Corporate Paralegal - Kansas City

About the position

The Corporate Paralegal will assist with supporting the in-house legal department, including the General Counsel, staff attorneys, and other paralegals. This position will be responsible for providing support for regulatory, compliance, and governance matters, both domestic and international. Duties may include preparing and submitting regulatory and compliance filings, facilitating governance activities, preparing and distributing correspondence, maintaining legal department records, legal and fact research, and managing and archiving various corporate documents. The Corporate Paralegal will assist the attorneys and other paralegals to review, edit and draft routine legal documents.

Responsibilities

• Assist with corporate compliance, governance, and international efforts.
• Assist with producing and maintaining all corporate minute books and records.
• Assist with board meeting preparations and facilitation.
• Assist with drafting resolutions and consents.
• Provide legal and corporate related information to internal clients for use in proposals, qualifications, and contracts.
• Act as a liaison between in-house attorneys and internal clients, as needed.
• Provide Notary Public service as needed to attorneys and in-house clients.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4 years of experience supporting senior level attorneys or executives, preferably in the architecture/engineering consulting or construction industries, or the legal field.
• Must have strong knowledge of commonly used legal processes, practices, and procedures.
• Requires previous experience working on corporate and regulatory compliance matters.
• Requires experience working with corporate legal matters, including preparing minutes, keeping records, and corporate registrations, and other filings.
• Must be able to manage and complete multiple tasks in a timely manner, meeting applicable deadlines.
• Requires strong analytical ability, critical thinking, problem solving, and research skills.
• Must be a self-starter who can work independently with minimal guidance.
• Must be detail oriented and have strong organizational skills.
• Requires excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with all levels of management, clients, in-house attorneys, outside counsel, government staff and others outside of the organization, and the ability to maintain a positive, friendly, and outgoing attitude.
• Requires superior verbal and written communication skills, including strong editing and proofreading skills.
• Must be a Notary Public.
• Must have advanced skills in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be responsible in dealing with sensitive information, always keeping confidential and proprietary information safe and secure.