Job Type: Full Time or Part time l Remote

Location: Cape Town

Department: Legal + Regulatory Affairs

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a paralegal with a leading global or African law firm (in-house work experience a plus)
• Relevant educational degrees and professional certifications
• Proficient in Google apps, Microsoft Office, and legal software/applications
• Experience supporting the incorporation of foreign companies (e.g. apostilles, etc.)
• Experience designing and managing electronic records and virtual data rooms
• Experience supporting a diverse group of in-house lawyers
• Fluent in English (French plus)
  
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate all company secretary functions at the parent and its subsidiaries
• Maintain a comprehensive filing and record-keeping system for all contracts, legal correspondence, litigation/arbitration documentation, constitutional and other official corporate documents, etc.
• Support the commercial onboarding and finance functions by designing and administering self-service “portals” for easy access to requirement KYB documentation
• Maintain a database of a wide variety of templates
• Coordinate the contract review and approval process
• Participate in relevant meetings and prepare related documentation
• Manage administrative/invoicing relationships with external law firms
• Generally support the in-house legal team
  
  
  

Note: Job responsibilities may be split with an existing paralegal so actual responsibilities may be a subset of those listed above

Reports to: Assistant General Counsel

Direct reports: None