Legal Assistant - Paralegal

About Sterlington

Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm specializing in complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. The firm emphasizes both the economic and legal aspects of its cases, serving founders, senior executives, UHNWIs, and their associated businesses. Learn more at www.sterlingtonlaw.com/.

The Opportunity: Legal Assistant - Paralegal

Sterlington is seeking a highly organized and tech-savvy Legal Assistant - Paralegal to provide crucial document and deal-flow support within a high-volume transactional aviation practice. This role is perfectly suited for an individual who thrives in fast-paced environments and demonstrates precision in deal-related work. The successful candidate will be integral to ensuring that transaction documents are meticulously formatted, organized, executed, and tracked.

Key Responsibilities:

• Format, revise, and finalize complex transactional documents using Microsoft Word.
• Segment and organize appended and ancillary documents efficiently.
• Manage the entire document execution process, including signature pages, execution versions, and closing sets.
• Manipulate PDFs using Adobe Acrobat for tasks such as merging, splitting, bookmarking, redacting, and converting.
• Convert and prepare clean, execution-ready documents.
• Organize and maintain files within document storage platforms like SharePoint and NetDocuments.
• Track deal flow comprehensively and maintain structured transaction records.
• Ensure a high level of responsiveness to ongoing deal activities.

What We're Looking For:

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, including styles, formatting, and document structuring.
• Strong command of Adobe Acrobat.
• Prior experience supporting practices in asset finance, aviation, banking, or similar fields is preferred.
• Experience with document management systems, particularly SharePoint and NetDocuments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple active transactions concurrently.
• Exceptional organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• A strong sense of urgency and high responsiveness.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Comfortable and effective in high-performance law firm environments.
• Technically proficient and process-driven.
• Maintains composure and effectiveness under deadline pressure.
• Highly reliable and structured in work approach.
• Able to proactively anticipate document needs in rapidly evolving transactions.

Why This Role Is Unique:

This position offers the opportunity to support a senior finance partner with an extensive background in elite global markets. You will operate within a sophisticated and international transactional practice, gaining valuable exposure to complex asset finance deals and high-level financial transactions. Sterlington is committed to diversity and inclusion, believing that world-class talent knows no boundaries, and encourages all qualified candidates to apply.

Key skills/competency

• Microsoft Word
• Adobe Acrobat
• Document Management Systems (DMS)
• SharePoint
• NetDocuments
• Transactional Support
• Deal Flow Management
• Legal Document Formatting
• Aviation Finance
• Asset Finance