Senior Paralegal Corporate Governance

JACQUELINE ELIZALDE

Willing to Relocate Nationwide

281-***-**** Email: ************@*****.***

Bilingual Spanish (Fluent, Read, Write & Interpreter)

Professional Summary

LEGAL SUPPORT: Respected Certified Paralegal professional with over 15 years’ experience working in fast paced, high pressure, demanding and challenging environments. A dependable professional with a comprehensive background in corporate law and governance, real estate and pharmaceutical industry. Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to manage multiple projects in a fast paced environment. Reputation for integrity, problems solving abilities, work ethic and analytical skills. Proven track record to develop strong client relationships with stakeholders, and internal business clients and coordinated with stakeholders to ensure business unit fulfillment of its legal and regulatory obligations. Promote teamwork using a supportive and collaborative approach. Core competencies include:

Contract Management

Transactional

Corporate Law Dept

Healthcare/Pharmaceutical

Corporate Governance

Real Estate

Oil and Gas

Mergers & Acquisitions

Compliance

Records Management

Expert Time Management

Detail Oriented

Leadership &Training Skills

Legal Research

Case Management

Bilingual Spanish

(Fluent, Read, Write & Interpreter)

Critical Thinking

Notary Public – State of Texas

(Expires: 07/22/2025)

C-LEVEL CORPORATE SUPPORT: Polished Executive Assistant experience in planning, directing business and personal affairs for CEO and high level executives. Recognized for punctuality, successful working in fast paced and challenging environment - poised in high pressure. Written and verbal communication skills with the proven ability to develop strong client relationships quickly and promote teamwork using a supportive and collaborative approach. Provided a bridge for smooth communication between the President's office and internal departments; demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust and support with senior management staff. Expertise skills include:

Executive Office Management

Domestic & International Travel Planning

Complex Calendar Management

Leadership Experience

Executive Liaison Affairs

Highly Analytical/Detail Oriented

Data and Time Management

Hospitality & Marketing Industry

Special Event Planning

Staff Development

Supervision and Training

Operations Management

Achievements

•Proven ability to handle many matters at once without missing deadlines, and as a seasonal professional, I trained other colleagues less experienced by providing an environment for learning and skill-sharing.

•Successfully conserved executive's time by reading, researching, and routing correspondence; board meeting power point presentations including graphics and charts; memos, reconciliation of corporate credit card statements, finalizing complex contracts; collecting and analyzing information; initiating telecommunications (video or conference); corporate documents, contracts (i.e. government, leases, AIA, MSA’s, transactional contracts) translation of documents English to Spanish and research, heavy redlining, and proofreading contracts while maintaining highest degree of confidentiality.

•Distinguished from others by a tenacity to become an expert in the executive support role, and creating synergistic relationship with executives to increase achievements that impact organizational growths.

•Established regular check-points with stakeholders. This hands-on approach resulted in my receiving email recognition from internal client and receipt of a Spotlight award pertaining to my work on an extensive foreign qualification/assumed name project. This recognition happened shortly after joining McKesson Corporation.

•Successfully maintained, in collaboration with counsel, over 200 corporate subsidiaries for corporate governance issues including but not limited to preparation of documents for election of officers/directors/managers, preparation of documents for annual general meetings and preparation of filings for annual reports.

•Maintained accurate entity data in GEMS and SharePoint legal archives website. Ensured compliance with records retention policy requirements and maintained working knowledge of compliance policies for state and federal legislation.

Experience

CONTRACT WORK 08/2023 - Present

Independent Contractor

Area of Expertise:

-Corporate Governance Transactions Support

-Securities, Acquisitions and Mergers

-Formation and dissolution of business entities in all 50 states and international filing.

-C-Level Corporate Experience (Personal Executive Assistant)

DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC. 06/2023 - 07/2023 - REASON: Assignment Completed

Supervisor: Terence Waldorf, Vice President -Deputy General Counsel/Assistant Secretary

Legal Contractor

-Managed the corporate record-keeping systems and function, corporate entity management and administration by maintaining minute books, corporate records and regulatory SEC filings. Drafted, reviewed and formatted MSA’s, transactional contracts, amendments, Indemnity Agreements and liaising directly with other departments (i.e. Purchasing, Human Resources & Information Technology).

-Management of relationships with Capitol Services registered agent and various external counsels globally, liaising with them as necessary for apostille and legalization process of foreign documents.

-Prepare documents for signature via DocuSign, maintaining a record of legal and policy documentation, legal vendor management for annual registrations of subsidiaries.

-Support due diligence, provide KYC information and documents (formation documents, incumbency certificates, etc.)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 01/2023 – 05/2023 - REASON: Career Break

Career Break

-Took an intentional pause from a 20-year fulfilling career to take a self-designed sabbatical to rejuvenate myself and discover opportunities to use my skill set in new ways.

McKESSON CORPORATION 06/2021 – 12/2022 - REASON: Corporate Restructure

Supervisor: Phillina Lai, ********.***@*********.***, Manager: Manny Mathews, ********@********.***

Legal Specialist III

Corporate Governance Transactions Support:

-Serve as a primary contact within the Corporate Governance Transaction team for detailed corporate information, liaising directly with other departments (Legal, HR, Finance, Tax, Treasury, Compliance and Risk Management and other business units), and external parties (auditors, counsel, government agencies).

