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Summary

The Paralegal position provides timely and effective legal support to attorneys, internal clients, and other members of the Real Estate, Treasury andCorporate Governance & Securities teams. This role involves managing requests for guidance from Real Estate professionals and preparing documents relating to a variety of corporate transactions. We are seeking applicants who can collaborate effectively across departments and can anticipate and initiate routine legal tasks independently and as requested by Ryder attorneys and internal clients.

Essential Functions

• Supporting internal clients and assisting attorneys in real estate matters, including drafting of leases, lease amendments, purchase and sale agreements and other ancillary real estate documents
• Maintaining corporate records, including legal entity registrations and board resolutions
• Supporting legal securities teams, including filing forms with the Securities Exchange Commission (e.g., Form 4s; 8?Ks, etc.)
• Coordinating due diligence requests and preparing closing documentation for various corporate financing and M&A transactions
• Providing general assistance across centralized legal functions
• Proofreading legal documents to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Analyzing and summarizing documents for review by attorneys
• Working closely with attorneys to resolve a variety of day?to?day issues, and supporting a broad range of commercial transactions and projects
• Performing legal due diligence
• Multi?tasking and prioritizing work assignments to consistently provide high?quality work product within stated deadlines
• Organizing and maintaining standard form agreements

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills And Abilities

• Organization Demonstrates ability to manage drafting of high volume of legal documents, including maintaining library for templates and forms
• Problem Solving Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; skillfully gathers and analyzes information
• Oral Communication Listens and obtains clarification; responds well to questions; is able to communicate with internal clients and attorneys in a courteous, effective, and professional manner
• Written Communication Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; able to read and interpret written information
• Analytical Skills Synthesizes complex or diverse information, collects and researches data
• Professionalism Ability to maintain confidential information, contribute to positive team spirit, assume personal responsibility for actions, execute tasks, and demonstrate high commitment to quality

Qualifications

• Contracting expertise related to real estate documentation, including leasing transactions, acquisitions, and dispositions, as well as various types of financing and other corporate transactions. Rudimentary familiarity with corporate securities filings is helpful, but not required
• Bachelor's degree required
• Four (4) years or more relevant work experience working in a legal environment (law firm or in?house) required
• Other Paralegal certification

Travel

None

Job Category

Legal

Compensation Information

Hourly: $40.00 $45.00 per hour

Benefits Information

Ryder offers comprehensive health and welfare benefits, including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance options, as well as paid time off for vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave, and a tax?advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ryder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Security Notice For Applicants

Ryder will only communicate with an applicant directly from a @ryder.com email address and will never conduct an interview online through a chat type forum, messaging app (such as WhatsApp or Telegram), or via an online questionnaire. During an interview, Ryder will never ask for any form of payment or banking details and will never solicit personal information outside of the formal submitted application through www.ryder.com/careers. Should you have any questions regarding the application process or to verify the legitimacy of an interview or Ryder representative, please contact Ryder at ...@ryder.com or 800?793?3754.