Legal Assistant - Paralegal
About The Position
We are seeking a highly organized, tech-savvy Legal Assistant/Paralegal to provide critical document and deal-flow support in a high-volume transactional aviation practice. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys precision-driven deal work. The right candidate will play a central role in ensuring transaction documents are properly formatted, organized, executed, and tracked. You will support a senior finance partner with a background in elite global markets work, operating in a sophisticated and international transactional practice. This is an opportunity to work at the center of complex asset finance deals and gain exposure to high-level finance transactions.
Requirements
- Advanced Microsoft Word skills (styles, formatting, document structuring)
- Strong Adobe Acrobat proficiency
- Experience with document management systems (SharePoint; NetDocuments preferred)
- Ability to manage multiple active transactions simultaneously
- Exceptional organization and attention to detail
- Strong sense of urgency and responsiveness
- Comfort working alongside AI tools and workflow
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting asset finance, aviation, banking or similar practices preferred
- Comfortable in high-performance law firm environments
- Technically proficient and process-driven
- Calm under deadline pressure
- Highly reliable and structured
- Able to anticipate document needs in fast-moving transactions
Responsibilities
- Format, revise, and finalize complex transactional documents in Microsoft Word
- Break apart and organize appended and ancillary documents
- Manage document execution processes (signature pages, execution versions, closing sets)
- Manipulate PDFs in Adobe Acrobat (merge, split, bookmark, redact, convert)
- Convert and prepare clean execution-ready documents
- Organize files in file storage sites like SharePoint and NetDocuments
- Track deal flow and maintain structured transaction records
- Ensure high responsiveness to ongoing deal activity
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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