Diana Hinojosa Gonzalez
*************@*******.*** 281-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/diana-h-036272169/
BS and Paralegal Certificate
SUMMARY
•Compliance Policy & Governance Project Manager (Training, Policies and Investigations)
•Manage Ethics Hotline
•Management. Ethics and Compliance both domestic and international (FCPA, OIG, CMS, AML, KYC, Hotline Investigation Management; Policy Drafting, Research and Training)
•Corporate Governance and Entity Management - Formation and Dissolution of Entities both Foreign and Domestic, POAs, Consents, Resolutions, and Apostilles
•Project Management Degreed, professional, initiative-taker, dependable and thrives in a challenging environment.
•Contract Administration – Drafting, Redlining, Negotiations, DocuSign and Database and Compliance
•Fluent in Spanish and understanding of Portuguese.
•Texas Notary Public
SKILLS
Microsoft, Office, Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint; MS Office, Articulate 360, Veeva, Westlaw, Lexis Research, Blueprint, Intelex, Serengeti, Secretariat, CT Advantage, SharePoint, Teams, World Check, Ethicspoint, Navex, EB360, TRACE, Star Compliance and LMS systems.
EDUCATION
BS in Interdisciplinary Studies University of Houston – Downtown Campus 1995
Paralegal Certificate Paralegal Institute
National Association of Securities Dealers Arbitrator No. A31537.A1
EXPERIENCE
Axiom Law – Feb. 2022 – present
Compliance Analyst – Whirlpool Corp. (Axiom Assignment)
Manage and triage the Ethics Hotline and Reporting Analyst for North America, Mexico and Brazil.
Compliance Policy & Governance Project Manager - Jazz Pharmaceuticals (Axiom assignment)
Support the development of training programs on various compliance topics for employees and assist in the implementation of training.
Working with Central Document Control system (Veeva Documents Portal) and third-party vendors content creation.
Translations of Policies for use company-wide
Project Management of Implementation of new policies working with internal and external parties to implement new training courses.
Monitor and audit employee training records and prepare updates, metrics, and reports on training results via Jazz Learn system.
Support the development and use of data analysis tools to help track the overall effectiveness of our compliance programs.
Help conduct Investigation with the Speak Out hotline portal.
Compliance Analyst – Legal Regulatory and Compliance for KPMG- One Americas
Assist in planning, developing, implementing, reviewing, and updating compliance policies and procedures.
Support the development of training programs on various compliance topics for employees and assist in the implementation of training.
Monitor and audit employee training records and prepare updates, metrics, and reports on training results.
Support the development and use of data analysis tools to help track the overall effectiveness of our compliance programs.
Assist with due diligence on third parties.
Assist in drafting, filing, and follow-up on compliance matters.
Coordinate and support review of compliance matters by internal and external counsel and internal subject matter experts
Conduct research into compliance laws and regulations applicable to our operations
Assist with the implementation of our conflicts of interest policy and procedures.
Provide general administrative support to the attorneys in the Compliance Group
Review invoices from outside counsel and other service providers
Assist with budgeting and expense tracking.
Research on FCPA, Data Privacy, current themes related to Compliance.
Compliance Specialist/Compliance Communications (Axiom assigned to Millicom Communications)
Project Coordinator with the Production Company for production of videos for the Annual Compliance training course for 2023.
Assisted and reviewed translation and subtitles with Project Team
Coordinated weekly meetings with local compliance officers in 9 Latin America countries.
Worked with Corporate Communications Team in El Salvador to coordinate compliance content.
Assisted the Investigation Team with HR Workday project for compliance.
Assisted and help draft monthly newsletter and monthly CEO Townhalls
Redlined Company Compliance Policies once finalized deposited in DocuHub.
Compliance Analyst (Axiom assigned to Cornerstone Building Brands)
Assisted in drafting, filing, and follow-up on compliance matters via Hotline reporting Portal
Managed the Ethicspoint Database Portal
Managed the Company Policies Portal on SharePoint
Coordinated Quarterly Reports and drafted Power Point Presentations
Conduct research into compliance laws and regulations applicable to our operations
Help draft Investigations Manual and Company Policies
Worked with Canada and Mexico HR regarding In-country Policies
Project Management and coordination of project for Compliance.
Paralegal / Contracts Administration Inguran, LLC (STgenetics) Feb 2021 – Feb 2022
•Assist Corporate Secretary to help manage entities.
•Consent, Resolutions, Dissolution, Formation, Apostille, POAs.
•Contracts Group on beef and dairy sales agreements.
•Review and redline and finalize contract with Sales Group.
•Assist the Business Developers on Bids and Acquisitions and shutting down projects.
•Management bankruptcy claims.
•SharePoint document storage.
•Westlaw Research.
•Conduct research for Tax Department.
•Translations in Spanish to English and Portuguese to English.
•Work with Credit Department and Tax on Letters of Credit.
