Senior Tax Paralegal

Overview

The Tax Counsel and Tax Segment Planning groups are business-facing tax planning groups focused on proactively supporting operations, mitigating tax risks, and achieving tax efficiencies and benefits consistent with our overall Disney brand and reputation. These groups work directly with the operations, legal affairs, business affairs, corporate legal (litigation, anti-trust, IP, and other functions), labor, and various other functions.

What You Will Do

• Proofread presentation materials, license agreements, liquidation documents, and other legal documents.
• Assist with the preparation / drafting and execution of legal documents (mergers, liquidations, etc.).
• Cite check submissions to taxing authorities and research materials, including checking the status of case law and precedents.
• Prepare production credit transfer and sale agreements under the supervision of counsel. This work is high-value and volume work.
• Perform basic research under counsel's guidance.
• Assist the team with legal entity liquidation process regarding document management.
• Assist team in managing professional services billing and tracking for large-scale projects.
• Maintain certain online legal agreement databases in SharePoint, including gathering new documentation, uploading this documentation to the database, updating metadata in the system (for licensee, choice of law, termination provision summaries, etc.), and ensuring that the system remains current and functional in other respects.
• Assist with data gathering, project management, and administrative aspects of submissions to the tax authorities (such as the Internal Revenue Service) in tax controversy matters.
• Manage Bates stamp process, summons responses, and compilation of research files prepared by attorneys.
• Manage and initial review of legal agreements for standard terms, choice of law, etc. received from the Corporate Secretary's Office and Legal Subgroups for Tax Legal review and signature re affiliate agreements, leases, production activities, loan-out / vendor hires, and other corporate documents.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Preferred Qualifications

Education

A Bachelor's Degree and / or qualifications to be a paralegal by certification or education, and work experience as set forth by the American Bar Association and / or any applicable state codes.

About the Role & Team

The Tax Counsel and Tax Segment Planning groups are business-facing tax planning groups focused on proactively supporting operations, mitigating tax risks, and achieving tax efficiencies and benefits consistent with our overall Disney brand and reputation. These groups work directly with the operations, legal affairs, business affairs, corporate legal (litigation, anti-trust, IP, and other functions), labor, and various other functions.

What You Will Do

Required Qualifications & Skills

Preferred Qualifications

Education

A Bachelor's Degree and / or qualifications to be a paralegal by certification or education, and work experience as set forth by the American Bar Association and / or any applicable state codes.

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