What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Paralegal position at Phillips Edison & Company?
About us:
Phillips Edison & Company takes PRIDE in creating great omni-channel grocery-anchored shopping experiences and improving communities, one center at a time. PECO’s culture is fueled by the ENERGY our team brings to work every day - to find creative solutions and create value for our centers, our investors, our communities and the greater world around us. PECO’s culture is driven by our team’s CONNECTION to each other and the communities in which we live and work. PECO embraces the OPPORTUNITY to source and implement creative and sustainable programs to create a positive impact on the environment.
Phillips Edison’s operating platform provides retail services including acquisition, redevelopment, leasing and management of grocery-anchored retail centers.
What you'll do:
- Provide support for board and committee meetings, including assistance drafting agendas, resolutions, minutes, and meeting materials.
- Assist with various SEC filings, including Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs, Form 8-Ks, registration statements, and proxy statements.
- Manage PECO’s legal entity structure of 400 entities.
- Maintain state entity registrations, minute books, and other corporate records.
- Draft, prepare, and file formation and dissolution documents.
- Work with tax, accounting, finance, and operations teams on corporate structure and entity governance matters.
- Assist with organizing, reviewing, and administering corporate policies.
- Maintain a library of pre-approved form documents, contract clauses, templates, and historical documents.
- Conduct legal research on securities laws, corporate governance developments, regulatory changes, and peer practices.
- Support attorneys on various transactions, including joint ventures, corporate financings, and real estate acquisitions/dispositions.
What we're looking for:
- Minimum of an Associate’s degree in paralegal studies; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- 5 years of relevant legal experience as a paralegal or law clerk at a public company or law firm serving public company clients.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the aptitude to interact with senior management.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational, writing, and project management skills.
- Self-starter with good problem-solving skills and client service orientation.
- Team player with a positive attitude and willingness to learn.
- Experience working with CT or CSC on legal entity matters preferred.
- Experience with board portals such as Diligent BoardBooks preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and Excel.
Why PECO?
- We are characterized by our #PeopleofPECO. They are dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. They are driven to succeed and make a lasting impact on our growing organization. Having highly trained, energized and skilled professionals throughout every level of our organization is a great source of pride and key element of success for Phillips Edison & Company.
- Voted a Cincinnati Top Places to Work for the past 8 years!
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
