Senior Paralegal - Restructuring & Special Situations (RSS)

Global law firm is seeking a Senior Paralegal - Restructuring & Special Situations (RSS). This person will be responsible for managing and leading all supportive aspects of cases or transactions for the RSS team, while working on various insolvency and restructuring transactions involving corporations, banks, creditors’ committees, hedge funds, sponsors, and other financial institutions .

Responsibilities:

• Handling precedent research, research regarding jurisdictions, judges, and/or industry, drafting pleadings, preparing checklist and/or case calendars, drafting of proofs of claim and preparing exhibits to same, cite checking, Bluebooking, preparing fee applications, management of case files, preparing exhibits and trial notebooks, request, review, and summary of UCC and lien search results/reports and legal descriptions, and preparing and filing of UCC financing statements (personal property and fixture filings) and amendments
• Liaising with other counsel, clients, and third parties in connection with restructuring matters
• Promoting effective work practices, working as a team member, and showing respect for co-workers
• Coordinating outside services, either directly or through support departments, and acting as a liaison with involved third parties
• Training paralegals and new attorneys in local office and department procedures and technical aspects of the paralegal area of expertise
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that firm retains
  

Qualifications:

• Demonstrate excellent organizational and project management skills
• Exhibit the ability to work independently and efficiently
• Display the ability to prioritize and handle competing demands in a fast-paced working environment
• A bachelor’s degree (and signed declaration if located in a California office) or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program
• A minimum of six (6) years of equivalent experience as a paralegal
• A minimum of three (3) years of RSS experience, preferably

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