GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Project Paralegal provides support to Counsel managing legal matters and documentation relating to EDPR North America DG LLC's projects and operations. Main accountabilities:
- Perform assigned substantive legal work
- Prepare drafts of documents including confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements, construction services agreements, work orders, change orders, and other project-related agreements
- Perform initial review of agreements received from third parties and assists counsel with their completion
- Carefully follow instructions and proofreads work before sending to internal or external parties
- Assist counsel with EPC/BOP contracts, including preparing exhibits and gathering information
- Assist with requests for proposals (RFPs) and other procurement processes
- Assist counsel with acquisition and divestiture transactions, both pre- and post-closing, including organization and review of due diligence documents and preparation of data room
- Assist with financing transactions, including preparation of disclosure schedules, closing checklists, and similar documents
- Prepare for transaction closings by assembling documents, creating checklists, coordinating with other departments, and ensuring distribution of closing sets to Compliance and other pertinent parties
- Maintain awareness of incoming work requests and contracts, their status, and need for follow-up by Project Counsel
- Maintain spreadsheet for tracking incoming work requests and contracts for Project Counsel and provides reports of tracking information as requested
- Facilitate execution of documents by appropriate parties in accordance with specified delegations of authority
- Provide administrative assistance with document preparation, file maintenance, and updating of the legal document forms library
- Additional duties as required
Direct reports: None Travel: None Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- 6+ years of experience in the energy, corporate, or finance area of a law firm or performing in-house legal services in a corporate environment
- Paralegal certificate preferred
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office 2007 and Adobe Acrobat software
Behavioral requirements:
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Flexibility for adapting to changing organizational needs
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Ability to be self-motivated, manage priorities, and multi-task
- Ability to manage large number of landowners and parcels
- Sound judgment and discretion
- Exemplary standards of integrity, honor, safety, management, ethics, quality, and productivity
Physical demands & working conditions:
- Sitting/Standing/Flexibility: Ability to stand and sit for 8 or more hours when in an office environment
- Speech/Reading: Ability to speak, read, and write English proficiently and deliver a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
- Lifting: Ability to lift items weighing up to 10 pounds
- Vision/Hearing: Ability to understand a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
- Safety: Ability to understand and communicate safety precautions when necessary
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