Benefits Offered
401K, Dental, Life, Medical, Vision
Employment Type
Full-Time
DEPARTMENT: Legal
JOB TITLE: Corporate Paralegal/Legal Assistant (Transactions)
REPORTS TO: Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
SUMMARY / JOB PURPOSE:
AmeriLife is growing rapidly and is seeking a Corporate Paralegal/Legal Assistant (Transactions) to join our growing legal team. This individual would provide a broad range of legal support with a concentration of corporate transactions (mergers and acquisitions (M&A)) together with other corporate matters. The ideal candidate would be well organized, detail oriented and have experience with closing legal transactions.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist AmeriLife’s legal team with corporate transactions mergers and acquisitions
- Assisting with due diligence activities (i.e., ordering and reviewing lien searches, etc.)
- Assisting with closing checklist including tracking down signature pages, filling in dates, tracking down final agreements and providing general support
- Assist in corporate governance functions, including assisting with first drafts of written consents and resolutions and corporate filings
EDUCATION, SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- Either:
- Bachelor’s Degree with 2+ years of corporate transactional experience (whether in mergers & acquisitions (M&A), real estate closings, securities offerings or commercial finance closings) as a paralegal, legal assistant or contracting specialist with a regionally or nationally recognized law firm and/or in-house legal department preferred, OR
- 5+ years of corporate transactional experience (whether in mergers & acquisitions (M&A), real estate closings, securities offerings or commercial finance closings) as a paralegal, legal assistant or contracting specialist with a regionally or nationally recognized law firm and/or in-house legal department preferred.
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize, balance, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to appreciate the importance of meeting deadlines
- A strong work ethic
- Comfortable in a remote working environment
- Demonstrates the organization’s core values, exuding behavior that is aligned with AmeriLife’s culture.
- Maintain confidentiality and exercise a high standard of judgment and discretion
About AmeriLife:
From its modest start in 1971 as a small insurance sales office in a West Central Florida shopping center, AmeriLife has evolved into one of the largest distributors of life and health insurance and annuities in the country.
AmeriLife’s History of Success
Our growth has been steady over the years. We’ve achieved it by introducing innovative and industry-leading products into the marketplace; and offering personalized service to carriers, agents, marketing affiliates, and consumers.
The AmeriLife Group consists of:
• The home office in Clearwater, FL
• 45+ insurance agency locations
• 15 marketing affiliates
The Power of One
At AmeriLife, the Power of One is much more than a slogan. It signifies our corporate parent and our affiliates are a single company – AmeriLife.
It indicates we work together as one to provide consumers with affordable life and health insurance and annuity products to meet their unique needs at every stage of their lives.
And it embodies our belief that each associate can make a positive impact in our industry by effectively serving our customers, as well as our local communities by supporting social programs and charitable causes.
Company website: https://amerilife.com/
