Paralegal/Senior Paralegal – GI Legal Support

Position SummaryGuggenheim Partners is seeking a smart, energetic, and affable person to join its Legal team. Reporting to the Head of GI Legal Operations, this person will join a highly collaborative team and will be responsible for supporting various attorneys and functions in the Guggenheim Investments legal group. In addition to meticulous organizational skills and a high attention to detail, the ideal candidate will demonstrate an ability to proactively manage and track various projects both independently and as part of a team, take ownership and responsibility over assignments, assume leadership roles where appropriate, and work on a variety of time-sensitive projects.

The successful candidate must be proactive, exercise excellent judgment, have exceptional communication skills and a demonstrated ability to effectively manage stakeholders across the firm and exhibit professionalism. The candidate must be comfortable interacting with senior-level attorneys and be highly responsive and efficient. An ideal candidate will have experience drafting governance documents and/or forming legal entities as a paralegal or similar in the financial services industry, however, in lieu of specific experience, bright, resourceful, quick learners will be considered. The Paralegal role presents an opportunity to grow in a dynamic organization and department. The Paralegal role is in New York, currently 4 days in office and the remaining day remote.ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation, execution and maintenance of documents and materials for management of GI and Fund entities
• Draft organizational documents – including LLC agreements and consents
• Manage and maintain electronic corporate minute books
• Manage Entity Formation and Dissolution process – from request through to filing executed organizational documents in system
• Update and keep current entity, organizational and directors, officers and authorized signatory data for reporting
• Draft organizational spreadsheets for submission to regulators
• Prepare resolutions, written consents, corporate certificates, incumbency certificates and related documents
• Schedule and draft agenda and minutes for corporate board meetings, in particular foreign entities
• Organize and maintain files relating to transactional, regulatory and other legal matters
• Order lien searches from vendor and review lien search results and prepare lien summary
• Prepare extensive PowerPoint presentations, Excel worksheets and Visio diagrams (e.g. entity organizational charts) as needed
• First line processing of legal invoices (All); trouble-shoot legal e-billing and matter creation questions (Senior only)
• Arranging domestic and international travel; managing expense reports
• Respond to information queries from internal and external sources (e.g. document look-up, entity ownership or director, officer, signatory queries, RFP requests)
• Assist with compiling documents and signature pages for closings, as needed
• Track and maintain possessory collateral for client investments, including logging intake and outtake, and annual reconciliation
• Litigation tracking
• Assist GI Legal & Procurement departments with preliminary MSA & SLA reviews
• Facilitate GI Legal workflows through traffic control and moderation
• Track projects and workflows through project management system
• Maintain GPIM Clients and related OpenText document repositories
• Draft Consulting Agreements and review of Access or Non-reliance Letters.
• Perform ad hoc job-related duties and participate in and sometimes take the lead on special and recurring projects as assigned, including overhaul of file and data storage systems

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required

• 1–3 years of experience in the financial services industry; experience within a corporate legal department preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio

• Exceptional attention to detail with strong organizational and time-management skills

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and work under tight deadlines

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; capable of engaging with stakeholders at all levels

• Experience leading small projects or workstreams, including task delegation and follow-up

• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and adapt to diverse working styles

• Self-motivated and resourceful; able to learn new systems and tools independently

• ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate strongly preferred

Salary Range

Annual base salary between

$72,000.00-$80,000.00

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated base salary range for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The range listed reflects base salary only, and the total compensation package may include other components such as incentive compensation.