checklists, execution documents, and post-closing binders preferred.