Corporate Paralegal

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2024 revenue of approximately $9.4 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

 

Location

This position offers potential for remote work, with a preference for candidates to be located within the Southeast United States region.

 

This Paralegal role will support our Corporate and Commercial Legal attorneys in various corporate, commercial, finance, real estate, and bankruptcy matters.

Responsibilities

Corporate:
•    Assisting with preparation, execution and maintenance of documentation and governance materials for North America and Latin America subsidiaries (back-up for Eastman Chemical Company, Europe, Middle East, Africa subsidiaries and Asia Pacific subsidiaries)
•    Maintaining Eastman’s global entity management system (GEMS) as subject matter expert and providing training to GEMS users
•    Preparing reports and organizational charts for auditing purposes and for use by Treasury, Tax, PWC, and Legal
•    Preparing documents related to corporate reorganization plans, new entity formation, entity dissolution
•    Responsible for maintaining and updating delegations of authority for Eastman Chemical Company’s, North American and Latin American subsidiaries 
•    Maintaining hard copy minute books for global legal entities
•    Generating and Maintaining Legal Entity Locations List 
•    Supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint venture initiatives
•    Maintaining closing documents for past mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
•    Liaising with registered agents and outside counsel
•    Supporting Treasury transactional financings and/or re-financings
•    Researching requirements for document legalization based on Hague Convention of 1961 and State apostille/authentication procedures and then notarizing and processing documents to be used in various countries based on respective requirements
•    Creating forms and templates related to corporate governance for subsidiaries
•    Supporting commercial business attorneys
•    Supporting business organizations
     o    Answering questions regarding approval and signatory authority for respective entities
     o    Drafting or revising corporate governance documents, delegations of authority, powers of attorney based on business organization restructuring
     o    Providing information as part of Know Your Customer (KYC) requests
     o    Drafting Secretary and Incumbency Certificates
     o    Creating simplified ownership structures

 
Commercial:

•    Assist lawyers with initial drafting, formatting, and redlining of documents, including commercial sales contracts.
•    Ensure receipt of due diligence items; review and summarize same.
•    Request and review entity documents for each entity involved in the transaction.

 

Finance:
•    Assist in ordering and reviewing UCC searches and filings.
•    Assist in ordering and reviewing opinion letters. 
•    Draft Secretary/Officer Certificates in support of finance transactions.

 

Real Estate:
•    Order and review title work and commitments for title insurance.
•    Review surveys and summarize any exceptions or discrepancies noted therein.
•    Interact with outside counsel and communicate transaction progress to internal team members.

 

Bankruptcy:
•    Review bankruptcy dockets and filings and summarize same.
•    Preparation and filing of bankruptcy proofs of claim.
•    Calendar deadlines incident to bankruptcy matters.

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree and/or paralegal certification from an accredited college or university 
•    5-years’ experience in a law firm or corporate law department
•    Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
•    Ability to adapt and respond to challenges in a changing environment
•    Well-developed interpersonal skills
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