Corporate Paralegal - M&A/Commercial

Masco’s legal team is looking for an experienced M&A, corporate and commercial paralegal to support legal department attorneys and the corporate development function in connection with acquisitions and divestitures by Masco and its business units. You would also support attorneys providing general commercial legal advice to the Masco business units.  We work in a team-oriented environment where excellence in performance and commitment are valued and rewarded.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Support M&A transaction activities, including coordination of data room and due diligence workstreams.
• Work with legal department personnel and other corporate functional areas on deal execution.
• Assist in the preparation of corporate documents, such as resolutions, ancillary documents and closing certificates.
• Assist on general commercial, contract, advertising and IP matters.
• Coordinate data collection for antitrust filings.
• Order status reports, good standing certifications and charter documents.
• Order lien searches, review and prepare summaries.
• Prepare and file UCC statements, amendments and termination statements.
• Maintain transaction library of completed transaction documentation and precedent documents.
• Redact documents.

Experience and Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree
• Minimum 10 years of paralegal experience in Corporate/M&A transactional work at a law firm and/or corporate legal department.
• Work with the highest level of ethics, integrity and confidentiality.
• Espouse our values of customer-focus, respect for the individual, continuous improvement, drive for results and high-performance teams.
• Proven ability to function in a fast-paced, decentralized work environment and manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure.
• Ability to work collaboratively, effectively and efficiently on a team of professionals with business clients, other legal department members and third-party support, including sophisticated outside counsel.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, judgment and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Masco Corporation (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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