Maribeth Osell

Corporate Governance & Entity Management

• Researched and selected CSC Entity Management platform, and successfully led and managed migration of a 100+ entity portfolio from hard copy and electronic minute books.
• Managed and coordinated onboarding and training of CSC Entity Management platform with tax and accounting teams to successfully streamline corporate governance and compliance activities.
• Managed and maintained all corporate governance and entity management activities of company's portfolio.
• Designed custom reporting tool in CSC Entity Management to generate corporate datasheets (including sample signature blocks) and joint venture entity reports.
• Drafted and filed all company (and subsidiaries') entity formations, qualifications, withdrawals, dissolutions, elections, and resignations.
• Edited and proofread transactional board resolutions and quarterly and annual board minutes to verify accuracy.
• Scheduled annual board meetings, prepared agendas, attended meetings and drafted meeting minute notes.
• Assisted architecture and engineering teams by researching state statutes regarding compliance and professional licensing application requirements for COAs.

Litigation and Insurance Claims

• Collaborated with risk and IT teams to successfully design and develop a customized Sharepoint site to track and maintain litigation and insurance claims matters.
• Participated in litigation update meetings with risk team and outside counsel.
• Responsible for receiving and escalating for further action Service of Process (SOP) documents from registered agents.

Trademark Matters

• Reviewed weekly Watch Reports and collaborated with outside trademark counsel to police potential trademark infringements upon company-owned trademarks,
• Assisted development team with selection of new project names by thoroughly researching and performing trademark clearances for potential new project names.
• Collaborated with associate counsel and IT team to successfully design and develop Sharepoint sites to track and maintain all company trademark registration details, trademark enforcement, potential infringement activities, project naming searches, and trademark license agreements.

• Provided general administrative services and broad support to company's legal department.
• Prioritized and handled multiple assignments and maintained firm commitment to deadlines.
• Assisted with implementing Sharepoint site and naming convention to manage and store transaction documents and closing books resulting in streamlined company-wide access.
• Assisted with real estate transaction closing activities and corporate governance matters.
• Reviewed legal documents for accuracy and completeness; processed for signature.

• Effectively facilitated real estate closings by working independently and collaboratively. Coordinated all aspects of due diligence process through transaction closing.
• Researched organizational documents and tax returns to determine organizational structure of limited partnerships.
• Requested bids for and ordered title work, surveys, and Phase I environmental reports.
• Drafted post-closing memos summarizing the structure and status of transactions for reference by property management and accounting teams.

• Provided executive legal administrative support to a busy, driven Member in the Commercial Real Estate Department of the firm.
• Increased attorney productivity by editing heavy document revisions Successfully met deadlines and expectations while providing accurate and quality work products.
• Organized, compiled and arranged for delivery of documents by messenger or FedEx within tight timeframes.
• Effectively communicated with clients and colleagues by professionally responding to and screening heavy volumes of calls and emails, while observing confidentiality and discretion.

• Provided legal administrative support to Partner of small, boutique law firm practicing in areas of mergers and acquisitions and commercial real estate.
• Managed high-volume workloads while maintaining attention to detail on every task such as heavy volumes of client calls, implementing, proofreading for proper grammar and punctuation, and red-lining attorney's revisions to legal real estate and corporate documentation and correspondence.
• Demonstrated extraordinary focus and accuracy often during live closings or under extremely tight deadlines.