Paralegal
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title:
ParalegalLocation:
CityScapeWhat youll do:
As a Paralegal youll assist the attorneys within a particular Practice Group with a wide range of transactions or projects including drafting and/or reviewing basic legal documents contracts and correspondence and other substantive and procedural work necessary for the Company to comply with its legal and regulatory obligations in its business activities and operations. One of your key responsibilities within your Practice Group will be to prepare corporate documents for executive or Board-level meetings review and respond to legal litigation requests (e.g. subpoenas discovery or demand letters) draft legal correspondence and contracts (e.g. loan documents vendor contracts customer agreements) and perform legal research and other office administration functions. Areas of primary responsibility for this role will be within corporate governance and corporate records securities entity management secured transactions commercial finance and lending deposit banking operations treasury management contracts and real estate.- Serve as a liaison between the attorneys in the Practice Group and the clients in the preparation and drafting of legal documents including corporate governance reports and documents (e.g. Board agendas and minutes SEC filings) vendor contracts non-disclosure agreements subpoenas complaints and various customer documents/agreements (e.g. loan documents deposit agreements formations and authorization documents of third parties). Work closely with the attorneys in the practice group to ensure the Company meets its legal and regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for supporting work surrounding drafting policies and procedures around the functions and workflows performed within a Practice Group and/or Legal Department to ensure consistency within the Legal Department and the Company around certain legal expectations and requirements. Follow indexing standards and provide reporting around the legal cases deadlines and tasks performed by the Practice Group.
- Perform legal and factual research (e.g. due diligence related to transactions investigations or discovery) on various federal state and local matters and creates summaries presentations and/or memoranda summarizing his or her research in a manner that is useful for the intended audience. Identify relevant judicial decisions statutes legal articles codes and other pertinent material.
What youll need:
- 5 years of related experience in Legal or similar field.
- High school diploma required; Some college or technical training preferred.
- Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations rules and regulations industry standards and practices.
- Intermediate skills in all Microsoft Office Suite applications.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.
- Intermediate knowledge in some or all the following practice areas: litigation collections/bankruptcy deposit banking operations treasury management contracts and vendor management employment secured transactions (including the Uniform Commercial Code) and corporate records.
- Relevant experience in private law practice or in-house legal department.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
- Paralegal Certification required.
Benefits youll love:
We offer all the important things youd want like competitive salaries an ownership stake in the company medical and dental insurance time off a great 401k matching program tuition assistance program an employee volunteer program and a wellness addition youll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!
About the company:
Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona Alliance Association Bank Bank of Nevada Bridge Bank First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race sex color religion age nation origin marital status disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying please email or call . When contacting us please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.
Western Alliance Bancorporation
Key Skills
- Legal Drafting
- Proofreading
- Google Docs
- Organizational skills
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Case Management
- Legal Research
- Research Experience
- Paralegal
- Filing
- Writing Skills
