Overview
A remote Legal Assistant position is available to support governance, risk, compliance, disputes, intellectual property, and legal administration functions within a corporate legal department.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate internal meetings, team reviews, and recurring activities.
- Manage calendars, deadlines, projects, and action items.
- Maintain physical and electronic legal records and oversee document retention.
- Assist in preparing presentations, communications, and status reports.
- Provide administrative support including travel coordination, expense processing, and logistics.
- Review, process, and track invoices from external counsel and vendors.
- Assist with legal budget tracking, accruals, and spend reporting.
- Maintain intellectual property records such as patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
- Coordinate with external intellectual property counsel on filings and registrations.
- Support intellectual property due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, licensing, and other transactions.
- Assist with corporate entity management and governance record maintenance.
- Support board and committee processes including preparation of resolutions and minutes.
- Assist with insurance renewals and risk management initiatives.
- Maintain compliance calendars, documentation libraries, and regulatory tracking systems.
- Support compliance processes related to data protection, third-party due diligence, sanctions, and export compliance.
- Assist with dispute and litigation management including matter intake, document organization, legal holds, and coordination with external counsel.
- Monitor bankruptcy proceedings and support preparation and filing of related documents.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in Paralegal Studies, Legal Studies, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum 2 years of paralegal or legal operations experience in a law firm or corporate legal department.
- Experience supporting multiple legal practice areas within a corporate legal department.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High attention to detail.
- Experience managing relationships with outside counsel and vendors.
- Proficiency with legal billing and matter management systems, eDiscovery platforms, and Microsoft Office.
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to export compliance, sanctions, data privacy, or regulatory compliance.
- Experience with workflow and project management tools such as Streamline, Jira, or Confluence.
- Paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program.
- Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems.
- Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platforms.
- Bankruptcy and creditor rights experience.
- Experience in the SaaS or technology sector.
Compensation & Benefits
Information not provided.
Location
Remote position based in India.
Additional Information
- Background checks may be required in accordance with local laws and regulations.
- Equal employment opportunity and confidentiality of applicant information are maintained.