As the Paralegal Manager, you will lead our corporate/transactional paralegal team, playing a crucial role in shaping team dynamics, ensuring compliance, and enhancing operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will provide:

• Leadership and Development: Mentor and develop a team of paralegals, enriching their professional journey and aligning their skills with the firm’s strategic objectives.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee the day-to-day operations, ensuring seamless support across corporate transactional practice groups and maximizing team productivity.
• Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with attorneys and other stakeholders to ensure the delivery of efficient and high-quality client-centric legal services.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of corporate/transactional paralegal functions, including legal research, document preparation, and case management.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Paralegal certification preferred.
• Prior experience working in mid-large sized law firms is preferred.
• Strong leadership skills, legal project management, team collaboration and the ability to make informed decisions and work independently in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines.
• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written. The role demands a strategic, agile, and entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving, with a knack for being both nimble and resourceful under pressure.
• Excellent computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook) Adobe, and DocuSign. Experience with Document Management Systems (knowledge of Net Documents is a plus).

Responsibilities

• Project Management:
  • Facilitate communication between paralegals and attorneys, ensuring clear understanding of client matter requirements and legal strategies.
  • Oversee the maintenance of client matter documents and legal files, ensuring they are organized and accessible.
  • Manage the paralegal team’s workload to ensure deadlines are met and work is distributed evenly.

• Document Drafting and Review
  • Assist with investor subscription agreement and manage communications with investors.
  • Assist with funds closings and transfer process for private investment fund sponsors from inception to closing.
  • Oversee the preparation and distribution of closing sets to investors, attorneys and clients.

• Entity Formation and Regulatory Filings
  • Oversee the formation of corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships. Responsibilities include drafting formation documents, securing EINs, managing annual filings, and coordinating foreign registrations.
  • Manage the preparation and submission of annual and periodic regulatory filings, including Form ADV, Form D, and Blue Sky Laws filings.

• Leadership and Team Management:
  • Oversee the recruitment, hiring, and training of new paralegals, ensuring they meet the firm’s standards and requirements.
  • Develop and implement policies and procedures for the paralegal department to improve efficiency and quality of work.
• Training and Mentorship:
  • Monitor the performance of paralegals, providing feedback, and conducting regular performance evaluations.
  • Implement continuing education and professional development opportunities for paralegals to keep skills sharp and up to date with legal advancements.

Benefits

Croke Fairchild contributes to voluntary medical, dental, and vision plans. Offers FSA, HSA, and commuter benefits. Firm-paid STD & LTD. Retirement savings plan. Unlimited paid time off days.

Croke Fairchild is WBE Certified and a member of the National Association of Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF).

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of CFDB not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws. This applies to all employment decisions.

About Us

Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres is a growing law firm headquartered in Chicago, with a team of over 100 attorneys and staff. Formed by partners who worked at preeminent international law firms, with a deep bench of sophisticated and experienced corporate lawyers and litigators, our team provides exceptional legal service while affording our clients the benefits of working with an agile and entrepreneurial-minded team of results-oriented, well-rounded professionals. We are driven by our core values: humility, respect, collaboration, partnership, and innovation.

We represent a diverse group of interesting clients, which include private equity firms, founders, startups, venture capital investors, family offices and public companies (among others), in sophisticated and complex legal matters and transactions.

Point of Difference Strategies is one of the largest lobbying and government affairs firms in Illinois. With offices in Chicago and Springfield, PoDS offers top-tier government affairs and lobbying services at the federal, state, and local levels. PoDS proudly serves a diverse client base, including local governments, trade organizations, Fortune 100 companies, and nonprofits.

Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres and Point of Difference Strategies partner in providing the best, most comprehensive legal and government affairs services to their clients.