Paralegal Specialist

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About the Role & Team

At Disney, our Paralegals are highly-respected because their skills are quite simply, essential. You would be a key member of a dynamic, fast-paced team that supports The Walt Disney Company’s global subsidiary governance operations. This position will be part of the transformational team that will help achieve the department’s strategic goals to serve our growing international company.

This position currently reports to the Vice President, Governance Counsel and Assistant Secretary

What You Will Do

  • Drafting resolutions, consents, certificates, minutes, powers of attorney and other forms of international corporate governance documents for international subsidiaries
  • International subsidiary maintenance, including entity formation, dissolution and periodic regulatory and jurisdictional filings
  • Corporate transactional support, including obtaining governance approvals, verification of domestic and international standing, coordination of signature pages, maintenance of transaction checklists and document management
  • Entity management systems (CSC, Diligent Entities, GEMS or similar)
  • Electronic document filing and maintenance
  • Responsibility for subsidiary maintenance and entity compliance across all international regions (APAC, EMEA, LATAM)
  • International legal entity management, including maintenance of international corporate minute books and records, and coordination with international legal and tax partners on all aspects of international beneficial ownership reporting and subsidiary governance matters
  • Draft shareholder minutes, consents, resolutions and certificates
  • Primary responsibility for coordination of international legal counsel and billing, translation services, apostilles and foreign bank account and KYC matters
  • Manage legal entity audit reporting, including coordination with internal and external auditors
  • Assist with international corporate tax restructurings and M&A transactions, verification of legal entity data, and review and coordination of signature pages
  • Review/approval of international documents presented to OCS for signature (powers of attorney, consents, resolutions, international disclosure documents and statutory filings) 

Preferred Qualifications

  • 7+ years paralegal experience (paralegal certificate is required) or 2+ years practicing attorney experience
  • In-house and/or law firm corporate transactional, governance or finance experience
  • Sharp written and verbal communication skills
  • Team-oriented and collaborative approach
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize deadlines/deliverables
  • “EQ” skills to build bridges, forge alliances and encourage people to want to work with you to foster cross-department collaboration
  • Able to work independently with minimal oversight
  • A calm head and steady hand to deal with the unexpected
  • Some flexibility in your schedule – we value work/life balance, but in a pinch, a bit more time is needed
  • Strong organizational skills and extreme attention to detail
  • A highly professional demeanor, positive outlook and a can-do attitude.

Education

  • A Bachelor’s Degree and/or qualifications to be a paralegal by certification or education and work experience as set forth by the American Bar Association and/or any applicable state codes

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Experience working in a large national law firm or in house at a Fortune 100 company
  • Strong knowledge of California and Delaware corporate law and experience working with international legal teams
  • Experience with budgeting and legal billing, and matter management software (Legal Tracker)

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