Stress Engineering Services, Inc

Senior Paralegal

Stress Engineering Services, Inc • $80K — $95K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience as a paralegal, preferably in an in-house legal department or major law firm
  • Active status as a Texas Notary
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and manage non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements and counterparty edits
  • Circulate monthly reports on the status of litigation to management
  • Maintain and update corporate director and officer slates
  • Manage filings and updates for Ultimate Beneficial Ownership
  • Oversee governance matters for US and Latin American entities
  • Assist with M&A due diligence and data room organization
  • Maintain organized records and facilitate compliance audits

Benefits

  • Supportive company culture that values employees
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401k plans
  • Paid parental leave and generous time off
  • Employee referral bonuses
  • Opportunities for personal development and career planning
  • Company-sponsored perks and discount programs
Full Job Description
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Paralegal to join EthosEnergy's Legal Department. While this is a remote position, the preferred candidate will be located in the greater Houston area. This position provides general legal and administrative support to the Legal team, including the following responsibilities below.

Job Responsibilities

  • Preparing non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements and reviewing/approving counterparty edits/redlines.
  • Preparing and circulating monthly reports to management on status of open litigation matters.
  • Maintaining/updating director and officer slates for the company's entities.
  • Managing Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) filings and updates to same.
  • Manage governance matters for the company's US and Latin American entities, including filings to qualify to do business in new jurisdictions, updating articles of association/certificates and other documents with Secretaries of State, assisting with compliance audits and annual filings, and managing dissolution of entities where needed.
  • Tracking the company's required patent/trademark renewals with support from outside counsel and assisting outside counsel with renewals, as needed.
  • Preparation of letters, business communications, legal documents, and presentations.
  • Supporting the attorneys on administrative matters.
  • Overseeing the Legal Dept. Share Point site to ensure client requests for legal support on various matters are assigned out to the attorneys for further handling.
  • Managing data room uploads/organization for M&A matters.
  • Assisting with due diligence, as needed, on transactional matters.
  • Archiving and filing documents; maintaining the Legal Dept. files to ensure records are properly organized, updated, accurate, and accessible.
  • Assist with issuing preservation orders/litigation holds, coordinating and reviewing discovery and document collection with IT and other departments; assisting with responding to third party subpoenas for documents/information.
  • Assist with managing outside counsel/expert invoices; routing same for review/approval by attorneys and processing for payment through Finance Dept.
  • Assist with preparing minutes of meetings and circulating for Board approval.
  • Ability to travel to company's Pearland, TX office to access hard-copy corporate records if/when needed (anticipated to be infrequent).
  • Completion of other assigned tasks, as needed by the attorneys.

Required Skills / Knowledge

  • Superb attention to detail, organization, analytical and communication skills.
  • Self-motivated and ability to proactively assume responsibility and consistently follow through on assignments.
  • Ability to handle multiple assignments, work well under pressure and have the flexibility to assist legal team in meeting demands of the business.
  • Ability and maturity to maintain confidential information and work independently with minimal supervision/guidance.
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe Acrobat.
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Energetic and capable of self-direction.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Experience

  • At least 8+ years working as a paralegal (in-house law department or major law firm required) and active status as a Texas Notary.

Education Requirements

  • BA/BS preferred with Paralegal certificate from an accredited paralegal program.

What We Offer

  • Supportive company culture that values its employees
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision & 401 K Plan
  • Paid Parental Leave, Time Off & Holidays
  • Extra money in your paycheck - Employee Referral Bonus
  • Personal Development & Career Succession Planning
  • Company sponsored Perks & Discount programs

About Stress Engineering Services, Inc

Stress Engineering Services, Inc. is an engineering consulting firm that provides testing, analysis, and design services to clients in the oil and gas, power generation, chemical processing, and aerospace industries. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Stress Engineering Services has additional offices in Cincinnati, Ohio; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Calgary, Canada. The company's services include failure analysis, fitness-for-service assessments, finite element analysis, and materials testing. Stress Engineering Services has worked on projects such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Learn more about Stress Engineering Services, Inc
Size
500 employees
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$10 million
Founded
1972
5 Year Trend
+10%
Revenue
$100 million
* Ladders Estimates

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