Senior Legal Specialist

Anticipated End Date:

2025-09-29

Position Title:

Senior Legal Specialist

Job Description:

Senior Legal Specialist

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Legal Specialist Senior is responsible for providing comprehensive governance support for numerous subsidiary entities, shareholder services, and the Corporate Secretary’s Office. This role is transactional and governance-focused (not litigation) and requires strong organizational, technical, and project management skills.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Draft and prepare board/shareholder resolutions for corporate actions (officer and director elections, dividend declarations, investment transactions, capital contributions, regulatory filings, intercompany transactions).
• Maintain corporate records (digital and hardbound books) and update governance documents.
• Prepare and review legal documentation to close transactions, support entity licensing, and ensure good standing and best governance practices.
• Conduct legal research and analysis; recommend actions and next steps.
• Support entity management activities, including creating, merging, dissolving, or relocating entities; prepare and file governing documents (Articles, Bylaws/Operating Agreements, merger agreements, consents).
• Perform fact checking, gather documents, research and respond to audit requests, record requests, diligence requests and various inquiries from internal and external sources
• File required Secretary of State forms (annual reports, DBAs, name changes, dissolutions, qualifications).
• Prepare officer, director, and executive biographical affidavits.
• Maintain legal entity management database and shared systems.
• Schedule, prepare and organize materials for, attend meetings for and take minutes of board meetings for multiple entities
• Upload board materials to designated platforms; attend meetings virtually and record minutes.
• Manage execution of complex documents requiring multiple signatures and approvals.
• Monitor shared inbox and respond to registered agent notices and inquiries from internal/external stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional planning and vendor management, including service-level compliance, accruals, invoices, and budget forecasting.
• Support shareholder services operations (e.g., website/SharePoint maintenance, digital fingerprinting of directors/officers, shareholder communications).
• Create and maintain tools for team efficiency: trackers, form documents, checklists, templates, presentations.
• Contribute to department process improvements and adoption of project management/AI tools.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a High School diploma or equivalent and a Paralegal Certification or an AA/AS/BA/BS in a related field and a minimum of 10 years of legal or related experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences:

• Strong governance knowledge, entity management, and regulatory compliance experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Pro, Excel, (PowerPoint is a plus), SaaS applications, and collaboration/document management tools.
• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong written/oral communication skills, including executive-level communication.
• Budgeting, vendor oversight, and project management expertise.
• Collaborative, curious, adaptable, and efficiency-focused mindset with enthusiasm for process automation and AI adoption (e.g., entity management platforms, project tracking, automation of filings and legal research)

Job Level:

Non-Management Non-Exempt

Workshift:

1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family:

LEG > Legal Support

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