Legal Analyst III
Houston, TX, United States
Our client is seeking a Legal Analyst III to work within their facilities located in Houston, TX or San Ramon, CA for a 6-month contract.
Summary:
This contractor position requires a highly skilled Legal Analyst who is knowledgeable in commercial transactions and exhibits strong leadership and influencing skills. The ideal candidate is an experienced Legal Analyst who thrives in a challenging and fast-paced environment, is technology proficient, and has excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate should also excel at solving problems and exhibits a high-level of initiative.
Responsibilities:
This position will perform paralegal tasks under the guidance and direction of attorneys or legal analysts, including:
Prepare and negotiate a variety of agreements including, but not limited to the following: Products and/or Services Agreements, Sales Agreements, Research Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Contract Amendments, all based on consultation with business partners and review by attorneys.
Engage with and provide recommendations (risk analysis) to business partners, contract administrators and attorneys on counter partys changes to legal terms in agreements.
Work closely with subject matter experts in tax, finance, intellectual property, information risk management, compliance and insurance to integrate guidance into negotiations and agreements.
Analyze and summarize documents for review by business partners and attorneys.
Perform legal due diligence and legal research.
Work closely with business partners and attorneys to resolve a variety of day-to-day issues and support a broad range of commercial transactions and/or projects.
Recommend, develop and implement process improvements and simplification of tasks.
Requirements: Minimum of five years of experience as a paralegal.
Ability to effectively analyze and communicate legal issues and collaborate across broad functional and organizational lines (e.g., business partners, subject matter experts, attorneys and law professionals).
Strong organizational, analytical, proofreading, editing and research skills.
Ability to exercise good judgment and maintain-high quality performance with competing deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
Strong communication (both oral and written), collaboration and interpersonal skills.
Self-starter who is adept at working in a team environment and partnering with management, business partners, in-house counsel, outside counsel and staff.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and think independently on how to solve problems and offer solutions.
Demonstrate a growth mindset.
Ability to commit to contributing your perspective in a professional manner.
Demonstrated initiative, ownership and accountability.
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of tools and the ability to quickly learn new tools.
Preferred Qualifications: Bachelors degree or paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program.
Law degree from an ABA-accredited school.
Advanced skillset in Microsoft Office tools (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Forms, OneNote, Sway and Visio).
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