Senior Corporate Paralegal
Our client, a leading organization within the Life Sciences industry, is seeking a Senior Corporate Paralegal to join its legal team. This is an opportunity to step into a highly visible role supporting corporate governance, legal operations, entity management, and strategic business transactions across a complex and growing organization.
The successful candidate will work closely with attorneys and cross-functional stakeholders, serving as a key member of the legal department and helping ensure the efficient management of corporate legal matters.
- Prepare and maintain board minutes, board resolutions, written consents, and other corporate governance documentation
- Manage domestic and international entity matters, including formations, dissolutions, annual filings, and subsidiary maintenance
- Maintain corporate records, governance documents, minute books, and related databases
- Support legal operations activities, including NDA tracking, contract administration, legal intake workflows, invoice processing, budgeting support, and legal spend reporting
- Coordinate and maintain legal department calendars, compliance deadlines, and matter tracking systems
- Support equity administration activities, including equity awards, grant documentation, board approvals, and related records management
- Assist with mergers and acquisitions, due diligence efforts, virtual data rooms, closing checklists, and post-closing activities
- Collaborate with attorneys, business stakeholders, and external advisors on a variety of corporate legal matters
- Identify opportunities to improve legal processes, efficiencies, and reporting capabilities across the department
- Bachelor's degree and/or Paralegal Certificate
- 6+ years of corporate paralegal experience within a corporate legal department or sophisticated law firm environment
- Strong experience with corporate governance matters, including board minutes, board resolutions, written consents, and corporate records management
- Experience managing corporate entities, subsidiaries, annual reports, and multi-jurisdiction compliance requirements
- Experience supporting legal operations functions, including invoice processing, legal spend tracking, contract administration, matter management, or workflow coordination
- Exposure to equity administration, stock plans, cap table management, or related equity documentation
- Experience supporting corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and closing activities
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in a remote environment
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