Paralegal
Delaware North•Buffalo, NY
•Onsite
About The Position
Delaware North Global Headquarters is hiring a Corporate Paralegal to join our corporate legal team located in Buffalo, New York. As a Paralegal, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of legal services to Delaware North’s business operators, focusing on contract review/drafting, regulatory and contractual compliance, and legal/factual research and analysis necessary to support business decisions and operations. In addition, you will have opportunity to take on special projects as assigned, including assistance of Law Department counsel with specifically delegated substantive legal work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies and seven years of law firm or corporate experience
- Possess a strong knowledge of business transactional legal concepts and business organizational issues and company-specific business organization structure in order to to deal effectively and directly with business representatives and outside counsel.
- Ability to perform factual and legal research and analysis within contractual documentation on an as needed basis.
- Possess skills necessary to respond to time critical, sensitive, unique and complex business organization transactions. Organization and attention to detail are critical to the position.
- Ability to multitask a high volume of work.
- Must have intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft programs, including Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Word.
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of Office 365, AI platforms, preferably Microsoft Copilot, and project tools, preferably SmartSheet.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with in-house counsel supporting business operations and strategic initiatives.
- Manage workflows for contacts and compliance matters.
- Gather and organize facts, business information, and supporting materials from internal stakeholders to support legal review and decision-making.
- Serve as a liaison between the Law Department and internal business partners to facilitate information requests, status updates, and follow-up actions.
- Make recommendations and suggestions to the Law Department for decisions and actions.
- Work effectively under broad supervision from subsidiary counsel.
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Training and development opportunities
- Employee discounts
- Flexible work schedules
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- paid vacation days and holidays
- paid parental bonding leave
- employee assistance program
- tuition and/or professional certification reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
