ABOUT THE ROLE

The Corporate Paralegal will play a critical role in supporting all teams, assist with all stages of domestic and international corporate transactions; own the organization, tracking, and maintenance of AJCP’s legal entities; take the lead on corporate governance formalities such as board meetings, resolutions, officer and director certifications; and manage commercial contracts and essential deadlines.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Prepare, manage and maintain documents integral to legal entity management, including entity formation and dissolutions, registered agent communications, foreign qualifications, consents, organizational documents and annual reports.
• Draft, review, retain and organize all corporate minute books and significant corporate agreements, including operating agreements, corporate officer elections and appointments.
• Keep our legal entity management database updated, properly identifying and inputting entity characteristics, data, and documents in collaboration with the responsible Accounting or Tax team colleagues.
• Obtain EINs and work with appropriate team members to complete and maintain W9s.
• Assist with investment transactions, including the preparation of structure charts, the review of legal agreements, and the due diligence process of acquisitions, financings, refinancings, and dispositions.
• Own the Know Your Customer process, responding to information queries from internal and external sources with proper judgment of when to escalate certain requests.
• Perform initial review and revisions of template agreements such as nondisclosure agreements.
• Support the Legal team in commercial contract negotiations, ensuring accuracy and compliance with the Company's standard contractual clauses.
• Set up and maintain a commercial contracts database through the entire contract lifecycle.
• Maintain a comprehensive calendar of contract renewals and deadlines.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure timely action on renewals/terminations and compliance with contractual obligations.
• Assist with preparing, organizing, and maintaining promote documentation.
• Provide liquor licensing support to our property management teams, including preparing application materials and renewals, coordinating with internal officers and signatories, and liaising with external counsel as needed.
• Work closely with internal and external counsel on a regular basis to support of the above activities.

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