-Supported the Corporate Governance Transactions team for all domestic and foreign (non-US) subsidiaries by drafting resolutions and minutes at the corporate and subsidiary levels for election of officers and directors, and any other events requiring formal approval pursuant to governing documents and/or laws.

-Proactively supported and served as trusted partner for transactions and other strategic initiatives aligned with McKesson’s enterprise playbook that encouraged public-private partnerships in order to protect and broaden our market competitiveness.

-Proven experience building solid working relationships with McKesson stakeholders and internal business clients and coordinated with stakeholders to ensure business unit fulfillment of its legal and regulatory obligations.

Research, Document Control Management, Legal Billing and Third-Party Transactions:

-Researched and responded to inquiries concerning the company and its subsidiaries and affiliates from other sections of McKesson Corp business units.

-Preparation of documents for signature via DocuSign, maintaining a record of legal and policy documentation, and legal vendor management for annual registration of subsidiaries.

-Monitoring of all incoming notices and requests through our subsidiary governance email address which included but was not limited to requests for Good Standing Certificates, DBA’s (assumed name filings), Foreign Qualification filings, Annual Reports and Miscellaneous Requests.

-Reviewing and approving all legal invoices through Legal Tracker database.

-Management of relationships with CSC Global corporate registered agent and various external counsels globally, liaising with them as necessary for apostille and legalization process of foreign documents, and review and approval of invoices from these firms and service providers.

Acquisitions, Mergers, Dissolutions and Divestitures; Real Estate Transactions:

-Assisted on execution of detailed restructure of legal entities, mergers and dissolutions of domestic subsidiaries. Effected intercompany transactions such as drafting, review and management of filings for internal restructuring documentation.

-Preparation of documents for mergers, dissolution, change, or formation of entities and qualification and withdrawal of entities in foreign jurisdictions which included drafting and maintaining powers of attorney; registering entity branches; making annual filings; and filing amendments to corporate organizational documents. Ensured required governmental filings were completed in a timely manner and that subsidiaries followed all regulatory requirements.

-Drafting Board and Shareholder Consents that were requested by Parent Company for acquisitions, mergers, dissolutions, and divestitures.

CITY OF HOUSTON 06/2020 – 01/2021 – REASON: City Funds Exhausted

Supervisor: Marshall D. Watson, ********.******@*********.***

Administrative Specialist - Coordinator HR

-Monitored, edited, and approved high volume time records in Kronos for weekly payroll.

-Supervised efficient working of production personnel, prepared effective production schedules, and ensured compliance to all company policies. Coordinated special projects, including planning, research, presentations, promotions, evaluations, and process teams ensuring compliance to all protocols and quality.

-Responsible for overseeing and managing City’s two regions (Southwest and Southeast) with the overall coordination of the disease containment screening process for various City Premises (i.e., courthouses, fire departments, city public facilities, healthcare facilities, recreational parks, public libraries).

-Enhances visibility of the HR department by implementing established best practices and developing strong working relationships with employees.

-Align communication, accountability, resources & processes to ensure strategic priorities yield measurable and sustainable results.

-High approachability factor, strong builder of effective teams, and a strong motivator of others.

-Work with Executives and team members to ensure that the best applicants are placed with a release rate of less than 5%.

ROTHCHILD PROPERTIES GROUP 02/2020–04/2020 REASON: Covid-19 Economy

Executive Personal Assistant to the President

CAMP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 04/2019–12/2019 REASON: Corporate Restructure

Contracts Administrator

PIPING TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTS, INC. 01/2019 – 03/2019 REASON: Closer Commute

Executive Assistant to the President

BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY 03/2017 – 12/2018 REASON: Corporate Restructure

Oilfield Services Legal Assistant

NOBILIS HEALTH CORP. 07/2016 – 02/2017 REASON: Company Closed

Legal Executive Assistant

CONTRACT WORK 08/2015 – 06/2016 REASON: Assignment Completed

Executive Assistant to the President

SYSCO CORPORATION 02/2012 –07/2015 REASON: Corporate Restructure

Legal Support Specialist

Technical Proficiencies

Microsoft Office Suite GEMS Adobe Suite Legal Tracker SharePoint Teams Meeting

PDF Converter Enterprise Kronos BluePrint Concur DocuSign NAV

Visio Salesforce Google Drive Skype Zoom SAP

CMS (Client Management System) Adobe Acrobat Workshare Prof. CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

Education

Los Angeles City College Graduate

Los Angeles, CA South Gate High School

Majored in Languages and Business Law South Gate, CA

•Worked full-time in a law firm while pursuing career

Graduate

Graduate Associate of Applied Science

Valedictorian at Barclay College, Los Angeles, CA (AAS) in Paralegal Studies

Business Administration/Computer Science Long Beach Legal Professionals Association

Majored in Business Administration and Computers Long Beach, CA

Professional References

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