Global Transportation Finance Paralegal (Hybrid)

Vedder Price Careers; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Bonus program

401(k) matching

Health, dental, and vision plans

Paid time off

Hybrid work model

Employee discounts

Job summary

Vedder Price P.C. in Los Angeles is seeking a Global Transportation Finance Paralegal to support the GTF team across corporate, finance, and transportation transactions.

You will draft and file UCCs, prepare closing sets, and coordinate post-closing activities while interacting with lawyers, clients, and opposing counsel. This role requires strong document preparation, closing experience, and proficiency with MS Office; a Bachelor’s degree is preferred with 5+ years in related work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in commercial lending/asset-based financing and transactional work preferred.
• Familiarity with UCCs is a preferred.
• Knowledge of the International Registry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist the lawyers with all aspects of corporate, finance and GTF transactions, including document preparation and distribution, creating closing indices, proofing and amending documents, updating closing checklists and preparation of closing sets, preparing execution versions of transaction documents, managing post-closing activities and attending to related matters.
• Draft and lodge/register charges, aircraft, ship and railcar mortgages
• Draft corporate authorities and ancillary documents
• Deal with opposing counsel in relation to corporate authorisation and ancillary matters
• Limited due diligence in relation to corporate powers and authority
• Work with government authorities such as various Ship Registries and the International Registry
• Proofread and check documents
• Monitor receipt of conditions precedent documents and communicate with clients regarding the status of same
• Prepare instructions to the transaction parties of deals covering specific topics for each deal as assigned and under the supervision of the lawyer
• Prepare and review Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings and related documentation and arrange filing of same
• Make International Registry filings and obtain searches on equipment and International Registry users from the International Registry
• Prepare or manage the preparation of closing sets and post-closing documentation, including electronic and hard-copy closing sets; distribute original documents and closing sets to the relevant transaction parties; proofread CD and hard-copy closing sets received from opposing counsel
• Assist in the creation, organization and management of physical and virtual data rooms
• Analyze and organize records and documents
• Review, reconcile and approve certain vendor invoices pre- and post-closing to ensure timely billing to the client
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the lawyers
• Annually log a target 1500 billable hours

Skills

Document prep

Closing document prep

UCC filings

Organizational skills

Verbal and written skills

Time management

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Windows OS

Job description

Vedder Price P.C. in Los Angeles is seeking a Global Transportation Finance Paralegal to support the GTF team across corporate, finance, and transportation transactions.

You will draft and file UCCs, prepare closing sets, and coordinate post-closing activities while interacting with lawyers, clients, and opposing counsel. This role requires strong document preparation, closing experience, and proficiency with MS Office; a Bachelor’s degree is preferred with 5+ years in related work.