LEGAL ASSISTANT- TRANSACTIONS

Ensign Group

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Job Information

**THIS IS NOT A LITIGATION SUPPORT ROLE**

Why Ensign?

National leader in the growing healthcare industry

We are a unique company with a flat structure that allows our independent affiliates to make decisions that best fit them

What sets Ensign Services apart from other companies is the quality of our most valuable resource - our people

We take our core values of Customer Second, Accountability, Passion for Learning, Love One Another, Intelligent Risk Taking, Celebration, and Ownership (CAPLICO) seriously and strive to provide a work experience that proves it

ESI provides service and support to over 250 facilities in the long term care continuum that employ over 30,000 team members across 14 states

High volume, fast paced environment

Job description

We are seeking a top-notch transactional legal assistant to join and support our close-knit transactional team. Our team handles M&A, financing, health care licensing and real estate transactions and other corporate governance issues for our rapidly growing, publicly traded healthcare organization.

Responsibilities:

Filing corporate governance or business license applications with various local regulatory approval agencies;

Coordinating due diligence process for a constant stream of acquisition opportunities;

Assisting with the purchase agreement negotiation process and gathering acquisition-related agreements;

Assisting attorneys with the signing and closing of transactions;

Providing administrative support to licensing and regulatory counsel;

Assisting in the real estate closing process, including the review of title and survey documents as well as leasing documents;

Performing general office duties such as typing, operating office machines, sorting mail, and recording and maintaining important documents; and

Assisting with other tasks as needed, such as entity formation, drafting board or member resolutions, organizing closing materials, miscellaneous data entry, etc.

Qualifications:

Transactional legal assistant/paralegal experience strongly preferred

Must have superior computer skills and be very comfortable with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

A team player who views no task as too big or too small

A willingness and ability to learn and understand complex issues and to follow direction

A highly-organized, reliable and detail-oriented individual who can meet important deadlines

A great sense of humor to learn and benefit from own mistakes and those of team members

High level of judgment and maturity and discretion in handling confidential issues

Ensign Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Pre-employment criminal background screening required.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. Ensign Services, Inc. provides recruiting services for operations in the skilled nursing, assisted living, home health and hospice industries.

Ensign Group