Overview
Corporate Legal Assistant Jobs in New York City Metropolitan Area at CF Legal Recruiting and Staffing
Title: Corporate Legal Assistant
Company: CF Legal Recruiting and Staffing
Location: New York City Metropolitan Area
Great opportunity for an EA with Corporate Governance experience to go in house with a public company.
Executive Assistant – Corporate Legal Department
One of the largest diversified net lease REITs, specializing in the acquisition of operationally critical, single-tenant properties in North America and Europe. Our experience, access to capital and presence in both the U.S. and Europe enable us to move quickly and deliver the capital and real estate solutions companies need to execute on their strategic business objectives.
Job Responsibilities
• Support board of director meeting processes for two public companies:
• Acting as administrator of the board book portals;
• Assisting in schedule/agenda preparation;
• Coordinating board/committee materials for meetings;
• Corresponding with directors and their assistants;
• Preparing, distributing and tracking director & officer questionnaires, annual
evaluations and surveys
• Assisting in preparation of minutes
• Maintain corporate books and records
• Coordinate processing of department invoices, including coding, tracking project expenses,
assisting in budgeting and accrual processes
• Arrange execution of legal documents, including originals and via DocuSign
• Coordinate travel arrangements
• General administrative tasks for the legal department, including meeting coordination, maintaining
calendars, organizing department files, word processing, proofreading, expense reports, maintaining department subscriptions, etc.
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Requirements
• 5 to 7+ years of experience
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment and discretion
• Microsoft Office Suite (including Word and PowerPoint) required
• Board portal software, Basware (or other accounts payable software), and DocuSign experience
preferred; ability to learn new electronic platforms quickly
• Excellent attention to detail and process; strong organizational, interpersonal, communication and
writing skills
• Proactive and able to work independently on routine projects and collaborate on complex matters
as necessary; team-oriented mindset and strong work ethic; ability to multitask
