General Duties and Responsibilities
- Support senior management in review of legal documents
- Perform legal research, analysis, and summary of legal documents
- Coordinate the preparation of legal documents and cooperate with third-party attorneys in representation of company interests.
- Draft routine legal documents and correspondence, assist in preparing initial drafts for review and approval by corporate third-party attorneys as needed
- Assist third party counsel in litigation matters by responding to discovery requests, assisting with compiling information for responding to complaints, research of allegations as needed
- Provide timely responses to requesting departments and assist outside counsel
- Plan, organize, coordinate, and track programs and projects associated with various legal matters of the company
- Establish strong rapport and working relationships with other administrative staff, as well as strong relationships with outside counsel and lenders
- Foster and encourage a culture of superior service, responsiveness, safety, collegiality, and dairy and community engagement, while helping achieve the successful construction and operations of the company’s greenhouse gas reduction projects.
Real Estate Document Development and Management
The typical document packages include Lease and Feedstock Supply Agreements, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements, easements, License and Indemnification Agreements, and various related memoranda of recording.
- Obtain preliminary title reports, land surveys, legal entity identification documents, real property history, and chain of title.
- Manage all documents and integrate with map development to assure that the full project land package is complete and recordable.
- Work closely with engineering firms to develop appropriate document exhibits and review for accuracy.
- Create and manage critical trackers/checklists, virtual data rooms (Dropbox and SharePoint).
- With assistance from counsel draft project agreements
- Review document inputs for accuracy and consistency.
- Coordinate and provide title company complete packages for document recording.
- Work with counsel, debt providers and investors to assure complete document packages to secure title insurance and close funding.
Construction and Operation Contracts
Manage and assist in developing Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) documents.
- Assist engineering and construction team in assuring that real estate documents are in place allowing EPC work to begin on time and according to project schedule.
- When needed, support the construction team to manage critical trackers/checklists, and data rooms.
- Assist engineering and construction with receipt of permits for air quality, water, county, and other compliance management. May include at times direct interaction with responsible agencies.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience in a field that develops the skills required for the functions and responsibilities of the position.
- Completion of an approved paralegal program and
- Minimum five (5) years’ experience as a commercial real estate paralegal.