Support General Counsel and Associate General Counsel. General corporate paralegal work, which includes preparation of board and committee meeting agendas, presentations, resolutions, consents, minutes, and other materials as required for a publicly traded holding company.Manage paper and electronic corporate minute books for all U.S. and foreign subsidiaries.Maintain and update electronic board portal for board meetings (Diligent).Manage proxy statement related administration matters, including collection of data, preparation of meeting materials, corporate governance, preparation and maintaining of biographies and other information. Coordinate with other internal teams, outside counsel and external vendor to finalize.Prepare and review director and officer questionnaires along with self-evaluation questionnaires.Facilitate the logistics, mechanics, and preparation for annual shareholder meeting which includes managing the meeting with the CEO and General Counsel.Assist with the preparation and filing of routine SEC documents, including Forms 3, 4 ,5 8K, 10Q and 10K. Maintain and update EDGAR codes, powers of attorney, filing signatures, and other documentation and administrative items related to SEC filings. Complete the Company’s NYSE listing requirements, including annual and interim attestations.Work closely with tax, accounting, finance and external auditors with respect to legal-related requests and various processes that impact the standing and governance of legal entities.Manage routine projects, including drafting, reviewing and transmitting legal correspondence and documents.Track deadlines of various corporate filings and compliance requirements. Perform corporate secretarial functions for the company’s entities.

Corporate Paralegal:Organize contracts and closing documents for purchase and sale agreements.Form limited liability companies, limited partnerships and corporations along with dissolving any necessary entities or companies.Process and obtain EIN's for all new entities.Obtain necessary licenses to do business in certain states, cities and/or counties.Prepare drafts of organizational documents. File annual reports on state level for all entities.Assist outside counsel with loan and property closings.Create and review non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements.Handle and process all litigation claims.Monitor, review, process and track tenant bankruptcy documentation.Assist human resources with all legal matters, including policy and procedures along with employee related lawsuits and/or concerns.Work with KPMG to file and disperse investor related reporting on a quarterly basis.Handle a high volume of work, including diverse confidential projects, in a timely manner.Leasing Paralegal:Work with outside counsel to negotiate, review and draft lease documents and lease amendment for lender-controlled properties.Independently draft and negotiate lease documents for all other properties.Conduct weekly meetings with outside counsel to address progress and matters.Resolve leasing concerns raised by property management and tenants.Draft license, venue, and location agreements.Created standard form lease amendment, license agreement and termination agreement to be used by the company on a going forward basis.Analyze purchase contracts, easements, deeds, and other real property related documents.Prepare estoppel certificates.Track, process and maintain broker commissions and commission schedule.Maintain leasing portion of company website.

Managed over 400 renewals on a yearly basis.Extensive drafting, reviewing and independently conducting negotiations on conformed and non-conformed renewal documents for existing retail store locations located in the United States and Canada.Negotiated legal policy issues on landlord and tenant generated renewal documents and worked with all departments to resolve lease related issues.Independently resolved leasing and legal concerns.Updated real estate database to ensure the status of all renewals are current.Attended weekly meetings to report on renewal progress and highlight issues requiring escalation.Coordinated with the Real Estate Directors and Lease Compliance Administrators to track all upcoming renewals, terminations rights and any related rights for existing stores and document approved actions to deliver budgeted rent negotiation savings.Reviewed and processed Estoppel Certificates and Subordination Agreements. Abstracted renewal and lease agreements as needed.Utilized, updated and managed all tools and resources available to manage workload, including checklists, databases, logs and/or other related reporting tools.Facilitated and tracked routing and signature of documents.

Evaluated, drafted and revised various types of transactional agreements in connection with real estate management and leasing.Negotiated with brokers to ensure company standards.Reviewed, marked-up and prepared redline responses to counter-offers made by current and prospective tenants and their legal counsel along with proofread all legal documents.Researched and interpreted lease language in consultation with attorneys, along with provide information and guidance related to real estate and lease matters, as requested by property managers, brokers, or principals of the company.Analyzed and interpreted lease terms from broker-provided deal spreadsheets and LOI's prior to drafting lease agreements.Assessed and confirmed that dollars agreed to in LOI's have been translated accurately into lease documents.Facilitated and tracked routing and signature of documents.Overall control of original lease documentation and maintenance of master lease files.Abstracted lease agreements.Assisted property managers and leasing brokers with all aspects of processing lease documents through lease execution.Utilized, updated and managed all tools and resources available to manage workload, including checklists, databases, logs and/or other related reporting tools.Filed, faxed, scanned, copied and distributed lease documents and other correspondence for execution and distribution.

Managed the lease portfolio of more than 7.5 million square feet which contained more than 600 tenants.Effectively acquired, analyzed, abstracted and disseminated pertinent lease transaction information between the Leasing Department and all other company departments.Audited existing abstracts against active lease provisions, made corrections and updated information.Reviewed existing documents and consulted with attorney's regarding an errors or concerns.Worked with construction to ensure accurate budgeting of jobs.Calculated commission fees and maintained commission tracking to ensure timely payments.Tracked and maintained tenant's options which include right of first offer, renewal, expansion and termination rights.Prepared monthly direction to accounting regarding billing for expiring leases.Populated rent commencement letters.Interacted with tenant's to disseminate complex lease language.Answered questions from all departments regarding tenant/landlord obligations.

Supervised the lease portfolio of more than 100 Leases.Provided lease terms to legal department to incorporate into lease documents and disseminated complex lease language.Abstracted and processed signed leases and amendments.Prepared, reviewed and approved all lease terminations and circulated to all departments.Lead weekly meetings with accounting, legal, asset management and construction to resolve any open issues related to on-going projects and to ensure all departments were cohesive and current.Interfaced with accounting regarding information relative to tenant billing and prepared monthly direction for expiring leases as well as tracked expiring leases.Populated broker commission agreements and processed payments due.Updated and maintained space management database, project spreadsheet and commission tracking spreadsheet.Negotiated access agreements.Fielded tenant inquiries and resolved disputes.Delegated administrative tasks as need and understood the role of each administrator in the leasing department.

Abstracted client leases and completed the efficient and accurate entry of data into database management software.Generated, publish and distribute real estate management information reports as required. Created ad hoc reports and perform data analysis, as requested by client.Proactively monitored all critical dates for each property for management action that may be required by client. Verified and reconciled payment of rents and invoices.Reconciled operating expenses and charges against lease provisions.Interacted with client’s accounting personnel to ensure accuracy of vendor information. Maintained real estate database and real estate documents in an organized filing database system for over 100 leased locations.Submitted certificates of insurance requests.Reviewed and processed Estoppel Certificates and SNDA Agreements

Maintained, processed and tracked more than 800 leases.Reviewed abstracted leases to ensure accuracy.Approved and ordered signage for all locations.Answered all inquiries regarding lease terms, rent issues, CAM charges, etc.Assisted company through bankruptcy process.