Senior Paralegal - Restructuring & Special Situations

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Senior Paralegal - Restructuring & Special Situations (RSS) is an integral part of Latham’s Legal Professional and Paralegal team and will be responsible for managing and leading all supportive aspects of cases or transactions for the RSS team, while working on various insolvency and restructuring transactions involving corporations, banks, creditors’ committees, hedge funds, sponsors, and other financial institutions. This role will be located in our New York office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence. 

Other key responsibilities include:

• Working on various insolvency and restructuring transactions involving corporations, banks, creditors' committees, hedge funds, sponsors, and other financial institutions
• Handling precedent research, research regarding jurisdictions, judges and/or industry, drafting pleadings, preparing checklist and/or case calendars, drafting of proofs of claim and preparing exhibits to same, cite checking, Bluebooking, preparing fee applications, management of case files, preparing exhibits and trial notebooks, request, review, and summary of UCC and lien search results/reports and legal descriptions, and preparing and filing of UCC financing statements (personal property and fixture filings) and amendments
• Liaising with other counsel, clients, and third parties in connection with restructuring matters
• Promoting effective work practices, working as a team member, and showing respect for co-workers
• Coordinating outside services, either directly or through support departments, and acting as a liaison with involved third parties
• Training paralegals and new attorneys in local office and department procedures and technical aspects of the paralegal area of expertise
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate excellent organizational and project management skills
• Exhibit the ability to work independently and efficiently
• Display the ability to prioritize and handle competing demands in a fast-paced working environment

And have:

• A bachelor’s degree or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program
• A minimum of six (6) years of equivalent experience as a paralegal
• A minimum of three (3) years of RSS experience, preferably

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

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Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are. 

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