Corporate Paralegal

Paralegal – Madison, NJ – $65k – $75k d/o/e

 This global, growing client needs your Paralegal expertise!

Responsibilities include:

• Draft, review, and analyze a wide range of commercial agreements, including customer contracts, service agreements, vendor agreements, NDAs and lease
• Identify legal, financial, and operational risks in contracts and propose practical mitigation
• Support negotiations by advising on key terms, fallback positions, and risk
• Maintain contract lifecycle management systems and ensure proper documentation and execution
• Work closely with the compliance team to assess regulatory risk and implement compliant business practices.
• Conduct in-depth legal research across commercial, regulatory, OSHA and employment law topics.
• Prepare clear, actionable legal memoranda, summaries, and guidance for the general counsel and business stakeholders.
• Assist in evaluating legal exposure and advising on risk in day-to-day
• Assist general counsel, finance and collections team with managing collection processes, including drafting demand letters, filing bond claims and other recovery strategies.

• Under supervision of general counsel, liaise with insurance & claims teams on claims reporting and insurance renewals, handling cargo claims, freight disputes and related investigations
• Liaise with external counsel on litigation and arbitration matters as
• Act as a legal resource to compliance, claims, insurance, finance, HR, operational and commercial teams.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal guidance on operational and contractual
• Collaborate with internal teams to proactively identify and mitigate legal

Requirements include:

•  Bachelor’s degree required; Paralegal certificate strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of substantive paralegal experience, preferably in-house or in transportation, logistics, maritime, or commercial law.
• Demonstrated expertise in:
  • Corporate law and governance
  • Commercial contract drafting, review, and negotiation support
  • Legal research and issue analysis
  • Collections and dispute (advisory support)
  • Employment law (advisory support)
• Excellent contract review and drafting
• Strong analytical and issue-spotting abilities with a focus on practical risk
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, global
• Proficiency in legal research tools and contract management
• Experience in a multinational, highly regulated industry a plus

If interested, forward your resume to:  JillR@AplusPersonnel.com