Shipco Transport

Paralegal

• Draft, review, and analyze a wide range of commercial agreements, including customer contracts, service agreements, vendor agreements, NDAs, and lease agreements.
• Identify legal, financial, and operational risks in contracts and propose practical mitigation strategies.
• Support negotiations by advising on key terms, fallback positions, and risk exposure.
• Maintain contract lifecycle management systems and ensure proper documentation and execution.
• Work with compliance department to ensure adherence to Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) regulations and other applicable shipping and trade laws.
• Support compliance with NVOCC tariff requirements, service contracts, and licensing obligations.
• Conduct in-depth legal research across maritime, commercial, regulatory, OSHA and employment law topics.
• Prepare clear, actionable legal memoranda, summaries, and guidance for the general counsel and business stakeholders.
• Assist in evaluating legal exposure and advising on risk in day-to-day operations.
• Support internal audits, investigations and regulatory inquiries.
• Assist general counsel, finance, and collections team with managing collection processes, including drafting demand letters, filing bond claims, and other recovery strategies.
• Under supervision of general counsel, liaise with insurance & claims teams on claims reporting and insurance renewals, handling cargo claims, freight disputes, and related investigations.
• Act as a legal resource to compliance, claims, insurance, finance, HR, operational, and commercial teams.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal guidance on operational and contractual matters.
• Collaborate with internal teams to proactively identify and mitigate legal risks.

Operations

• Coordinate and oversee the load planning and warehouse operations for Shipco controlled consol containers and customer own containers.
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of shipments, tracking, and documentation.
• Act as a central point of contact for internal departments, external partners, key global accounts and vendors.
• Assist the operations department with managing emails pertaining to O,S&D holds, transit/schedule inquiries, warehousing services and any distributing any other inquiries to the appropriate parties.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between different teams to ensure seamless operations.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement efficient workflows.
• Work closely with relevant teams to streamline operations and enhance overall efficiency.
• Maintain accurate records of shipments, transactions, and other relevant documentation.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Address and resolve operational issues in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and find solutions to challenges that may arise.
• Provide insights and recommendations based on data analysis.

Paralegal

LCL Export Operations Coordinator