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Legal Staff Paralegal in Lake Forest, IL

Abbott Oct 01,2018 Jul 02,2018 Location USA Lake Forest IL
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In-House

Legal Staff

Min 4 yrs required

Profile

Commercial Paralegal The candidate provides paralegal support to Commercial Attorneys in company Rapid Diagnostics (Adx). Performs substantive legal work that requires knowledge of legal concepts, contract terminology, and identifies basic legal issues related to assigned matter, for example drafting and responding to routine contract matters. Resolves routine legal matters in area of responsibility with direct supervision from more experienced paralegals, paralegal supervisor and/or attorneys. Assists attorneys in resolving legal issues on projects involving multiple disciplines within the Legal Division and/or multiple functional areas or divisions within company. Represents Legal Division internally to clients, serving as direct point of contact for ARDx legal group. Interface with internal clients in preparing commercial agreements such as relating to contracts and pricing, professional service agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and material transfer agreements. Support attorneys on more complex legal agreements, assembling exhibits and schedules, coordinating input from other stakeholders, and conducting document/version comparison. Maintains an Agreement log, tracking status and actions. Help maintain all agreements in document management system for permanent record. Maintain templates in document management system and help prepare updates to templates. Provides assistance for cross-Business Units project work. Serves on committees as needed in the legal division. May direct assigned support staff in their responsibilities. May participate in training of other paralegals. Reports to an attorney. Advises legal department managers of project developments in a timely manner. Must have Bachelor’s Degree and/or relevant legal education (Paralegal certificate). Should have 4+ years of relevant legal experience.

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JOB ID: 30880730.

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