Paralegal - Environmental and Real Estate

Houston CBD, United States

Skill Group: Legal
Updated: 28-Jan-2014
Reference ID: 4196BR

Responsibilities:

• Provide assistance to the attorneys who support environmental matters in US Downstream and real estate matters for Shell in the US.
• Provide support on a wide variety of issues, projects and transactional matters for these areas. Extensive contact with colleagues in other Legal syndicates in the US, business clients, and outside counsel will be required.
• Prepare, draft, review and revise correspondence and departmental presentations and reports as may be assigned.
• Assist in the preparation, issuance and transmittal of documents including, contracts, legal opinions & correspondence under guidance of supervising attorney.
• Develop search terms and queries, undertake legal and other research and prepare summaries of results.
• Gather, organize, analyze and review documents and files.
• Develop data bases, spreadsheets, schedules and summaries in support of governmental inquiries, litigation (independently or in connection with Litigation colleagues), or transactional due diligence as may be assigned.
• Gather facts, including interviews of corporate representatives and research of corporate records.
• Liase with internal and external stakeholders (including, external counsel, customers, suppliers, government representatives, Legal colleagues, and business clients) as may be directed.
• Prepare record retention notifications and implement attendant processes.
• Identify opportunities for assumption of appropriate work from attorneys.
• Provide other assistance and support as may be assigned.

Requirements:

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US for anyone other than current employer.
• Minimum of three (3) years of legal experience required.
• Minimum Paralegal certificate required. Associates Degree or Bachelors Degree preferred.
• Environmental or Real Estate background preferred.
• Oil & Gas experience preferred.
• Previous legal research, project management skills and document review experience preferred.          For more details contact www.shell.com