Corporate Paralegal - Contracts

The Emery Company, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Emery Company, LLC in Houston seeks an experienced paralegal/contracts manager to support its legal department. You will review, negotiate and draft corporate agreements including real estate, service and vendor contracts, and assist with litigation and compliance tasks.

Strong multi-tasking, communication and MS Office skills are essential, with at least five years of relevant experience. This is a full-time role offering exposure to diverse corporate matters and collaboration with internal

Qualifications

• College degree with paralegal experience handling corporate legal work incl. real estate and contracts.
• Minimum five years paralegal or contracts manager experience required.
• Experience in transportation or financial services is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support corporate attorneys in reviewing, negotiating and drafting service, vendor, real estate, and other agreements.
• Interface with customers, vendors, landlords and external counsel as needed.
• Assist with contract management, amendments and litigation support.
• Handle legal invoices review and compliance tasks.

Skills

Written communication

Oral communication

Multi-tasking

Organizational skills

Contract negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Paralegal certification

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Office

Job description

Job Overview:

This position is responsible for supporting the legal department and staff attorneys related to all corporate legal matters. Areas of responsibility include evaluating legal/contractual documents for compliance with terms and conditions, legal correspondence with our customers, legal evaluations, litigation, and monitoring sensitive risk/financial related data for trending. This position reports to the VP Legal Services.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Support corporate attorneys in reviewing, negotiating and drafting i) service agreements; ii) vendor agreements; iii) real estate agreements; and iv) other cash management agreements. Responsible for ensuring contract terms and conditions meet the company’s contracting requirements
• Frequent interaction with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, vendors, landlords, and others along with external counsel
• Routing legal notices and correspondence to the appropriate internal departments
• Limited contract review, revision and redlining (depending on experience)
• Performing document and contract management
• Processing contract amendments
• Litigation support
• Supporting negotiation of Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Responding to various legal requests from sales teams
• Support research regarding legal contracting and contract management tools
• Responding to internal requests for contractual templates
• Assist with contract dispute tracking and analysis
• Compliance
• Supporting review and processing of legal invoices
• Supporting with departmental project audits
• Auditing petty cash (receipting process)
• Licensing issues
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and responsibilities:

• College degree with paralegal experience in handling corporate legal work, including real estate, contract negotiation, litigation, employment preferred
• Minimum of five years paralegal or contracts manager experience required
• Experience in either transportation or financial services industries a plus
• Excellent technical skills to include Word, Excel and PowerPoint required
• Experience in an environment that requires multi-tasking and strong organizational skills
• Proven written and oral communication skills