Paralegal

BakerHostetler Career • Cleveland, OH

18d • $72,000 - $107,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

BakerHostetler is an AMLAW60 firm with 18 offices and over 1,000 attorneys. Established in 1916, the firm describes its attorneys as award-winning and its culture as one in which attorneys and staff take pride in their work. The Cleveland, Ohio office’s business practice group is hiring a transactional Paralegal to primarily support M&A and debt-finance attorneys in a high-volume, sophisticated transactional practice. This is a non-exempt position requiring in-person work in the Cleveland office four days per week and remote work one day per week.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of corporate or business paralegal experience.
• Substantial experience supporting transactional and finance matters.
• A bachelor’s degree is preferred, or a Paralegal Certificate is required at a minimum; an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may substitute for the education requirement.
• Ability to communicate succinctly and respond promptly to attorney and client requests.
• Ability to work alongside high-performing teams and gain client trust in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to exercise discretion with confidential and sensitive information and use sound judgment while prioritizing the needs of clients and the firm.
• Strong organizational skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Self-starter with a willingness to learn and adapt to a variety of transactions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, DocuSign, SimplyAgree, document management systems such as NetDocs, entity management software, and time entry systems.
• Ability to communicate professionally and manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a law firm or corporate legal department.
• Experience with Carta or other capitalization management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Maintain transaction and closing checklists and track deliverables, signatures, approvals, and outstanding items.
• Organize and manage electronic due diligence materials and virtual data rooms.
• Coordinate signature-page processes and electronic execution workflows.
• Prepare, file, amend, and terminate UCC financing statements.
• Assist with post-closing matters, including closing sets, binders, filings, organizational updates, and follow-up deliverables.
• Assist with preparing and organizing disclosure schedules and related transaction materials, as appropriate.
• Handle legal entity formations, including preparing articles of incorporation or organization, bylaws, operating agreements and other governing documents, stock or membership certificates, resolutions, incorporation proceedings, qualifications, S corporation elections, SS-4 forms, and related documents.
• Coordinate the filing of corporate and other documents with governmental agencies.
• Assist in preparing ancillary legal documents, such as bills of sale, assignments, stock powers, closing certificates, and other closing documents for attorney review, approval, and use.
• Maintain client corporate record books and prepare director, officer, manager, and ownership updates and approvals, including stock certificate issuance.
• Handle the corporate maintenance program, including preparing annual board and shareholder resolutions and coordinating annual report filings and similar activities.
• Conduct UCC, lien, judgment, pending suit, bankruptcy, and other due diligence searches, and order corporate documents from county and state offices.
• Perform lien, litigation, and related due diligence searches.
• Interact daily with attorneys, clients, and outside parties.
• Provide guidance and training to legal assistants and other team members on transactional processes and tools.
• Perform other duties as requested and assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time