Job Title: Corporate Paralegal
Department: Corporate & Capital Markets
Office: NYC, Boston, or Washington D.C.
Report to: Paralegal Manager
Status: Non-exempt
Summary
We strive to be enterprising, respectful, inclusive, insightful, and tenacious in every aspect of our business, including our interactions with clients, colleagues, and the communities where we have a presence. We rely on these core values to serve clients in key practice areas and industries – the pillars of Brown Rudnick: crisis management, which includes restructuring, investigations, and special situations; global litigation; life sciences; technology; and brand and reputation protection.
As a member of the Corporate & Capital Markets Department, the Corporate Paralegal will assist attorneys in our U.S. offices with all stages of corporate transactions and general corporate and securities matters. This will provide the opportunity to work within, but is not limited to: Life Sciences, Financial, Technology, Emerging Growth and Venture Capital.
Responsibilities
- Assisting with forming, registering, maintaining, and dissolving corporations, limited liability companies, and other legal entities, including with respect to confirmation of name availability, payment of annual and other taxes and fees, filing of all necessary documents, obtaining employer identification numbers, and preparing and maintaining minute books.
- Drafting documents including, but not limited to, officer's certificates, cross receipts, capitalization tables, and stock transfer documents.
- Assisting attorneys with due diligence in the areas of corporate records and lien searches.
- Drafting, filing and liaising between clients and attorneys regarding closing and post-closing federal and state filings in connection with capital raising transactions (e.g. Form D, Form ID, state Blue Sky laws), including EDGAR and EFD filings.
- Serving as liaison between clients and attorneys regarding the maintenance of corporate records, minute books, and various tasks associated with entity maintenance.
- Managing firm relationships with vendors providing corporate filing and representation services (e.g. CT & CSC).
- Providing attorneys with answers to state-by-state procedural and filing questions, obtaining vendor estimates for potential services as requested, and providing general assistance to attorneys as necessary.
- Assisting with drafting and filing basic IRS forms and matters, including but not limited to, obtaining EINs for U.S. and Non-U.S. entities, Entity Classification Elections, and change of address forms.
- Obtaining name reservations, certified copies of corporate documents, foreign and domestic certificates of good standing, and various other documents from state officials.
- Drafting by-laws, amendments, consents, minutes, stock transfers and ledgers for charters, corporations, limited liability companies, and other legal entities.
- Preparing and filing annual reports in states where corporations are incorporated and/or qualified to do business, managing and coordinating the firm’s annual report client outreach efforts.
- Preparing and filing of UCC financing statements, amendments, continuations, and terminations.
- Conducting, reviewing, and summarizing UCC searches.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience, preferably in a mid to large size law firm.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Knowledge of general recording/filing and/or electronic filing with county, state, and federal jurisdictional agencies.
- Highly proficient computer and virtual communication skills; experience with Carta and CT/CSC UCC search products a plus.
- Able to interact with all levels of legal staff and personnel, including management and support staff.
- Team-oriented and able to work in a multi-office environment across all technology platforms.
- Excellent attention to detail and able to follow up and follow through.
- Strong organizational, writing, communications and time management skills.
- Self-starter with a collaborative "get the job done" attitude.
Who We Are
Brown Rudnick is an international law firm with roots in post-war 1940s Boston and New York City. From the beginning, our lawyers and business professionals have demonstrated a remarkable blend of entrepreneurialism and collaboration. Over the last 25 years, the combined firm has thrived with full and easy partner/practice integration, rapidly realized profits from practice group collaboration, the continued development of new lawyers and a business professional staff that is well respected in the industry. Today, Brown Rudnick is a recognized leader in several practice and industry areas, such as corporate restructuring, technology, white collar defense, international disputes, intellectual property, and life sciences. The Firm continues to grow strategically and show its entrepreneurial, collaborative spirit that led to its creation.
Salary range based on experience level and location is estimated to be in the range of $100,000-120,000.
Brown Rudnick LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to recruiting, developing, and advancing talented professionals from all backgrounds across the spectrum of diversity. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws, without regard to race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or another protected characteristic, all as defined by applicable laws.
