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Corporate Legal Assistant / Paralegal

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El Segundo, CA

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Chicken of the Sea is an iconic American brand that was founded in 1930. Today, Chicken of the Sea enjoys broad distribution across all major retail channels, with growth opportunities in foodservice and outside the U.S. Besides its eponymous brand, Chicken of the Sea also sells Genova and King Oscar premium seafood products.

Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) has been wholly owned since 2000 by Thai Union (TU), the largest global producer of ambient seafood. Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods is a sister U.S. company that focuses on frozen and chilled seafood sales. Other iconic seafood brands in the TU Global portfolio include John West, Mareblu, and King Oscar. Under the leadership of CEO Thiraphong Chansiri, Thai Union has more than tripled its revenue to over $4 billion annually and has an aggressive growth agenda.

Chicken of the Sea International operates under the common corporate vision, mission and values of Thai Union, an industry leader in sustainable fishing practices and manufacturing processes that capture the freshness, nutritional value, and sensorial experience of seafood. The global organization lives by the 6 deeply held values: Passionate, Humble, Respectful, Responsible, Collaborative, and Innovative.

COSI is an organization that is very proud of its heritage. First established as VanCamp seafood company more than 100 years ago (1914), the company celebrates its story as one of the oldest food companies in the country that is still in operation. The company is currently undergoing a significant business transformation aimed at accelerating business growth.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

The Corporate Legal Assistant / Paralegal provides practical, effective and cost-efficient legal and administrative support to the company’s various departments by coordinating, handling and resolving legal issues with company management and outside counsel and to maintain the department’s legal function through general administration, with supervision from the Director, Legal and Risk Management. This role provides legal and general administrative support to all operating companies in the North America region and the annual base salary range for this role is 68,000 – 88,000, depending on experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Administrative:

  • Organize and maintain filing systems for legal correspondence and documents, both digitally and in hard copy, ensuring easy accessibility.
  • Administer legal intake, case tracking, and calendaring
  • Process department invoices and support the legal department budget.

Corporate Governance:

  • Assist in the implementation and management of corporate governance practices and procedures.
  • Maintain accurate records and ensure proper filing of corporate documents with government agencies.

Contract:

  • Support intake, negotiations, summaries, and execution, ensuring contracts comply with company policies and legal requirements.
  • Oversee organizational use of transactional contract templates, including NDAs, and standardized compliance forms.

Litigation:

  • Handle calendaring for litigation deadlines, court appearances, and other key dates.
  • Assist with discovery requests, including gathering, reviewing, redacting, and producing relevant documents.

Trademark:

  • Provide support in the management and protection of the company’s intellectual property portfolio.

Marketing Support:

  • Review labels, advertisements, and other marketing materials, creating marketing guides for reference.

Privacy:

  • Organize and update Company data map, retention records and other relevant policies.
  • Ensure timely destruction of records that pass retention timelines.

Employment Compliance:

  • Manage employment-related tasks such as updating minimum wage and salary reference charts.
  • Facilitate immigration filings and processing.

Insurance Management:

  • Coordinate insurance renewals, claim tendering, and monitoring, working closely with adjusters.
  • Support the administration of the commercial insurance program, including collecting information for applications and managing chart of policy coverage.
  • Request or provide certificates of insurance.

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

  • Minimum two years legal secretarial litigation and/or transactional experience in a corporate legal department for CPG company
  • Comply with Paralegal Code of Ethics and Professional responsibility
  • Strong writing and organization skills
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Applications required
  • Familiarity with Adobe and DocuSign preferred
  • Creative and artistic background preferred
  • Notary Public commission and Paralegal certificate a plus

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, communicate (typically by talking, listening, writing, and typing), move around the office to various locations for meetings and in-person gatherings, and reach or carry materials with arms and hands.

Moreover, the employee is required to operate telephones, computers and other standard office equipment. Employee may, on occasion, be required to lift up to 35 lbs.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

The company is dedicated to producing sustainable, convenient and quality seafood products for healthy families worldwide. Its brand portfolio includes Thai-leading brands as well as highly recognized international brands Chicken of the Sea, John West, Petit Navire, Parmentier, Mareblu, King Oscar and Rugen Fisch. 

As a company committing to innovation and globally responsible business practices, Thai Union is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a founding member of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) and the first Thai company in the food products sector to be recognized as a member of Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Emerging Markets 2016 – for the third year running.  As a global seafood leader, we have a responsibility to set the standard for social, environmental and economic responsibility. 

We heeded our stakeholders’ calls with SeaChange®, Thai Union’s sustainability strategy with measurable commitments to delivering real, lasting changes in the way we operate. SeaChange® aims to drive a positive transformation throughout the global seafood industry.

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