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Commercial Finance Legal Assistant
- Robert Half Legal (Chicago, IL)
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Description
Robert Half Legal is partnering with an international, AM100 law firm that's hiring a Commercial Finance Legal Assistant with at least 5-8+ years of experience to join their Private Credit practice group. This Commercial Finance Legal Assistant will support transactional attorneys that involves multi-tasking complex document production with heavy administrative functions and client contact requiring executive secretarial skills.. This position is paying between $80-95K+ plus bonus and phenomenal benefits. In addition, this firm offers a highly flexible hybrid WFH schedule and they have a phenomenal firm culture. If you are looking to join one of the top law firms in the world, then this is the opportunity for you!
Commercial Finance Legal Assistant Responsibilities:
+ Prepare and organize documents and forms requisite to the commercial finance practice area, such as term sheets, credit agreements, business certificates, exhibits, opinion letters, standard form loan documents, etc.
+ Assist with duties/tasks associated with commercial finance transactional closings
+ Create, edit/proofread, and compile large, complex, heavily formatted documents as well as prepare correspondence, memoranda and other legal documents from draft or dictated text
+ Prepare and edit correspondence, memoranda, and emails
+ Manage and maintain attorneys’ calendars, make travel arrangements, schedule appointments and meetings, arrange for conference rooms, and schedule conference calls, including domestic and international participants
+ Open new client matters and request conflicts of interest checks. Draft engagement letters for each new matter
+ Update attorney contacts, and maintain up-to-date listing of client/matter names and numbers for each attorney
+ Review and edit invoices, process client billing matters, input attorney's time, and process/submit expense reports for each attorney
For immediate consideration, please email your resume directly to Justin Rambert, VP - Permanent Placement at justin . rambert @ robert half com
Requirements
+ 5-8+ years of experience supporting attorneys in corporate finance/commercial lending; experience with corporate, real estate or other transactional areas preferred
+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook)
+ Ability to work with complex, heavily formatted documents and revise documents from transcription
+ Working knowledge of iManage, IRM (or comparable records management software) or Adobe Acrobat required
For immediate consideration, please email your resume directly to Justin Rambert, VP - Permanent Placement at justin . rambert @ robert half com
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