Paralegal

Bunge•Chesterfield, MO

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Bunge is seeking an experienced Paralegal to support its Labor, Employment and Litigation team within the Legal team, based at the company’s St. Louis corporate headquarters. The role reports to an Associate General Counsel and provides administrative agency and litigation support across commercial disputes and commercial, tort, and employment litigation. The Paralegal also supports investigations, immigration matters, governmental agency inspections, training, records retention, and special projects.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Paralegal Studies or equivalent experience.
At least five years of work experience as a litigation or labor and employment paralegal.
Demonstrated organizational skills, strong attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple responsibilities.
Ability to work independently and complete assignments in a timely manner.
Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office solutions, including OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; e-billing and matter management tools such as Legal Tracker; document and contract management systems; and Adobe.

Nice To Haves

Prior in-house corporate experience.

Responsibilities

Administer the legal hold process, including drafting, issuing, tracking, and releasing legal holds and drafting legal hold questionnaires.
Interview legal hold custodians and collect responsive documents and electronic records.
Collect, compile, organize, and label documents responsive to discovery, including e-discovery; draft or review discovery responses.
Draft position statements responding to administrative agency charges.
Compile and prepare exhibits for pleadings, position statements, claim letters, depositions, and other matters.
Administer collection of judgments and payments on promissory notes.
Support investigations and discovery, including preparing witness interview questions and researching factual information using internal resources, contacts, public records, and online resources.
Conduct electronic searches of email, instant messages, text messages, and other records, and review and summarize results.
Collect, review, and analyze documents and data.
Manage immigration matters.
Prepare responses to subpoenas, employee records requests, and document requests.
Draft and review legal documents and conduct legal research using Lexis and PLC.
Assist with training, including preparing and presenting training.
Provide support in response to governmental agency inspections.
Serve as the Legal team’s record information manager and administer Bunge’s record retention program.
Support special projects and initiatives and perform other duties as assigned.