Corporate Paralegal Supervisor

New York, NY

Summary

The Corporate Paralegal Supervisor assists in overseeing the Firm’s Corporate Paralegal Department.  Responsibilities include coordinating assignments and workflow, performing a variety of duties with respect to transactions and other Department initiatives, coordinating and/or providing training, and maintaining direct daily contact with attorneys and support staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assigns paralegal support to specific matters, determining scheduling and support requirements while ensuring that all deadlines are met;
• Maintains record of assignments and calendar of paralegal schedules so that the Department may always provide optimum and continuous support to attorneys;
• Coordinates with other support departments to effectively and efficiently meet the needs of each transaction or project;
• Creates and maintains training manuals for corporate paralegals;
• Provides and/or coordinates training regarding all corporate paralegal skills and support applications (includes coordination of seminars and educational gatherings as needed);
• Assists in analyzing and reporting on paralegals’ time to assess workload, productivity and ability to meet ongoing Firm needs;
• Assists Director in assessing paralegals’ performance and resolving issues;
• Assists with entity management and payment of vendor invoices;
• Provides intermittent overflow support by working directly with attorneys on all phases of corporate transactions, including due diligence, transaction signing, transaction closing and post-closing work.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

• Knowledge of corporate documents (name, purpose, format); types of corporate transactions (mergers, acquisitions, tender offers (hostile and friendly), IPOs, LBOs, securities offerings, etc.); transaction sequences and what is involved in each phase (pre-transaction research, negotiating sessions, Securitieas and Exchange Commission filings, closings and post-closing activities); and SEC filing rules and EDGAR filings;
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team;
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints;
• Ability to maintain working knowledge of Firm’s practice areas and procedures associated with each practice area;
• Ability to consistently evaluate and upgrade practice support service and technology;
• Ability and willingness to take on additional responsibilities as the need arises;
• Position frequently requires more than 35 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position. Ability and willingness to extend the workday is required;
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required;
• Minimum of three years’ experience as a corporate paralegal or supervisor of corporate paralegals in a major law firm;
• Supervisory experience preferred.