Corporate Paralegal

Company: Sunwater Capital
Location: Rockville
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Leverage your legal, admin, and technology skills for a DC metro area private equity fund. JOB DESCRIPTIONSunwater Capital is seeking a tech-savvy Corporate Paralegal for its legal and management department. Sunwater Capital is a North Bethesda-based private equity fund and asset management firm covering real estate and healthcare. The Corporate Paralegal will be responsible for contract management and admin, legal technology systems, legal process-setting and maintenance, document templates, management and filings, legal and important deadline calendaring and monitoring.The Corporate Paralegal will report to the firm's Managing Director and General Counsel and work closely with the Associate General Counsel and coordinate with executives in each department.LOCATION: North Bethesda, MarylandSPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:Contract Management & AdminSummarizing contractual terms and other business and legal mattersSupporting organization's staff with respect to contract queriesOwning and managing legal templates and recurring transactionsTracking contracts including renewals, expirations and post-execution deliverables/deadlinesManaging signature process, eg through DocuSign or coordinating notarizationSupporting admin functions companywide, eg HR and FinanceCompliance & GovernanceLegal deadlines and compliance calendar managementDrafting file memos regarding transactions and filing legal documents on and offlineTaking meeting minutes and follow upSupporting corporate secretarial and filing functions (eg organization of and applications for company government filings, procuring Certificates of Good Standing etc, corporate minutes, etc)Regulatory & compliance researchLegal Process SupportSelecting, implementing and managing legal software and systemsCreating and managing legal processes such as contract workflows and approvalsVendor and outside counsel managementCorporate security (passwords, credit tracking, IT policies, etc)Corporate Transaction SupportSupporting GC and AGC on strategic initiatives such as M&A, offerings, corporate governance and debtDrafting, reviewing, revising and negotiating (with AGC support) a wide variety of basic commercial agreementsCommunicating with and building requirements from stakeholders throughout the organizationProject management and proofing of internal and external transactionsREQUIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelor's degree2-5 years of work experience in legal/business/admin rolesExperience with cloud applications (eg salesforce or collaborating with google docs)Experience with research and project implementationHigh level of organizational skills and attention to detailAble to proofread with high degree of accuracy

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