Transactions Assistant - Corporate

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Summary

The Corporate Transactions Assistant is a key member of the corporate legal team that assists attorneys, paralegals, and clients with financings, mergers & acquisitions, new company formations and corporate governance matters.  The Corporate Transactions Assistant is involved in many aspects of transactions, ensuring corporate/ deal documents are organized, preparing/ updating documents, and spreadsheets, maintaining up to date capitalization databases, preparing closing volumes, coordinating and tracking transaction signature collection, gathering information for internal and external sources, maintaining accurate corporate records and otherwise helping with transactions tasks.  It is a perfect position for someone interested in business, corporate law, and working in a law firm environment. 

Location

This position is located in our New York office and offers a hybrid work schedule.
 
Responsibilities

• Proficiency in Word and Excel.
• Experience and/or interest in learning and working with cutting edge legal tools and software.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to regularly interact with both clients and legal team members.
• Excellent organization and attention to detail skills to manage and track legal documents and spreadsheets with multiple users and versions and prepare and maintain checklists.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
• Organize documents for attorney review.
• As a Corporate Transactions Assistant, you will assist attorneys, paralegals, and clients execute corporate transactions.  This will include attention to many organizational aspects of deals, including tracking, organizing, and editing documents, researching public records, assisting with electronic closing volumes, creating and maintaining signature tracking spreadsheets, entering data, and maintaining corporate records.  You will also perform transaction research and assist the legal team in closing large transactions using electronic mail and signature collection and tracking process. You will obtain documents and other information from governmental agencies or public agencies and information from accounting, timekeeping, and attorneys.
• Other duties.

Desired Skills   

Demonstrated basic level of proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook and database experience. Office experience in a law firm environment supporting paralegals and/or attorneys preferred. Strong communication and interpersonal skills required to interact with paralegals, attorneys and clients on a regular basis. Excellent organizational and attention-to-detail skills necessary to manage volumes of documents, binders, letters, charts, etc. Must have the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. Ability to prioritize multiple assignments to meet deadlines.

Minimum Education                        

• High School Diploma or GED.
   

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s degree.

Certificates 

• Paralegal certificate preferred.
   

Minimum Years of Experience  

• 1 year demonstrated success working in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Job Expectations

While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, there are certain universal requirements that are expected of all DLA Piper employees, which include but are not limited to:

• Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties.
• Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner.
• Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product.
• Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required.
• Foster positive work relationships.
• Comply with all firm policies and practices.
• Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.
   

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