Technology Transaction Paralegal

Technology Transaction Paralegal

Palo Alto, CA

Summary

Technology Transaction Paralegals provide legal support to the Technology Transactions Group.  Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Responsibilities

• Coordinate closings and prepare related documents and post-closing M&A support
• Data room management and vendor management including coordinating software based diligence review platforms (i.e., Kira)
• Due diligence including UCC lien searches
• Order searches on a company’s IP holdings (registered trademarks, patents, registered copyrights, domain names) and IP-related litigation
• Conduct additional searches on a company’s IP holdings on US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and U.S. Copyright Office website databases, foreign IP office website databases, and the SAEGIS trademark database.
• Assist attorneys in preparing cost estimates for running IP ownership searches and for recording IP assignments
• Review information memoranda and company website(s) for company background and IP information/usage
• Research company background on the internet
• Analyze IP search results
• Analyze chain of title information for trademarks, patents and copyrights (global)
• Assist attorneys in reviewing data room materials for documentation regarding registered trademarks, patents, copyrights and domain names
• Draft IP assignments and IP security agreements and releases
• Review executed IP assignments to ensure they are properly executed, notarized, stamped, witnessed, etc.
• Prepare recordation cover sheets or electronic filings for documents to be recorded at USPTO or Copyright Office
• Record documents at the USPTO or Copyright Office

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of technology transactional experience is desired
• Available to work overtime, as required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and track extensive details
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with personnel and to handle confidential information sensitively and discreetly
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, advanced knowledge of Excel preferred