Job Description
Job Description
Our client, an international boutique midsized litigation law firm is seeking a Sr. Corporate Paralegal to join its highly skilled and experienced NYC office. This is an amazing opportunity to join a supportive law firm environment that prides itself on work-life balance. Role offers a flexible, hybrid schedule (2 days in office, 3 days remote), comprehensive benefits. and 4 weeks of PTO + holidays!!! The role is ideal for a paralegal with 8+ years of corporate paralegal experience who is comfortable working autonomously on substantive tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support Venture & Emerging Company Transactions
- Prepare and coordinate closings for SAFE financings, convertible notes, and priced equity rounds, including drafting and organizing signature packages
- Maintain and update cap tables; track option pool grants and exercises; manage equity documentation across funding rounds
- Coordinate due diligence processes and organize virtual data rooms for venture transactions
- Draft routine corporate resolutions, board and stockholder consents, and ancillary transaction documents
- Manage formation, qualification, and dissolution filings across U.S. jurisdictions and select international jurisdictions
- Maintain organizational documents and equity records for a portfolio of client entities
- Track governance deadlines and maintain governance calendars
- Prepare and file state filings, registered agent changes, and foreign qualification documents
- 8+ years of Corporate Paralegal experience, with strong tenure in a law firm, in-house corporate department, or sophisticated financial institution
- Deep, hands-on experience with venture and emerging company transactions, including SAFEs, priced rounds, cap tables, and equity documentation
- Strong command of corporate governance mechanics, including entity formation, maintenance, governance calendars, and minute books
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision, proactively flag issues, and solve problems before escalating