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Corporate Governance Paralegal

Employer
AbbVie
Location
Lake County, IL, United States
Start date
Mar 2, 2021

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Job Details

About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on Twitter , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and LinkedIn .

AbbVie seeks a Corporate Governance Paralegal to join the Legal Division's Corporate Governance group. This position reports to the Manager, Corporate Governance and manages subsidiary corporate governance, as assigned (e.g., assist with drafting written consents, etc.) and assists with parent company governance matters.

Responsibilities
  • Drafts subsidiary board resolutions, secretary certifications, and other governance documents.
  • Manages subsidiary board meeting logistics.
  • Ensures compliance with local rules and regulations related to corporate governance and company initiatives (e.g., dividends, acquisitions, dissolutions, etc.)
  • Manages official subsidiary records and subsidiary database.
  • Manages signature requests and delegations of signature authority.
  • Is responsive cross-functionally to coordinate required action at the subsidiary level.
  • Administers Section 16 filings (Forms 3, 4, and 5) and maintains related records.
  • Assists with annual meeting and proxy statement preparation.
  • Assists with governance surveys, independence processes, and parent board portal and support.
  • Identifies and executes on opportunities to improve efficiencies in relationship to the above tasks.
  • Assists in handling, preparation and processing of general administrative matters, including copying and filing; responsible for updating various contact lists (including internal and external counsel, directors, finance directors, etc.) and verifying/updating data in various databases.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree and/or ABA approved Paralegal Certificate.
  • Minimum 4 years' experience within a law firm or Legal Department of a corporation, preferably in a corporate governance setting.
  • Discretion and strong communication skills required to effectively gather relevant information from internal and external clients and interact with others, both inside and outside the Company.
  • Strong writing and analytical skills required to independently review, draft, and prepare documents.
  • Strong organizational, project management, and multitasking skills to manage multiple competing matters, set own work priorities, meet required work deadlines, and follow-up on outstanding requests.
  • Strong customer service mindset.
  • Significant contact with outside law firms, clients, employees and company executives.
  • Familiar with entity organization and board portal tools (e.g., Diligent) and iManage.
  • Flexibility to take on special projects and/or additional responsibilities, as needed.

Significant Work Activities
N/A
Travel
Yes, 5 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
IC
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Company

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Stock Symbol: ABBV

Stock Exchange: NYSE

Company info
Website
Phone
1-800-255-5162
Location
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago
Illinois
60064
US

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