Senior Corporate Paralegal - Join a Global Law Firm with Local Values
H1: Senior Corporate Paralegal Opportunity at O'Melveny
H2: A Place to Build a Rewarding Career with O'Melveny
O’Melveny, a global law firm with local values, is seeking a Senior Corporate Paralegal to join their team. This role can be based in any of their offices in New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Century City or Newport Beach.
Salary Range: $120,000 - $170,000 (based on experience, qualifications, and location)
O’Melveny is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) and has a strategic priority to create a truly inclusive environment for their lawyers and business professionals. The firm’s DE&I strategy is RISE (Representation Inclusion Social Justice Equity) and they expect every member of their firm to rise to the challenge of making DE&I a reality in every aspect of the firm.
The Senior Corporate Paralegal will be responsible for managing corporate transactions, including drafting and filing formation and qualification documents, assisting with drafting documents related to corporate transactions, and maintaining corporate minute books. They will also liaise with clients, prepare and manage company data rooms, and conduct research for securities compliance and lien searches.
Qualifications for this role include a minimum of 10 years of experience in managing corporate transactions in a large law firm or professional services environment, a four-year degree or equivalent, and a paralegal certification (depending on jurisdiction). The ideal candidate will also have a high level of proficiency with technology and excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
O’Melveny offers an excellent salary and benefits package and is an equal opportunity employer. Interested candidates can apply online at . Only those who closely meet the qualifications will receive a response. No phone inquiries please.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare, draft, and file formation and qualification documents for corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships.
- Assist with drafting documents necessary at all stages of a corporate transaction, including those related to preferred and debt financings, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate dissolution.
- Facilitate and support the lifecycle of a transaction, including tracking signatures and deal deliverables, taking ownership of transaction documentation, managing closing documentation, handling closing mechanics, and issuing stock certificates.
- Liaise with clients to facilitate the deal process.
- Prepare and manage company data rooms in connection with corporate transactions.
- Maintain corporate minute books and draft bylaws and company records, including board/member consents and resolutions.
- Conduct Blue Sky securities compliance research with state jurisdictions and SEC with respect to security issuances and company equity grants.
- Conduct lien searches at state and local levels.
- Conduct litigation searches at federal and local levels.
- Prepare and file UCC financing statements, including related exhibits.
- Record assignments and security agreements with the US Copyright Office.
- Obtain SEC access codes for clients.
- Coordinate authentication of documents for use abroad, including Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention nations.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 10 years of progressive responsibility in managing corporate transactions in a large law firm or professional services environment, with law firm experience strongly preferred
- Four-year degree or equivalent required
- Paralegal certification highly preferred or required, depending on jurisdiction
- Familiarity with UCC financing statements, filing components by jurisdiction, procedures, and lien searches
- High level of proficiency with technology including DocuSign, Microsoft Office Suite applications, Adobe Acrobat, and other Corporate records filing and transaction databases, and other internet research tools
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to multi-task
- Highly effective written and oral communications
- Creative problem-solving abilities and analytical skills
- Work independently, taking initiative to move projects to conclusion
- Maintain professional demeanor in stressful situations
- Reliable and dependable team player
- Maintain confidentiality of client information
- High sense of integrity
