Fortune Brands Innovations Deerfield , IL 60015
Posted 4 days ago
Job Description
This Paralegal provides paralegal support primarily to the Senior Director, Corporate Governance and Assistant Secretary, the Associate General Counsel
Position Location: This is a HYBRID role based out of our DEERFIELD, IL Fortune Brands office. Our Hybrid work schedule provides associates the flexibility to work remote Monday and Friday while being in office Tuesday
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Corporate Governance
Managing subsidiary annual meeting process for US and international based affiliates, including drafting of board and shareholder resolutions to elect directors and officers, approve annual accounts, coordinating signatures and filing.
Organizing, maintaining corporate minute books, records and files and maintaining Company's subsidiary management database.
Maintaining tracking systems and records to monitor filing requirements, disclosure requirements and processing of director compensation.
Prepare certified resolutions and documents, incumbency certificates and respond to KYC requests for internal and external partners.
Drafting and filing of corporate formations, qualifications, withdrawals and consolidations, annual reports, apostilles and legalizations. Draft governing documents including bylaws, limited liability company agreements and partnership agreements.
Drafting other corporate resolutions and actions relating to corporate restructurings, purchases and sales of property or assets, mergers, capitalizations, contributions, etc.
Assisting the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary with preparation of quarterly board meeting materials and board postings, as well as preparation of director and officer questionnaires through Diligent.
Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with corporate office and business unit partners with which our team interfaces to obtain and/or provide information; interact with senior executives
Securities
M&A
Provide support on M&A, real estate, debt and financing or other corporate transactions closings.
Conduct judgement and lien searches on potential transaction targets.
Assist with due diligence matters, by organizing requests and documents.
General
Liaise with outside counsel, as needed.
Assist with a variety of other requests to support the legal department as may arise from time to time, including legal research, contract review and compliance-related initiatives.
Draft internal memos, executive summaries and other correspondence. Prepare spreadsheets, organizational charts, timelines, presentations, project management tracking.
File, copy and scan documents. Prepare packages for overnight delivery.
Fortune Brands Innovations