Senior Paralegal-Private Credit & Leveraged Finance

New York, NY

Assisting in determining where to search for UCC statements, federal/state tax liens, bankruptcy filings, federal/local litigation and judgments, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, vessels and aircrafts Obtaining search cost estimates and drafting third party billing letters Reviewing search results and providing summary charting of UCC statements, liens and intellectual property, identifying issues or concerns relevant to the transaction Ordering domestic and foreign good standing certificates and certified copies of corporate documents and conducting corporate status searches of entities Reviewing corporate documents to confirm entity’s true legal name, good standing and authority to enter financial transactions and signing authority; assisting with formation of new entities Transaction Pre-Closing, Closing, and Post-Close Drafting and distributing Perfection Certificate Assisting in determining where to file UCC financing statements to perfect security interests Preparing and filing documents such as UCC financing statements and/or related amendment statements, lien holder change forms for motor vehicle titles, and intellectual property filings Preparing initial drafts of various ancillary documents, exhibits, schedules and other boilerplate documents as well as signature page packets, as requested Reviewing certain borrower’s schedules for accuracy Reviewing stock/membership certificates and powers to confirm proper ownership is being reflected and transferred Working with the paralegal for borrower’s counsel in obtaining outstanding lien searches, certificates, charters, executed signature pages, etc. Compiling, preparing and distributing original collateral documents and/or signature pages to applicable lenders Ordering post-closing UCC searches to confirm filings Loan Payoffs Preparing payoff letters and applicable schedules Drafting termination documents (UCC, intellectual property, DACAs, landlord waivers, key man insurance, etc.) Coordinating return of original possessory collateral Compiling and finalizing documents for payoff closing Collateral Reviews Reviewing files for accuracy and completion Reviewing documentation for new matters on deals originally documented at other firms Miscellaneous Credit Agreement definitions and section reference checks Preparing conformed copies of Credit Agreements Performing document comparison with redline software Assisting in maintaining and searching records, document management and knowledge management platforms