Corporate Paralegal

Liberty Tax Service

Position Title: Corporate Paralegal

Department: 93- Legal Transactions

Status: Full-Time

Reports to: Director of Legal Administration

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Purpose

As Corporate Paralegal, you will support the Legal Department in the delivery of quality legal services, including, but not limited to, transactional, commercial, corporate and litigation matters. You will work on a paralegal team primarily responsible for the processing of franchise transactional projects and assisting with all legal matters for the Chief Legal Officer and the attorney group.

Position Responsibilities

• Assist with drafting, reviewing and revising franchise documents including franchise agreements, amendments, default and termination notices, purchase agreements, and any other documents related to the franchisor-franchisee relationship
• Work professionally and effectively with other company departments in the processing of legal matters, including Compliance, Operations and Accounting
• Manage tracking of agreements by maintaining central database of agreement and franchisee information
• Review and analyze transactional matters including, but not limited to, franchise sales and transfers, renewals, terminations, and corporate matters
• Assist with preparing, transmitting and tracking notices to cure, cease and desists, and other legal notices.
• Prepare letters and other communications regarding company matters as needed
• Work professionally and effectively with Compliance, Operations and Accounting Departments to process legal matters
• Other duties as assigned

Position Qualifications

• 3+ years of substantive legal experience working as a paralegal in a law firm or on in-house legal team
• Paralegal certificate or other relevant combination of education and legal experience.
• Excellent drafting skills. Strong attention to detail and ability to carefully proofread all work, with exceptional attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation and sentence structure.
• Strong work ethic and reliable; able to handle a large volume of work.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Self-motivated and able to work both independently and within a team in high pressure situations.
• Knowledge of and/or skilled in using Sharepoint, Adobe, DocuSign, PACER, and Westlaw. Able to easily adapt to new technologies.

Employee Acknowledgement

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions. While this list is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, Liberty Tax Service reserves the right to revise the functions and duties of the job or to require that additional or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (i.e. emergencies, changes in personnel, work load, or technological developments).

Liberty Tax Service is an equal opportunity employer.