ALMA E. SAZO-RAMIREZ

Senior Paralegal/Interpreter and Translator

e-mail: ad1rn0@r.postjobfree.com

Cell phone 617-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance/Self Employed, Boston, MA

Paralegal and Interpreter October 2019 - Currently

• Assist Attorneys with Corporate, Commercial Real Estate, Criminal and Immigration practice by performing paralegal tasks and duties.

• Assist Attorneys with Corporate, Commercial Real Estate, Criminal and Immigration practice by performing interpretation and translations. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA Senior Paralegal January 2019 – September 2019

• Assist attorneys in all phases and aspects of corporate transaction-related work with limited supervision.

• Serve as main point of contact and lead all Regulatory/Corporate practice areas including Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Management, Tax, Corporate Governance, and Executive Compensation, by coordinating large-scale and/or high-level tasks and projects through to completion.

• Assigned to REIT client for corporate governance management

• Assist with preparation of various deal documents, including disclosure schedules; Exhibits; tender offer materials; SEC filings; Officers' and Directors' questionnaires; underwriters' questionnaires; financing statements; cusip number applications; employment agreements; proxy statements; registration statements; purchase agreements; merger agreements

• Proofread agreements for sense, grammar, consistency, cross-references, definitions, formatting, facts, calculations and typos

• Provide pre-closing, closing and post-closing assistance, including prepare closing sets, closing memorandum and closing documents; order certified charters, good standing certificates, tax status certificates and bring-down telegrams; coordinate filings, stock and wire transfers

• Conduct non-legal research using various research tools, including retrieval of company filings, rules, regulations and company profiles

• Prepare correspondence, audit letters, working group lists and closing checklists

• Assist with due diligence and manage data rooms

• Facilitates communication across support departments and within case/deal teams

• Coordinate and assists with projects regarding internal practice area initiatives

• Coordinate and assist other legal assistants and attorneys across practice areas

• Assist with pro bono assist cases including immigration cases paralegal assistance and provide translation for Spanish speaking clients; translate legal documents and case related legal documents such as affidavits, declarations and certificates of birth and death

Core Investments, Inc., Boston, MA

Senior Paralegal 2017 – 2018

Commercial Real Estate:

• Handle all aspects of real estate acquisition and divesting, including the following: debt & equity raises, purchase & sale, due diligence, joint venture & partnership docs, land development, title matters & zoning, other permitting, research and support, construction and construction contracts, lien releases, leasing, LOI’s, leases, amendments, contracts, estoppels and SNDAs, and related correspondence, credit review, document review, loans, loan documents, loan covenants, reporting & compliance

Corporate:

• Entity governance and corporate work, form and register new domestic entities, maintain company entities, file annual reports, formations, dissolutions, conversions in domestic jurisdictions, maintain entity database, Secretary of State compliance GOODWIN PROCTER LLP, Boston, MA

Senior Paralegal 2013 – 2017

Corporate/Real Estate

• Preparation of closing and post-closing documentation; closings of transactions

• Corporate governance and maintenance

• Due diligence and maintenance of transaction database

• UCC and Corporate filings

• SEC EDGAR Filings

• Draft legal documents for purchase, sales, licenses, lease summaries, contract timelines, licensing applications

• Assist with commercial real estate property acquisitions, asset transfers and sales, development projects, ground leases, loan closings, title examinations, Phase 1 and Phase 2, lease summaries, coordinate commercial and sales and purchases and financing transactions, title and survey review draft summaries and assist with obtaining title policies and endorsements

• Commercial loan transactions stock acquisitions, formation of domestic and foreign profit, non- profit and professional corporations, limited liability companies and general partnerships and the transfer of interests of such entities, corporate liquidation's and dissolution's, mergers, conversions, IRS and state filings and preparation of various corporate documents closing binders

• IPO with extensive document review projects, uploading documents into data room and due diligence

• Manage and handle special projects for Goodwin’s corporate matters and special committees

• Assist with pro bono cases including immigration cases paralegal assistance and provide translation for Spanish speaking clients; translate legal documents and case related legal documents such as affidavits, declarations and certificates of birth and death LOCKE LORD LLP f/k/a EDWARDS WILDMAN PALMER LLP, Boston, MA Senior Paralegal 2012 – 2013

