Corporate Paralegal

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Manage incoming customer contracts for security and compliance review; perform administration, review, and analysis including comparison of customer agreements current or historical versions to ensure compliance with specifications on policy and regulation
• Support CISO and attorneys in drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial transactions, including sales, service, consulting, technology, licensing, non-disclosure, dealer and other agreements
• Deliver revised contracts with initial evaluation/notes to CISO for final review/ modification and transmit approved agreement to external counsel or corporate officer for execution
• Assist with the management and maintenance of contractual documents
• Partner with internal corporate clients to prepare initial contract drafts, in collaboration in-house counsel.
• Research legal issues and engage in fact gathering and checking to provide support on all assigned legal matters
• Coordinate the collection, review and production of documents and responding to discovery requests
• Manage the assembly of customer obligation catalog in partnership with the CISO
• Perform additional relevant duties as assigned

Qualification & Experience

• B.A LLB
• 5-8 Yrs experience
• Post-secondary Paralegal degree or certificate from an accredited institution
• Minimum three (3) years’ paralegal experience with knowledge of contractual interpretation and a general understanding of business contractual terms with the ability to apply knowledge when reviewing incoming contracts
• Knowledge of vendor contract review and revision including comparison with similar contracts
• Experience with contract management procedures and software
• Prior experience drafting and assisting with the negotiation of contracts (either in a law firm or business setting)
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization, vendors and/ or outside counsel