Senior Paralegal

 

RWE Clean Energy, LLC 

 

 

RWE Clean Energy has an immediate opening for a highly skilled and knowledgeable Senior Paralegal in our Chicago office, working specifically in a transactional capacity. Under the direction of lawyers on the transactional team that specializes in Renewable’s M&A, Project Finance / Tax Equity, Corporate Finance, and Environmental matters, this position performs a broad range of support to handle day-to-day transaction management. The successful candidate must be inquisitive, detail oriented, team oriented, and comfortable being part of a growing and dynamic corporate environment.

 

Responsibilities:

• Due Diligence
  • Consolidate transaction legal team’s due diligence requests, track response and progress, and ensure team remains on schedule 
  • Review and coordinate gathering of information, materials, documents, reports, and evidence necessary to respond to third party due diligence requests 
• Document Preparation
  • Support preparation of structure charts, presentations and steps memoranda
  • Draft various corporate documentation under attorney supervision including Board resolutions and consents, distributions, contributions, assignments, and officer’s certificates, and assist with preparation of ancillary documents, schedules, and exhibits.
  • Proofread documents and track the status of document preparation
  • Lead Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreement (“NDA”) process for the company
  • Review and comment on NDAs, under attorney supervision 
• Research, Filings and Searches
  • Initiate lien and litigation searches and analyze and summarize results
  • Prepare and file UCC financing statement filings, amendments and terminations, ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Closings
  • Assist with multiple transactional closings such as for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, and strategic investment
  • Create closing checklists and working group lists 
  • Manage preparation, assembly and compilation of documents in advance of closing and coordinate gathering signature pages directly or by using DocuSign; coordinate with external counsel when needed
  • Prepare electronic closing files, organize and distribute orignals of executed agreements internally and to outside counsel, as required
  • Compile and index documents for preparation of closing binder, and distribute closing binders in a timely fashion 
• ​​​​​​​Document Retention
  • Maintain centralized repository for forms and deal specific documents 
  • Locate applicable precedent in repositories upon request
• Communication
  • Communicate regularly with transactional legal team and internal clients regarding the status of projects and deadlines, and inform transactional legal team of any issues
  • Track and communicate all material deadlines 
  • Participate in internal legal teams’ status meetings
• Other duties, such as:
  • Assist in the development and coordination of virtual and in-person training sessions on NDAs and other legal education topics, as needed 
  • Coordinate external law firm engagements, including budgeting and monthly forecasting for transactions 
  • Other projects to enhance the efficiency or effectiveness of the transactional legal team

 

Qualifications:

 

• Bachelor's degree or paralegal certificate required
•  Minimum of 5 years of corporate transactional experience within a mid-to large-size law firm or corporate setting 
• Experience in at least one of: M&A, Corporate Finance, or Project Finance/Tax Equity transactions 
• Experience in renewable energy sector is highly preferred
• Proficient in office software products, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe, SharePoint and PowerPoint
• Proactive self-starter who understands the details within the larger context and who will propose and implement structures and systems where none currently exist
• Resourceful and appropriate decision-maker, knowing when to inform a supervisor of a situation but also willing to become the “go to” person for matters 
• Able to juggle multiple assignments and prioritize accordingly 
• Diplomatic and able to get others to collaborate without overt use of authority
• Able to express and articulate themselves clearly, including use of proper grammar and appropriate vocabulary, as well as the ability to describe a set of facts or information in an organized, precise, clear and unambiguous fashion
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Able to work independently and collaboratively, depending on the situation
• Good judgment, common sense, and ingenuity to apply