Paralegal

Bunge • Wildwood, Missouri, United States • 1w ago

Paralegal

Bunge has an opportunity available for an experienced Paralegal to support the Labor, Employment and Litigation team to join its Legal team based in our St. Louis corporate headquarters. What You'll Be Doing: The Paralegal will report to an Associate General Counsel and will support the Legal team.

• Provide administrative agency and litigation support in a wide range of commercial disputes as well as commercial, tort, and employment litigation including:

Administer the legal hold process
Draft, issue, track, and release legal holds
Draft Questionnaires for legal holds
Interview legal hold custodians
Draft position statements in response to administrative agency charges
Compile and collect documents responsive to legal holds
Collect and gather electronic records subject to legal holds
Collect, compile, organize, and label documents responsive to discovery, including e-discovery
Draft and/or review discovery responses
Compile and prepare exhibits for pleadings, position statements, claim letters, depositions, etc.
Administer the collection of judgments and payments on Promissory Notes
Support investigations and discovery by:
- Preparing witness interview questions
- Researching and collecting factual information using internal resources, contacts, public records and on-line resources
- Conducting electronic searches (e.g., e-mail, instant and text messages, etc.) and review and summarize search results
- Collecting, reviewing and analyzing documents and data
Manage immigration matters
Prepare responses to subpoenas, employee records requests, and document requests
Draft and review legal documents
Conduct legal research (Lexis and PLC)
Assist with training including preparing and presenting
Provide support in response to governmental agency inspections
Serve as the Legal team's record information manager and administer Bunge's record retention program
Support special projects and initiatives and perform other duties as assigned

Skills/Experience Requirements:

Associate's Degree in Paralegal Studies or its equivalent experience with a minimum work experience of five plus years as a litigation or labor and employment paralegal
Prior in-house corporate experience preferred
Demonstrated organizational skills with a strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities
Ability to work independently and complete assignments in a timely manner
Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills required
Working knowledge of MS Office solutions, including OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, e-billing and matter management tools (Legal Tracker), document/contract management systems, and Adobe

Bunge offers a variety of benefits including health and wellness plans, retirement contribution and paid vacation/holidays.