Consultant Jan 2020 – Aug 2021
Paralegal/Contracts Support Weatherford (Supply Chain Group), Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
•Collaborated with Corporate Secretary’s Office working on special projects Credit Agreements and Transfers.
•Formed and dissolved companies.
•Drafted Corporate Minutes, Agendas, Resolutions, and other general corporate transactions.
•Worked with the Supply Chain Group and with Salesforce database coordinating signatures, and reviewing contracts for missing information, working on templates, and uploading materials through DocuSign and maintain database.
Paralegal/Legal Secretary /Legal Invoice Billing HFW Law Firm - Energy and Resources Group, June 2019 - Jan 2020
•Assigned three transactional attorneys and occasionally assist with litigation matters.
•Conduct research on Westlaw on new assignments.
•Draft Lease agreements, partnership agreements, etc.
•Assist Law Firm Administrator with entering and producing invoices from Elite Accounting System to send out to all clients.
•Billing on InTapp and setting up new matters, sending client bundle letters.
•Expense reports and check requests.
•Drafting and setting up incorporations with Secretary of State; searches for companies in different areas.
•Set up databases and collaborating with in-house clients to organized Due Diligence documentation for Acquisitions/Divestitures
•Maintain the matter management system with updates.
Legal Corporate Specialist First Solar, Inc. – Asset Management (C2H role) May 2015 - Feb 2017
•Responsible for the Compliance of the Asset Management Projects (15 Projects) both domestic and international.
•Reviewed all contracts, lease agreements, Power Purchase Agreements, Interconnection Agreements, tax abatements, EPC Contracts and operations and management contracts in each project inputting, redlining, and analyzing data from the Intelex database to run bi-weekly reports.
•Provided drafting, research and organization assistance to in-house attorneys and outside counsel in the closing of complex transactions (mergers/acquisitions, and divestitures).
•Drafted and reviewed MSAs for third parties.
•Worked with Project Managers, Finance, Real Estate and Business Management in the day-to-day operations.
•Supported Associate General Counsel in managing transactions and organizing corporate entities for Asset Management Group.
•Maintained insurance certificates and worked with the risk management department and worked with the finance department on letters of credit and guarantees.
•Managed legal budgets including tracking and submitting of invoices on behalf of the Legal Department using Serengeti.
•Supervised execution and distribution of legal and transaction documents. Prepared and maintained electronic data rooms and manual data rooms for due diligence and organized and filed closing documents once transactions completed.
•Assisted in obtaining state professional licenses (construction, engineering, CEC Certifications) and kept licenses current.
•Assisted with compliance audits.
Donovan and Watkins Legal Staffing Jan 2014 - April 2015
Client: Citgo Petroleum Corp, Nov 2014 - April 2015
•Worked on Due Diligence Project, reviewing contracts and general corporate transactional matters.
•Worked on finance projects and closings.
•Audited minutes books and shared certificates and created historical books of all Citgo entities.
Client: BP America Inc., March 2014 - Oct 2014
•Worked in Corporate Secretary’s Office working on special project with Blueprint Database System.
•Formed and dissolved companies
•Drafted corporate minutes, agendas, resolutions, and other general corporate transactions.
Corporate Paralegal Client: Daniel Measurement & Control Inc. Oct 2012 - May 2013
•Drafted Contracts (Master Service Agreements; products, and personnel).
•Assisted IP Paralegal with Intellectual Property reviews and indexing and drafted the minutes for IP Committee meetings.
•General Corporate Transactional legal work (due diligence and research).
•Worked closely with the Risk Management to obtain Certificates of Insurance and maintained ISN Network System database.
•Managed the legalization of documents with foreign consulates and provided translations.
Paralegal Vopak North America Inc. Feb 2007 - May 2011
•General Corporate Transactional legal work (due diligence and setting up data rooms, closing, research).
•Assisted General Counsel with litigation matters and collaborated with outside counsel.
•Prepared Exstar Reporting.
•Maintained all corporate minute books and records for company and its various international subsidiaries.
•Updated all regulatory and compliance permits for the company’s subsidiaries multi-state and federal.
Paralegal Client: ABB Oct 2004 - Jan 2007
•Worker’s Compensation matters.
•Employment agreements.
•Engineering services agreements.
•Compliance reporting.
•Manage contracts database.
Senior Corporate Paralegal El Paso Corporation Dec 1999 - June 2004
•Worked on NDAs and Letters of Intent.
•Worked in the Emerging Markets Group.
•Performed due diligence and setting up data rooms.
•Acquisitions and Mergers for power plants and LNG Terminals.
•Redlined Supply and Construction Agreements.
•Worked on Project Bids Requirements.
•Translation in Spanish and Portuguese.
•Maintained database for project files.
•Traveled for closings and due diligence reviews.
•Collaborated closely with outside counsel.
•Formed entities, obtained Apostilles worked with on obtaining Letters of Credit
•Legal research on Foreign Jurisdictional laws pertaining to projects.