SENIOR CORPORATE PARALEGAL

Patient Care EMS Solutions; Tyler (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

PatientCare EMS Solutions is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join its newly established Legal team. You will work directly with the General Counsel to build and improve core legal operations, including intake, matter and contract management, and entity governance.

You will coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, maintain documents, track approvals, and support corporate matters from intake through post-closing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of paralegal experience with corporate or transactional work.
• Experience administering legal intake or matter management systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, especially SharePoint.
• Knowledge of contract administration and transaction-closing processes.
• Excellent drafting, proofreading and recordkeeping skills.
• Ability to manage multiple matters and meet deadlines with limited supervision.
• Bachelor’s degree or paralegal certificate required.

Responsibilities

• Legal intake and matter management: establish and manage processes; monitor documents, approvals, responses, status, deadlines.
• Coordinate outside counsel engagements, budgets, and invoices, and maintain department policies and approval matrices.
• Contracts: maintain centralized contract repository; update templates and perform initial reviews of routine agreements.
• Corporate governance and entity management: maintain records; prepare governance documents and manage changes and filings.
• M&A and integration support: due diligence, data room management, closing checklists, post-closing deliverables; coordinate integration.
• General: gather information and support timely completion of corporate and transactional matters; handle confidential information discreetly.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Contract management

Matter management

Microsoft 365 / SharePoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree or paralegal certificate

Tools

SharePoint

Contract management systems

Job description

• Pay or shift range: $85,000 USD to $110,000 USD
  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

As the first paralegal on PatientCare’s newly established Legal team, the Senior Paralegal will work directly with the General Counsel to build, manage, and continuously improve core legal operations, including legal intake, matter and outside counsel tracking, contract management, and entity governance. The role will coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, maintain legal documents and records, track approvals and deadlines, and support corporate and transactional matters from intake through post-closing.

Key Responsibilities

Legal intake and matter management

• Establish and manage legal intake, matter tracking, and routing processes; monitor documents, approvals, signatures, responses, status, and deadlines.
• Coordinate outside counsel engagements, assignments, budgets, and invoices, and maintain department policies and approval matrices.

Contracts

• Develop and maintain a centralized, enterprise-wide contract repository.
• Maintain contract templates and playbooks and perform initial reviews of routine commercial agreements.

Corporate governance and entity management

• Maintain corporate, ownership, governance, entity, and signature authority records.
• Prepare governance documents and manage entity changes, filings, registrations, and good standing.

M&A and integration support

• Support strategic transactions throughout the deal lifecycle, including due diligence, data room management, contract review, closing checklists, signature packets, and post-closing deliverables.
• Coordinate post-acquisition legal integration, including contract and entity onboarding, required consents and notices, and licensing and enrollment updates.
• Maintain and monitor applicable licensing, permitting, and registration requirements in coordination with Compliance and Operations.
• Verify required contractual provisions and conduct corporate, transactional, licensing, and regulatory research as directed.

General

• Coordinate with internal functions and external stakeholders to gather information and support the timely completion of corporate and transactional matters.
• Exercise sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential information and perform other duties as assigned by the General Counsel.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of paralegal experience, with substantial corporate or transactional work in-house or at a law firm.
• Hands-on experience administering legal intake or matter management systems and contract management systems, including workflows, metadata, permissions, and reporting.
• Strong Microsoft 365 skills, especially SharePoint.
• Experience with entity management and corporate governance in a multi-entity organization, with working knowledge of contract administration and transaction-closing processes.
• Strong drafting, proofreading, organizational, research, and recordkeeping skills, with close attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple matters, prioritize competing demands, and meet time-sensitive deadlines with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated persistence and follow-through in managing deadlines and obtaining timely responses from executives and outside counsel.
• Sound judgment and discretion with confidential and privileged information.
• Bachelor’s degree, paralegal certificate, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or setting up a legal intake, contract management, or entity-management system.
• Healthcare experience, ideally EMS, ambulance, hospital, or other provider settings; familiarity with HIPAA business associate agreements, Anti-Kickback Statute concepts, and Medicare enrollment.
• Experience at a private equity-backed or acquisitive company, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, restructurings, diligence, and post-closing integration.
• Familiarity with virtual data rooms, signature platforms, closing checklists, and post-closing administration.
• Working knowledge of workflow automation tools.

Core Competencies

• Integrity and confidentiality
• Sound judgment
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Organization and follow-through
• Responsiveness and professionalism
• Practical problem-solving
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Compensation and Benefits

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $85,000-$110,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, geographic location, scope of responsibilities, and other relevant business considerations.

PatientCare is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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