GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Project Paralegal provides support to Counsel managing legal matters and documentation relating to EDPR North America DG LLC’s projects and operations.

Main accountabilities:

• Perform assigned substantive legal work
• Prepare drafts of documents including confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements, construction services agreements, work orders, change orders, and other project-related agreements
• Perform initial review of agreements received from third parties and assists counsel with their completion
• Carefully follow instructions and proofreads work before sending to internal or external parties
• Assist counsel with EPC/BOP contracts, including preparing exhibits and gathering information
• Assist with requests for proposals (RFPs) and other procurement processes
• Assist counsel with acquisition and divestiture transactions, both pre- and post-closing, including organization and review of due diligence documents and preparation of data room
• Assist with financing transactions, including preparation of disclosure schedules, closing checklists, and similar documents
• Prepare for transaction closings by assembling documents, creating checklists, coordinating with other departments, and ensuring distribution of closing sets to Compliance and other pertinent parties
• Maintain awareness of incoming work requests and contracts, their status, and need for follow-up by Project Counsel
• Maintain spreadsheet for tracking incoming work requests and contracts for Project Counsel and provides reports of tracking information as requested
• Facilitate execution of documents by appropriate parties in accordance with specified delegations of authority
• Provide administrative assistance with document preparation, file maintenance, and updating of the legal document forms library
• Additional duties as required

Direct reports:  None

Travel:  None

 Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 6+ years of experience in the energy, corporate, or finance area of a law firm or performing in-house legal services in a corporate environment
• Paralegal certificate preferred
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office 2007 and Adobe Acrobat software

Behavioral requirements:

• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Flexibility for adapting to changing organizational needs 

• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to be self-motivated, manage priorities, and multi-task

• Ability to manage large number of landowners and parcels
• Sound judgment and discretion

• Exemplary standards of integrity, honor, safety, management, ethics, quality, and productivity

Physical demands & working conditions:

• Sitting/Standing/Flexibility: Ability to stand and sit for 8 or more hours when in an office environment
• Speech/Reading:  Ability to speak, read, and write English proficiently and deliver a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
• Lifting: Ability to lift items weighing up to 10 pounds
• Vision/Hearing: Ability to understand a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
• Safety: Ability to understand and communicate safety precautions when necessary