Paralegal

EDF Trading North America, LLC is a major participant in wholesale energy markets and delivers customized energy solutions for our customers.

We operate in every market and provide coast to coast coverage of financial and physical products in power, natural gas and NGLs, environmental products and financial crude oil products.  We provide our customers with products and services that deliver access to markets, optimize their energy portfolio, hedge risk and manage assets.  Our Wholesale Business operates throughout the value chain in the North American wholesale power markets and we are one of the leading wholesale natural gas marketers. Additionally, we provide environmental, congestion management and value added derivative products.  With extensive pipeline agreements, we can manage natural gas offtakes, deliveries, capacities and supply anywhere across the continent. 

EDF Trading North America, LLC is part of the EDF Group, a global leader in low-carbon energies. 

Job Description:

The Corporate Paralegal is responsible for supporting the legal department with respect to a broad range of legal, transactional, compliance and administrative matters in North America. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record working directly with in-house attorneys as a corporate paralegal and will have demonstrated experience in supporting activities related to corporate governance, maintenance of corporate books and records, corporate policy implementation, corporate secretary matters.

Responsibilities

• Managing the formation, maintenance, dissolution, acquisition and disposition of companies, including drafting documents based on existing templates, preparing and maintaining charter documents and foreign qualifications, business registrations and powers of attorney, and coordinating with local counsel.

• Preparing and maintaining minute books and other corporate records, coordinating matters relating to board and shareholder meetings, preparing minutes and written consents, gathering approvals and signatures, ensuring that all  EDF Group companies maintain good standing status in various jurisdictions, responding to requests from internal personnel for corporate records and information.

• Support legal and commercial teams in handling transactional matters including initial review and comments on ISDAs, EEIs, NAESBs.  Assist legal counsel with maintaining integrity of form agreements.

• May prepare contract assessment, redlines, recommendations and summary prior to contract execution and ensures the delivery of contract documents in accordance with customer deadlines.

• Assist the Corporate Secretary in preparing for board meetings including setting agendas, establishing meeting schedules, collecting materials from executives, managing digital board platform for disseminating agendas and meeting materials to board members, and working directly with board members and internal personnel to coordinate meeting logistics.

• Provide high level paralegal and administrative support with minimal supervision.

• Support legal and commercial teams preparing officer's certificates and resolutions, obtaining good standing certificates, coordinating with outside counsel to ensure smooth transaction closings, responding to know-your-customer and other regulatory requests of financing counterparties.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years in-house corporate paralegal experience

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, or a combination of education and relevant experience

• Previous experience supporting corporate governance in the energy sector

• Paralegal certificate preferred

• Notary certification a plus

• Experience with UK or EU entities a plus

• Must have strong written and oral communication skills, ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks within a fast paced environment.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and Adobe Acrobat required

Note: EDF is an EEO employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for all positions without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

EDF participates in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program.

EDF is not currently accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at EDF via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at EDF in any form without a valid written agreement in place for that specific position will be deemed the sole property of EDF. As a result, no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by EDF.