Paralegal II-Finance (UCC) 

New York, NY 

Summary

The Paralegal II is an integral part of the firm’s Legal Professional and Paralegal team. This role will be responsible for managing and leading all supportive aspects of finance-related cases or transactions, while preparing and filing UCC-1 financing statements, UCC-3 amendments, continuations, and terminations (both at the state and local level) relating to different types of transactions, including secured transactions on both the Borrower and the Lender’s side, as well as working with the M&A group and the Entertainment Group. This role will be located in our New York office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications 

Other key responsibilities include:

• Obtaining, reviewing, and summarizing lien searches from various states and local jurisdictions, including litigation searches
• Maintaining closing checklists, coordinating closings, preparing signature pages, and following up on post-closing items, including preparation of related closing indices and binders
• Assisting attorneys and other paralegals with due diligence, including reviewing and retrieving data room documents
• Preparing an electronic share folder for closing through our global technology group
• Ordering articles of organization and incorporation, as well as corporate and tax certificates of good standing from vendors in appropriate jurisdictions, and assisting in resolving any issues that may arise, if any
• Drafting forms, letters, or other documents both legal and non-legal
• Anticipating typical work for a transaction, and working with supervisors to ensure all aspects are addressed
• Editing basic finance documents such as promissory notes, guaranties, security agreements, consents and financial statements
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that the firm retains

We’d love to hear from you if you

• Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication with clients, outside vendors, and other parties
• Exhibit proficient knowledge of internal software applications, such as word processing, internet searching skills, spreadsheets, and databases
• Possess knowledge of MS Office applications, specifically MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook

And have

• A minimum of four (4) years of law firm-related experience as a paralegal
• A bachelor’s degree (and signed declaration if located in a California office), or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program

Compensation: $105,000.00-$125,000.00, plus overtime and bonus. 

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