Company Overview
Hilco Global, a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation USA, is a diversified financial services company that delivers integrated professional services and capital solutions that help clients maximize value and drive performance across the retail, commercial and industrial, real estate, manufacturing, brand and intellectual property sectors, and more. Hilco Global provides a range of customized solutions to healthy, stressed, and distressed companies to resolve complex situations and enhance long-term enterprise value. Hilco Global works to deliver the best possible result by aligning interests with clients and providing strategic advice and, in many instances, the capital required to complete the deal. Hilco Global is based in Northbrook, Illinois and has more than 850 professionals operating on four continents. Visit www.hilcoglobal.com.
Position Summary
Hilco Global Professional Services, LLC is seeking a Corporate Paralegal & Executive Assistant to the General Counsel to join its Legal Department at its office located at 5 Revere Drive, Suite 206, Northbrook, IL 60062.
Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, edit and negotiate agreements and contracts, including non-disclosure agreements and service agreements.
- Liaise with outside counsel, Hilco’s business units operating companies, registered agents and service providers, coordinate information and documents.
- Analyze and provide summaries of legal documents.
- Ensure compliance with state and federal laws, including formations, dissolutions, foreign qualifications, amendments, and domestications.
- Manage corporate records and filings, including drafting and reviewing limited liability company agreements, corporate resolutions, written consents, Secretary’s Certificates, and Incumbency Certificates.
- Work with entity management platforms (CSC EM, GEMS).
- Support internal corporate governance, produce extensive corporate charts in Visio and PowerPoint.
- Assist with mergers and acquisitions projects.
- Analyze founding documents (LLC agreements, corporate resolutions) to ensure compliance with their provisions.
- Conduct research on legal issues, regulations, and compliance matters to support corporate actions.
- Perform compliance duties, such as KYC process for new counterparties in World Check, Aspirent.
- Coordinate internal and external meetings and calls, prepare and distribute materials, agendas, pre-reads, manage reminders.
- Screen and prioritize incoming messages; draft, edit, or route emails on behalf of the General Counsel.
- Keep and maintain document management systems.
- Prepare, edit, and proofread executive communications, reports, presentations, and documents using MS Office, Adobe, and AI tools.
- Draft, review, and send executive-level emails, letters, and memos.
- Organize travel arrangements and manage executive expense reports.
- Assist in tracking and managing executive budgets by overseeing invoices and payments, and identifying discrepancies.
- Collaborate with finance teams to ensure alignment between departments.
- Track project metrics, organize project files (both physical and digital), and conduct research.
- Ensure office supplies, equipment, and IT services are available and functioning.
- Act as a liaison with office managers and IT support to troubleshoot and resolve issues promptly.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including clients, board members, and business partners.
- Provide backup support to team members and assist with various ad-hoc projects to ensure seamless operations across departments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent in Paralegal Studies, Political Science, or a related field, plus 10 years of experience as a corporate paralegal or related occupation.
- Performing review and revisions of nondisclosure agreements, contracts, and limited liability company agreements.
- Preparing various corporate governance documents; tracking and coordinating filings with regulatory agencies; managing registered agent communications; handing annual report filings; filing entity formations, amendments, foreign-state qualifications, trade name registrations, withdrawals, apostilles/legalizations, and cancellations.
- Responding to Know Your Customer (KYC) and Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) information requests.
- Responding to SOPs and subpoenas, including running internal email searches for document requests.
- Performing conflict checks and assisting with drafting disclosure schedules for bankruptcy court filings.
Compensation & Benefits
The position offers an annual base salary of $84,053, along with eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus. Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; short-term and long-term disability coverage; voluntary critical illness and accident insurance; Medicare support; childcare benefits; paid time off (PTO); professional development reimbursement; and access to a company wellness program.
Hilco Global is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered on merits and without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, gender, veteran, or disability status.
Hilco Global strives to comply with all applicable local/state regulations regarding displaying salary ranges. Any offered salary is determined based on relevant factors such as applicant's skills, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications and market considerations. In addition, Hilco Global is proud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, with options designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself, your family, and your lifestyle. Available benefits are based on eligibility. Our Total Rewards package includes a variety of medical and dental plans, vision coverage, disability and life insurance, 401(k) plans, and a robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support your mental health. https://hilcoglobal.com/careers-about/
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Paralegal Studies, Political Science, or related field
- 10 years of experience as a corporate paralegal or related occupation
- Experience drafting, reviewing, editing, and negotiating nondisclosure agreements, service agreements, and contracts
- Experience preparing corporate governance documents (LLC agreements, resolutions, written consents, Secretary's Certificates, Incumbency Certificates)
- Managing entity filings and registered agent communications, including formations, amendments, foreign qualifications, annual reports, trade name registrations, withdrawals, apostilles/legalizations, and cancellations
- Experience performing KYC and UBO processes and responding to KYC/UBO information requests
- Experience responding to subpoenas and SOPs, including running internal email/document searches
- Experience performing conflict checks and assisting with drafting disclosure schedules for bankruptcy court filings
- Familiarity with entity management platforms (e.g., CSC EM, GEMS)
- Proficiency with MS Office, Visio, PowerPoint, Adobe, AI tools, and document management systems
What We Do
Hilco Global is an independent financial services company providing Valuation, Monetization, Advisory, and Capital Solution services for all tangible and intangible assets. Hilco is the world’s preeminent authority in assisting healthy and distressed companies and their constituencies derive maximum value from assets. Hilco provides a suite of strategic services to help companies, their advisors and investors identify the value in business assets, monetize those assets either through acquisition or disposition, and leverage the assets to obtain debt or equity capital. Services include: - Asset Appraisals, Enterprise Valuations and IP Valuations - Retail, Consumer and Industrial Inventory Monetization - Machinery and Equipment Monetization - Real Estate Repositioning - Private Equity Investing - A/R and other Debt Acquisitions - Retail Performance and Profit Enhancement Consulting Hilco is composed of independent operating units, each specializing in one or more aspects of our complete business services package. Operating units are staffed and managed by teams of highly-skilled, experienced men and women, all of whom share an unwavering commitment to quality service, the highest standards of professional ethics and integrity, and to the achievement of successful results. Hilco Global is the holding company for twenty integrated business units delivering expert solutions and proven value on every engagement for 30 years. It provides platform services to the business units, including legal and accounting, marketing and capital. In addition, Hilco delivers the discipline of a parent. While each business group has its own personality and talents, Hilco oversees performance to ensure a level of service consistent with Hilco's elevated standards.
