Senior Development Paralegal responsible for ensuring franchisees comply with legal requirements and managing development agreements and related documentation.
Responsibilities
Prepare, route, execute, and file development and franchise agreements and related documents
Maintain accurate development records and transaction checklists
Prioritize transactional work with Senior Director of Development
Coordinate with Legal on forms and approvals
Support franchise disclosure and compliance activities
Provide high‑level legal support to attorneys in the Office of General Counsel, including drafting, research, document preparation, and administrative coordination.
Responsibilities
Draft and revise legal documents, correspondence, and filings
Support domestic and international transactions and other legal matters
Assist attorneys with construction matters from project start to closeout
Conduct legal and factual research
Track and calendar legal deadlines
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies, business administration, communication, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Nice to have: international matters experience
Nice to have: familiarity with construction contracts
A non-qualifying paralegal role supporting the agricultural property/real estate team, focusing on legal drafting, client liaison, title investigation, and lease review.
Responsibilities
Review leases and prepare draft lease summaries, transaction documents and substantive correspondence
Liaise directly with clients to gather information, provide updates, and respond to queries
Obtain and review title information and property search results, identify legal issues and draft enquiries and title summaries
Monitor substantive pre-completion legal deadlines and outstanding legal issues
Support fee earners with legal research, due diligence and the preparation of draft legal reports and advice
Provide hands‑on administrative support to attorneys and staff, managing client intake, matter administration, communications, document management, LinkedIn outreach, event coordination, and website updates.
Support the General Counsel with real estate and corporate transactional closings, drafting and proofreading legal documents, managing contracts, and assisting with corporate governance and project management.
Responsibilities
Assists with real estate and corporate transactions
Provides assistance with corporate governance including managing regulatory reporting
Drafts and proofreads legal documents and correspondence
Aids in preparing contracts and the administration of contract proposals
Assists in execution of company contracts, permits, and regulatory documents
Assist attorneys with civil litigation cases, including discovery, trial preparation, motion writing, and records management.
Compensation
Actual base pay within the range will also be dependent on other factors, including but not limited to, relevant experience, internal equity, skills, qualifications, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
Responsibilities
Assist attorneys with the preparation of a civil case throughout discovery and prepare for, attend, and assist at trial
Discovery and records management, including preparation of subpoenas and tracking responses
Summarize medical and employment records, create medical chronologies, summarize discovery responses, prepare meet and confer correspondence
Review, manage, summarize, and synthesize records and data of all kinds in various types of cases, with an emphasis on tort cases, including medical records and deposition transcripts
Motion writing experience, such as oppositions to motions including discovery motions, motions to continue trial