Paralegal - Leveraged Finance

The role

DLA Piper is seeking a Paralegal with 1 year of experience to join their Leveraged Finance practice group in New York. This role supports attorneys by preparing legal documents, compiling and summarizing information, and coordinating efforts between various parties.

What you'll do

• Perform a range of substantive case, matter, or entity related duties under the supervision of attorneys
• Prepare drafts of legal and other documents and correspondence for attorney review
• Compile, analyze, and summarize information
• Coordinate efforts between attorneys, clients, outside legal counsel, opposing legal counsel, other parties, and outside vendors
• Research, prepare and file UCC Financing Statements
• Organize, prepare and file a variety of legal documents for transactions (Articles of Incorporation/Organization, Amendments, state qualifications, consents, merger documents, closing books, electronic closing sets, initial drafts or certificates, short-form closing deliverables, and filing annual reports)
• State filings
• Lien searches
• Engagement with various vendors
• Coordinate execution and delivery of documentation to other parties’ counsel, lenders, governmental agencies, etc. including all closing documentation
• Develop, monitor and update closing checklists
• Attend closing with attorneys to manage documents
• Assist paralegals and attorneys with signature packets via DocuSign and SimplyAgree
• Prepare closing books
• Maintain minute books (hard copy and electronic)
• Assemble, review, and analyze documents
• Manage data rooms and matter files

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