Commercial Real Estate:

• Preparation of closing and post-closing documentation

• Assist with closings of transactions document review, due diligence and maintenance of transaction database

• Draft legal documents for purchase, sales, licenses, lease summaries, contract timelines, licensing applications

• Assist with commercial real estate property acquisitions, asset transfers and sales, development projects, ground leases, loan closings, title examinations, lease summaries, UCC and UCC filings, coordinate commercial and residential closings, sales and purchases and financing transactions

Corporate:

• Stock acquisitions, formation of domestic and foreign profit, non-profit and professional corporations, limited liability companies and general partnerships and the transfer of interests of such entities, corporate liquidation's and dissolution's, mergers, conversions, IRS and state filings and preparation of various corporate documents closing binders

• Corporate Governance and Maintenance

• Maintain corporate minute books and related documents assist in forming and dissolving entity subsidiaries, Corporate filings, drafting of resolutions and preparation of minutes including those related to annual meetings of shareholders, directors and trustees

• Client contact with client’s business officers, field personnel, opposing counsel

• PAC (Political Action Committee) filings for Federal and State

• Pro bono case work

Potomac Realty Capital LLC - Boston, MA

Paralegal 2011 – 2012

• Primarily responsible for handling loan transactions from a financing transaction perspective, pre-closing, closing and post closings including: Due diligence matters such as document review, handling and performing Lexis/Nexis searches, title examinations, reviewing, Surveys, Phase 1 and Phase 2, lease summaries, UCC searches and UCC filings

• Provide general legal assistance to in house departments and General Counsel and outside counsel

• Litigation Management of all current cases

• Drafted business legal documents such as broker agreements, confidentiality agreements, loan default letters, payoff letters, loan summaries, committee minutes, committee approval forms

• Liaison between investors and management

National Amusements, Inc. - Norwood, MA

Senior Paralegal - General Counsel’s Office 2006 – 2011

• Draft legal documents for purchase, sales, licenses, broker agreements, lease summaries, contract timelines, licensing applications

• Real Estate property acquisitions, due diligence and document review for asset transfers and sales, development projects, ground leases, loan closings, title examinations, Phase 1 and Phase 2, lease summaries, UCC searches and UCC filings. Coordinate closings, both domestic and international, (sales and purchases) and financing transactions

• Commercial loan transactions stock acquisitions, formation of domestic and foreign profit, non- profit and professional corporations, limited liability companies and general partnerships and the transfer of interests of such entities, corporate liquidation's and dissolution's, mergers, conversions, IRS and state filings and preparation of various corporate documents closing binders, UCC searches and UCC filings Maintain corporate minute books and related documents for real estate subsidiaries

• Assist in house departments and outside counsel with respect to corporate structure, domestic and foreign entity formation and dissolutions of real estate subsidiaries

• Assist in corporate filings, drafting of resolutions and preparation of minutes including those related to annual meetings of shareholders, directors, and trustees

• Department liaison to assist business officers, field personnel, outside legal staff, title companies and surveyors in the United States and South America with legal issues Skills

Accellion, Corporate Focus, Data Rooms, Dropbox, DocuSign, Effacts, Google Docs, Intelligize, Internet Research, Lexis Nexus, Microsoft Office, Notary Public, PACER, Securities Mosaic, SharePoint, and Westlaw

Education

Framingham State College-Communications/Journalism Major Northeastern University- Boston, MA Paralegal Professional Certificate

Professional and Community Involvement

• Political Asylum Representation Project (PAIR) – Pro-bono Paralegal PAIR Project – PAIR is the core provider of pro-bono legal services to low-income asylum-seekers and immigration detainees in Massachusetts – Paralegal volunteer assistance and Translator

• Seafearers Class Action Lawsuit – Paralegal

• Centro Presente – Volunteer Immigration Paralegal

• CYBL (Chelsea Basketball League) – Volunteer Corporate Paralegal

• PRIDE Football and Cheerleading Youth League – Board Member

• KIND- Kids in Need of Defense – Volunteer Paralegal and Translator

• Habitat for Humanity – Volunteer Paralegal

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