Legal Coordinator
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, renowned for its diverse workforce and exceptional client service. The Legal Coordinator will manage the office of the Chief Legal Officer, handling confidential agreements, conducting legal research, and supporting compliance projects.
Responsibilities
- Draft, format, redline and edit highly confidential agreements and correspondence, including employment, member service and severance agreements
- Communicate with agents and executives regarding highly confidential agreements
- Create and implement legal procedures and processes, as needed
- Gather facts, analyze and determine whether conflicts of interest have arisen per company policy
- Legal research and analysis with regard to employment law
- Participate in workplace investigations, as needed
- Support compliance projects with Human Resources, as needed
- Be proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, MS Word (e.g., redlining), Excel and Power Point, as well as Acrobat Adobe Professional
- Maintain various spreadsheets, charts and summaries
- Understand the workflow relationships both of the Office of the Chief Legal Officer and the agency at large
- Be familiar with basic legal concepts, like state and Federal legislation, contract law, administrative agencies, and arbitration
- Do legal research in support of legal compliance, including use of Westlaw and similar databases
- Utilize electronic signature and calendaring applications to ensure documents are executed, distributed and renewed
- Organize and update hard copy and electronic files, ensuring all relevant documents are quickly accessible
- File documents in electronic database management systems
Skills
- Must have Juris Doctorate or Paralegal Certificate/Legal Assistant Certificate
- Must have excellent time-management skills and be able to determine prioritization of short-term and long-term projects
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience drafting and reviewing agreements is strongly preferred
Benefits
- Benefits
- Discretionary bonus
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