Position

Bilingual Japanese,
Immigration Legal Assistant

Location

New York City, NY

Salary &
Benefits

$55,000 plus excellent benefits and bonus and well paid OT

The Firm

International Law Firm

Duties &
Required

SUMMARY

A global law firm is seeking a Paralegal with Native Japanese language skills.  This Paralegal will assist attorneys working with multinational corporations on immigration-related corporate mergers and acquisitions, corporate start-ups and global workforce mobility matters.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist three attorneys with all matters of U.S. immigration and nationality law, regulations, policy, and compliance for Japanese clients in the U.S. and Japan
• Utilize Japanese language skills to communicate with client legal teams and human resources departments
• Perform due diligence investigations; analyze immigration status of employees
• Draft and file applications necessary to maintain each employee's status
• Create, write content for and edit documents, memorandum and presentations in Japanese to be sent to clients
• Translate written and verbal communication between legal team and clients
• Conduct research on global workforce mobility issues and immigration considerations related to Mergers & Acquisitions and other corporate restructurings
• Support Partner and legal practice group with organizing and filing all documentation to be used in the design and implementation of customized visa strategies and immigration programs for Japanese clients

REQUIRED

• Fluent Native Japanese Verbal Language Skills
• Ability to write in properly-styled Japanese
• 1-4 years of legal administrative and/or paralegal experience; immigration preferred
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of Japanese Corporate Business Etiquette
• Experience working with nonimmigrant and immigrant employment-based immigration law, regulations, policy and compliance is a HUGE plus
• Bachelor’s degree

Contact

Shannon Kay
Senior Manager
Filcro Legal Staffing
295 Madison Avenue & 41st Street
New York City, NY 10017

Resume link 

Employers

Links

This Page: http://www.lawfirmpeople.com/html/bilingual.html
Paralegals: http://www.filcro.com/page14.html

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