Sr. Paralegal

Overview

POSITION

DESCRIPTION:

The Sr. Paralegal is responsible for providing legal, commercial, and administrative support. This position will act as a liaison between Legal, EnFin, Axia, and QSS’s business teams and may participate in discussions relating to demand letters, complaints, claims, and other legal filings related to residential business. This position reports to and will work directly with the Director of Contracts or another senior management personnel that the General Counsel of the Company may designate.

This position is located in Irvine, California.

• Case Management:
  • Check and acknowledge Service of Processes and send an acknowledgement letter promptly.
  • Check and liaise between the business teams and legal to verify facts for demand letters, complaints, and other legal filings against installers and other residential business partners.
  • Prepare case analysis, and identify issues, omissions, and discrepancies.
  • Prepare and draft demand letters, outline and narrative summaries, and chronologies of installer risk records of events under an Attorney’s supervision.
  • Manage, update and assist with case spreadsheet/database of legal claims, complaints, and other legal filings related to each business.
• Support in-house counsels with providing overall administrative support including but not limited to: (i) preparing various types of letters, claims, schedules, invoices, status reports, and supporting documents in a timely manner, (ii) interfacing with vendors/service providers and cross-functional teams to process invoices and expenses for in-house counsels, (iii) setting-up meetings, and (iv) other administrative duties and ad-hoc projects as needed.
• Review NDAs and any other documents (e.g. PSAs, SOWs, amendments, assignments, estoppels) assigned under the direction of either the Director of Legal Ops and Contracts and/or an Attorney.
• Co-manage corporate books, maintain, and update various forms of agreements, and records as needed.
• Compile information and contents for exhibits to all agreements. Help support the contract execution process, including assembling agreements and exhibits, and obtaining signatures from authorized signatories as needed.
• Backup other team members within Legal Ops as necessary.

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5+ years of experience or equivalent in in-house legal department or law firm experience.
• Must have a Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program.
• Experience with the solar or renewable industry is a plus.
• Advance understanding and knowledge of litigation process and ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment.
• Excellent organizational skills, detail orientation, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Computer and tech savvy. Advanced level in MS Office Suite, G-Suite, Salesforce, and Adobe Pro (pdf), Adobe Sign/Docu Sign.
• Enjoy learning using new software or any type of computer system (e.g. Agiloft).
• Excellent verbal, and written communication, organizational, and time management skills.
• Agile and effective communicator with clear oral and written explanations.
• Ability to prioritize multiple and simultaneous projects, issues, and activities.
• Proactive and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to multi-task, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Confidence and ability to interact with people at all levels of the organization.
• Dependable and trustworthy.

• CA Notary public, Remont Online Notary (RON), or willing to become one.

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. ("HQCA") is a Qcells company, one of the world’s largest manufacturers and providers of solar photovoltaic (PV) products and solutions. HQCA is headquartered in Irvine, California, and has been expanding its business in North America through the expansion of products and solutions, including distributed energy solutions, direct-to-homeowner solar sales and financing, and EPC services. This description reflects the opportunity to be part of a growing global business in the solar industry.

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