SBE

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Paralegal

À propos du poste

Job Summary

The Corporate Paralegal will assist in the SBE legal department in many facets of corporate law--from paperwork to court proceedings. Much of the paralegals time will be spent carrying out routine tasks such as updating company files, preparing legal contracts, reviewing documents, and giving legal assistance.

Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Handles commercial contracts including but not limited to review, revision, administration, producing summaries/abstracts.

• Drafts NDAs, vendor agreements, contractor agreements, etc.

• Corporate organization and governance including but not limited to: formation and dissolution of entities, drafting of and revision to operating agreements, making and supervising corporate filings, creation maintenance of corporate organization charts.

• Performing due diligence, including UCC searches and good standing certifications.

• Drafting entity formation documents.

• Drafting organizational documents, including articles of incorporation and fictitious name registration.

• Drafting and filing various federal and state forms, including SEC filings.

• Monitoring and reporting changes in filing, reporting, and franchise tax laws.

• Drafting documents for board meetings.

• Drafting special minutes for corporate activities.

• Supporting corporate records retention and maintenance.

• Maintaining accurate database of all pending or threatened litigation.

Skills/Attributes

• Soft intellectual property management.

• Previous experience working with extensive international trademark portfolio.

• Expertise in litigation support.

• Corporate mergers and acquisitions due diligence.

Requirements

• Paralegal Certification

• In-house legal department experience preferred (as opposed to law firm or otherwise).

• Hospitality industry experience is not required but strongly preferred.

Education / Experience / Credentials

Bachelor’s degree required. Minimum of four to five (4 to 5) years’ plus relevant experience in field with working knowledge of paralegal disciplines. It is the employee's responsibility to secure and maintain current status of all required certificates, licenses, or registrations when required by local, state, or federal government agencies.

Work Authorization

Must be able to provide documentation that shows you are authorized to work in the United States.

Language

Must have the ability to speak, read, write, and interpret business documents in the English language.

Travel

This position may require the ability to travel nationally, to multiple business units, as needed. Must have access to reliable transportation locally, as this position may require some time to be spent at the corporate office and at business units locally.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable people with a disability to perform the described essential functions where possible.

This position often requires sitting and using hands and fingers to operate a computer or phone; requires ability to talk and hear, communicating clearly through phone and internet meetings. Vision abilities required Position frequently requires standing, walking, reaching with arms and hands, and occasionally climbing or balancing, and stooping, kneeling, and crouching. The vision abilities required to perform this job include close vision.

Lifting between 5 to 20 pounds is sometimes required.

Work Environment

Candidates understand that the business concept is based on a hospitality and lifestyle brand, which includes the service of food and alcoholic beverages. Candidates acknowledge and understand that accepting employment with the Company, may require presence at a venue, which may include exposure to the following: smoke from cigarettes and cigars; loud music and other sounds; individuals under the influence of alcohol; women and men in sexy and/or sexually provocative clothing.

We have a policy of zero tolerance for harassment or discrimination by any employee, vendor or guest. Nothing herein shall prevent or discourage an employee from notifying the Company if they are exposed to conduct of any type which makes them feel uncomfortable when performing their job duties.

Other duties

This job description has been approved by the Company. Please note this job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature, level and expectation of the work to be performed. It is not designed to cover a complete list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities