Melanie Collier

About Melanie Collier

Senior paralegal with over 20 years experience in both non-profit environmental real estate transactions and commercial real estate transactions ranging from the acquisition and sale of tens of thousands of acres of undeveloped land for dedicated open space, to multi-million dollar complex portfolio hotel dispositions. Extensive experience with retail and corporate office leasing (as both landlord and tenant), contract management (drafting, review, negotiation), corporate housekeeping (entity formation, org charts) and general legal operations management. Specialties: Leasing, real property acquisitions and dispositions, due diligence, title, survey, contract negotiation and drafting, corporate housekeeping/entity management.

Experience

1. Corporate Paralegal

   HEI Hotels & Resorts

   Apr 2019 — Present · Norwalk, CT, US

   General Corporate Housekeeping: Oversee entity formation and ongoing compliance; Manage and govern corporate entity transactions, including dissolutions, DBAs and annual filings; Draft organizational documents; Maintain corporate organizational charts. •Transactions/Operations: Prepare and negotiate confidentiality agreements; Assist Investment and Operations teams with operational license/permit applications, liquor license applications and assist properties with continued legal compliance; Update and draft Legal SOPs; Provide SOP legal language review for all disciplines; Draft and review third-party vendor and service contracts for both corporate office and properties.•Intellectual Property: Manage company’s IP portfolio and provide support to the Compliance group; •Litigation/Claims: Receive service of process via registered agent; Review and respond (as necessary) to incident reports and ensure proper claim reporting process; Assist Risk Management, HR, and outside counsel with litigation and claim reporting; Manage and engage outside counsel on behalf of corporate and properties; Assist with dispute resolution; Draft settlement agreements; Manage, coordinate, track and audit outside counsel engagement; Acts as a liaison between hotels and corporate offices with federal, state and local authorities on compliance matters, subpoenas and criminal investigations.

Education

• Fordham University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration and Management

• The Bronx High School of Science

  Regents Diploma, Mathematics and Science

  1984 — 1987

• Maria College

  Paralegal Studies

Skills

• Microsoft Word
• Negotiation
• Microsoft Office
• Non-Profits
• Event Planning
• Event Management
• Lease Administration
• Customer Service
• Budgeting
• Nonprofits
• Hospitality Industry
• Asset Management
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Commercial Real Estate
• Disposition
• Team Building
• Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Real Estate Transactions
• Real Estate Due Diligence
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Budgets