Senior Paralegal, Contracts New

Carta, Inc.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Carta, Inc. is seeking a Paralegal in the Contracts team for the APAC region, focusing on high-volume transactional work and NDA drafting, aided by Carta Ava and other AI-backed tools.

You will collaborate with in-house lawyers and embedded AI agents, supporting workflows, document portals, and contract execution. 2+ years of experience in transactional or corporate law, strong communication skills, and familiarity with private markets are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Experience with commercial contracts and NDA drafting in a transactional or corporate setting.
• Ability to handle high-volume, deadline-driven work while maintaining quality.
• Strong grasp of relevant legal concepts and commercial pragmatism.
• Clear written and verbal communication with clients and colleagues.
• Owns process improvements and identifies inefficiencies in workflows.
• Exposure to private capital, fund structures, or investor onboarding is a plus.
• Familiar with AI-backed contract review tools and CLM/e-sign systems.
• Language capability to review/ negotiate in Japanese, Korean or Mandarin.

Responsibilities

• Keep contracts moving by prompt intake and first-round markup of investment-related NDAs and related documents.
• Support UK lawyers with first-round drafting and ad hoc legal work to increase throughput.
• Set up and coordinate client workflows, manage document portals, drive contracts to execution.
• Deliver crisp, commercially sound contract support balancing speed and attention to detail.

Skills

Transactional legal work

Fast and precise under pressure

Commercial and legal grounding

Clear communicator

Self-starter / builder's mindset

Familiar with private markets

Tech-forward / AI tools

Language capability: Japanese/Korean/M

Job description

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Hong Kong, Central and Western, Hong Kong S.A.R., Singapore

The Company You’ll Join

Carta is the connected platform and AI-native ecosystem for private capital. Built to replace fragmented tools with a single system of record, Carta brings together the software, services, and legal infrastructure that founders use to manage equity, fund managers use to run administration and reporting, and legal teams use to close transactions. Trusted by 55,000 companies and 1.8M+ equity holders in 160+ countries, and 10,000 funds and SPVs representing $250B+ in assets under management, Carta is transforming how private capital operates. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work.

You'll be joining our Carta Law team, specifically within the Contracts - APAC function. Carta Law is the largest AI-native law firm for private capital, born from the combination of Avantia Law and Carta. Our Contracts team manages the full lifecycle of commercial contracts for clients – from first review through to execution.

Reporting to a Supervising Lawyer in the region, you'll work alongside fellow paralegals and lawyers and embedded AI agents. This team delivers high volumes of pre-M&A contract work at speed, supported by AI-backed tools including Carta's proprietary platform, Ava.

The Problems You'll Solve

At Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow. As a Paralegal in the Contracts team, you'll work to:

• Keep contracts moving.Own the prompt intake and first-round markup of investment-related NDAs and related documents, ensuring nothing sits in a queue longer than it should and tight client turnaround times are consistently met


• Make the process more effective.Support Carta's UK lawyers with first-round drafting and ad hoc legal work — handling the volume so attorneys can focus on the complexity


• Build workflows clients can rely on.Set up and coordinate client workflows, manage document portals, and drive contracts through to execution, giving clients a seamless, professional experience at every step.


• Hold the quality bar.Deliver crisp, commercially sound contract support that reflects Carta's reputation for precision — balancing speed with the attention to detail that private capital clients expect

About You

• Experienced in transactional legal work.You have 2+ years of experience recommended working within a transactional or corporate practice group, or an in-house commercial legal team — with hands-on exposure to commercial contracts and investment-related NDA drafting.


• Fast and precise under pressure.You thrive in high-volume, deadline-driven environments — you can context-switch between competing demands without letting quality slip.


• Commercially and legally grounded.You have a strong grasp of relevant legal concepts and the commercial pragmatism to apply them — you know when to flag something and when to just get it done.


• A clear communicator.Your written and verbal communication is crisp and concise — clients and colleagues get what they need from you without having to ask twice.


• A self-starter with a builder's mindset.You take ownership, spot inefficiencies, and look for ways to improve how the team operates.


• Familiar with private markets.Exposure to private capital, fund structures, or investor onboarding workflows is a strong plus.


• Tech-forward. You're proficient with AI-backed contract review tools like Carta Ava, CLM/e-signature systems, and look for ways to improve them.


• Language capability. Able to review and negotiate in Japanese, Korean or Mandarin

At Carta, you're not just an employee. You're a builder who is creating infrastructure that accelerates innovation and empowers more ownership. Cartans are helpful, relentless, unconventional and kind; representing Carta's Identity Traits. They work collaboratively and cross functionally to challenge the status quo; working towards a common goal of creating more owners in the private markets.

Disclosures:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a positive interview experience for every candidate. If accommodations due to a disability or medical condition are needed, please connect with the talent partner via email.


• Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com or @carta-external.com domain. Report any contact from unapproved domains to [e-mail].

We work on a hybrid schedule where we come into office 3x/week and work remotely the remaining 2 days. In office schedules are set by location and team. Please confirm you can work in person at the location(s) of the job listed above per this schedule. * Select...