Paralegal - Corporate and Commercial Transactions

Key Responsibilities

• Provide paralegal and administrative support in the areas of commercial contracting, compliance, corporate governance, and human resources.
• Collaborate with in-counsel, outside counsel, internal stakeholders, and customers and partners to assist in reviewing, preparing, redlining, managing, and organizing legal agreements, templates and filings, including customer and partner agreements, NDAs, RFPs and proposals, trademark registrations, and employee and vendor agreements.
• Support the creation of an internal transactions and contract review playbook in coordination with the General Counsel.
• Advise the Sales, Product, and Finance and Accounting teams as to negotiations, obligations, requirements, signature processes, renewals, expirations or terminations throughout the lifecycle of relevant contracts.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting and Human Resources to help support compliance with employment regulations and employee-related matters, government registrations and filings, securities regulations, and corporate governance requirements.
• Collaborate with the Marketing team in the review of external-facing communications including marketing materials and investor communications.
• Assist in developing and maintaining compliant data privacy documents, policies, and processes.
• Identify and help create and implement scalable, efficient legal processes and procedures.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, to convey, obtain, and exchange information and documents from internal and external parties.
• Research, analyze and report as to relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Provide general administrative support, including the organization, monitoring, and maintenance of legal and corporate records, legal resources, external legal projects and spending, diligence materials, electronic data rooms, and other data repositories.
• Responsibilities may change with time and evolve based on abilities, interests and Company needs.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a certified paralegal working in technology/IP licensing transactions for an in-house legal department or law firm
• Bachelor’s degree
• A good working knowledge of standard office technology, including expertise with MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Google Suite, Slack, Zoom, DocuSign, and familiarity or comfort learning additional software applications and websites
• Must pass a background check
• Must be able to legally be employed in the US

Preferred Qualifications

• SaaS transaction negotiation and drafting experience
• Experience implementing a contract management system
• IP experience
• Data privacy experience
• Quick study and interest in learning and growing

Required Skills and Traits

• Excellent time management skills and the ability to effectively organize and prioritize work
• Ability to multi-task concurrently with great attention to detail
• Self-starter who exercises independent judgment
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities and superior reading comprehension skills, especially as they relate to legal documents
• Strong sense of accountability, taking ownership over assignments, and resolving issues proactively with minimal supervision

• High level of professionalism, integrity, and discretion in handling confidential information
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills who willing to pitch in wherever needed
• Ability to thrive in a remote work environment

Benefits

Pay range

Annual Salary range $65,000 - $80,000

Benefits

• Remote work based in the US, with the freedom to temporarily work outside the US
• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Generous paid time off
• Professional development including paid continuing education and legal conference opportunities