Senior Paralegal
RELX
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $65,100 - $124,800 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements; identify and coordinate resolution of contract issues with internal clients and external customers under attorney supervision.
- Maintain and update contract templates to ensure consistency with company policies and legal standards, including formatting and document translation for strategic customers.
- Manage the contract lifecycle, including execution, renewals, amendments, and tracking key dates; utilize contract management systems and tools (such as PCT, Adobe, DocuSign) for contract tracking and reporting.
- Conduct legal research, draft legal documents, and perform related paralegal tasks to support attorneys.
- Conduct initial review and preparation of pricing documents, ensuring correct format and completeness before attorney review.
- Assist with corporate transactions as assigned.
- Organize electronic legal files for efficient retrieval and compliance.
- Serve as an integral member of the Legal team and forge close working relationships with other departments.
- Collaborate with internal teams (finance, pricing, sales) to gather necessary information for contract preparation and negotiation.
- Oversee and track legal processes, ensuring all moving pieces are coordinated and deadlines are met.
- Provide other specified legal support as requested.
Requirements
- Associate's Degree required. Bachelor's Degree preferred
- Minimum 3+ years of paralegal experience in a law firm or corporate legal department, with exposure to commercial contracts.
- Paralegal designation (or actively pursuing one)
- Strong understanding of contract lifecycle management and proficiency in legal terminology, concepts, and procedures.
- Experience with modern document management software (Adobe, DocuSign, efficient PDF creation).
- Skilled in Microsoft Office and relevant legal software tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong project and time management abilities; capable of handling multiple priorities.
- High attention to detail with strong organizational skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Benefits
- Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
- Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
- Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
- In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract lifecycle managementlegal researchdrafting legal documentspricing document preparationcontract negotiationdocument translationparalegal tasksattention to detailproject managementtime management
Soft skills
written communicationverbal communicationorganizational skillsconfidentialityprofessionalismcollaborationindependencerelationship buildingmulti-taskingproblem-solving
Certifications
Associate's DegreeBachelor's DegreeParalegal designation