Professional Legal Assistant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VINSON & ELKINS LLP Houston, TX

Professional Assistant, Mergers & Acquisitions/Capital Markets 1997 - 2017

Typed, edited, redlined and scanned documents quickly and accurately, proofreading for content and typographical errors. Documents included Purchase & Sale Agreements, Offer to Purchase, Indentures, Supplemental Indentures, Offering Memorandums, Description of Notes, Global Notes, Form 8K, Instruction Letter for Tendered Notes, Press Releases and Pricing Term Sheets. I also organized closings and prepared documents, coordinated conference rooms and ordered food.

Completed all printing, scanning, and organizational tasks, as well as distributed documents upon request.

Handled all incoming and outgoing mail such as couriers and Federal Express.

Handled all general administrative duties including meeting coordination, travel arrangements, expense reports, time entry and new business memorandum process.

Answered incoming calls, took messages if necessary and provided information through e-mail or voicemail.

Regularly updated and maintained transactional files in manner that allowed for easy retrieval.

Responsible for updating and maintaining attorney contact information, as well as maintaining working group lists for client transactions.

Interacted and updated clients regarding various information requested in order to maintain ongoing positive business relationships.

Provided additional coverage and support in team members absences.

Kept abreast of firm resources and contacts in order to manage and satisfy business needs of multiple attorneys.

Served as first point of contact for incoming attorneys to provide information regarding firm culture and resources.

TEJAS GAS CORPORATION Houston, TX

Legal Secretary to General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel 1994 - 1997

Typed, edited and redlined oil and gas transactional documents quickly and accurately, proofreading for content and typographical errors.

Performed routine clerical tasks such as mailing, faxing, filing, copying and expense reports.

Answered incoming calls, took messages and responded to inquiries for information.

Attended meetings and accurately recorded decisions and action items; distributed minutes to meeting participants and filed for future reference.

Coordinated travel arrangements, conference arrangements, and outside appointments.

Greeted and directed guests and vendors to meeting location.

SKILLS

IManage Document Management System

Microsoft Suite: Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Word

Delta View, CompareRite, Compare Doc, Concur, Chrome River

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