Paralegal
Remote
T5D – Legal, Risk, and Procurement /
Full Time /
Remote
The Paralegal will assist the General Counsel by providing commercial legal support including managing, drafting and reviewing real estate, construction, vendor and customer agreements and related documents; filings; correspondence; contract management ; research, investigations, and fact checking
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Strong understanding of legal terminology including real estate, and construction verbiage
- Assist in drafting, revising, and assembling contracts and legal documents
- Assist in contract negotiations with, buyers, sellers, contractors, title companies and vendors.
- Coordinate with internal clients to obtain information and documents
- Summarize contracts and prepare reports for the General Counsel; provide detailed contract interpretation to internal teams on various issues
- Prepares, organizes, stores, and retrieves contracts and legal documentation
- Provide legal information for prequalification applications and proposals
- Draft, track, and process owner contracts, GMP agreements, and principle designer agreements from proposal through execution and distribution
- Keeping track of changes in legal framework and providing timely updates on these changes
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Associate degree in paralegal studies or related field OR 5+ years’ experience in construction management, engineering, real estate, corporate, data centers or construction legal support
- Paralegal certificate required
- Data Center experience preferred
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND COMPETENCIES
- Must have thorough knowledge of MS Office. Document management software experience helpful.
- Ability to handle and maintain confidential information in a sensitive and professional manner, required
- Experience with factual research, document analysis, filings, drafting documents,
- Understanding of legal language and principles, research methods
- Interact professionally with all levels of the organization, required
- Manage changing needs and priorities accurately and professionally, required
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, required particularly with drafting and proofreading
- Ability to work independently and carefully carryout instructions
- Willingness to provide support outside of standard business hours, required
- Someone who is comfortable with ambiguity and can juggle many competing priorities at once, preferred
- Someone who is resourceful, conscientious, and takes personal pride in their work, preferred
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times
