Paralegal – Transactional Public Finance

Job Description

Paralegal | Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.

The Tone:
This is a full-time role for a client of Liberty Personnel Services, Inc., located in Chicago with a hybrid work model. The client is a law firm with a Public Finance practice group. This Paralegal position is critical for managing intricate municipal bond issuances, structured finance, and commercial lending transactions from start to finish, ensuring precision and compliance in financial documentation. The role requires extensive experience with Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings and public records research.

The TL;DR
• Role: Experienced
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, Chicago, IL
• Pay: $100000–$140000 yearly
• Mission: To manage the full lifecycle of complex municipal bond, structured finance, and commercial lending transactions, ensuring meticulous documentation and compliance.
• Tech Stack: iManage, NetDocuments

What You’ll Actually Do
• UCC Management: Review, draft, and file UCC-1 financing statements, amendments, continuations, and terminations, and conduct comprehensive UCC, lien, judgment, and litigation searches across various jurisdictions.
• Transaction Coordination: Coordinate the closing process for complex public finance transactions, preparing detailed checklists, compiling closing transcripts, and managing the execution and distribution of signature pages.
• Entity Support: Assist with the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of corporate entities and special purpose vehicles, including drafting organizational documents, resolutions, and certificates of incumbency.
• Due Diligence: Conduct thorough due diligence reviews of public records, corporate organizational structures, and financing documentation to identify potential issues or encumbrances.
• Post-Closing Management: Manage the post-closing process by organizing and distributing official closing transcripts, executing recording filings, and ensuring all transactional records are properly archived.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Minimum of 3–5 years of paralegal experience in a large law firm setting, specifically focusing on public finance, structured finance, or sophisticated commercial lending transactions.
• Experience: Demonstrated expertise in UCC Article 9 concepts, filing procedures, and state-level search platforms is strictly required.
• Skills: Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines for multi-million dollar transactions; sharp attention to detail regarding legal descriptions, financial figures, and signature page compliance; strong written and verbal communication skills for coordinating with underwriters, bond issuers, bank counsel, and state agencies; proficiency with document management systems (e.g., iManage, NetDocuments) and transactional tools.
• Bonus: Bachelor’s degree or an ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate.