Alternative Investments Legal Assistant
Company: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Location: New York
Posted on: March 4, 2025
Job Description:
OverviewThis position provides legal assistant support to the
attorneys in the Alternative Investments practice and will require
you to be in the office 4 days a week at 55HY.Responsibilities
- Coordinate legal assistant assignments and workflow within the
practice.
- Mentor new legal assistants in the Alternative Investments
practice.
- Provide guidance on best practices and firm policies for
Associates within the practice.
- Conduct and compile research, maintain/update working group
lists and organize due diligence documents.
- Maintain and update deal closing checklists.
- Create and maintain transaction deliverables tracking systems
and related timelines.
- Prepare and distribute signature packets to deal
participants.
- Draft form documents/correspondence for deal participants.
- Draft letters to clients and other counsel.
- Prepare Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings, order lien
searches and stay abreast of regulations relating to Article 9 of
the UCC.
- Assist with the creation of corporations and limited liability
companies, including preparation of formation documents, ordering
searches and overseeing all filing requirements and maintenance
obligations.
- Prepare responses to auditor requests.
- Maintain and update case contact information.
- Notarize documents, assist with notary authentication and
apostilling/consularization of documents.
- Review and proofread legal documents (grammar/punctuation,
definition/cross reference checks and book reads).
- Assist with the EDGAR filing process.
- Assist with closings, draft and review closing checklists and
prepare closing binders in electronic and paper format for
distribution.
- Load and organize closing sets and deal documents in relevant
databases.
- Other responsibilities as they may be assigned from
time-to-time.Compensation: The anticipated base salary range
offered for this role will be between $60,000 to $90,000 and
represents the firm's good faith and reasonable estimate of the
base compensation range. Actual base compensation will be dependent
upon several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's
relevant experience, performance, qualifications, degrees, and
location, as well as the needs of the firm.Qualifications
- A 4-year college degree is required.
- At least 2 years of CLO experience or 4 years of asset-backed
securitization experience.
- Strong client service and demonstrated written and oral
communication skills.
- Ability to handle and complete multiple projects simultaneously
with minimal supervision.
- Strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize.
- Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
- Strong attention-to-detail, spelling and grammar skills.
- Ability to think critically and analytically, and exhibit sound
judgment.
- Effective and proactive team player.
- Flexible and available to work overtime as needed (includes
evening and weekend).
- Strong computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat.
- Become a notary public within the first 6 months of
employment.
- Available to report to work on regularly scheduled days and at
the scheduled hour.
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Keywords: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York , Alternative Investments Legal Assistant, Legal , New York, New York
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