US Paralegal Specialist

Fresenius Medical Care; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care in Bengaluru (GBS India Legal Center of Excellence) provides paralegal-level support for US legal matters, handling matter administration, entity compliance, contract execution, and litigation tasks under US attorneys.

The role supports onboarding of outside counsel, KYC inquiries, and keeping the legal tracker updated, while coordinating with finance for cross-border documentation and billing with strict confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; paralegal certificate preferred.
• 3–6 years of relevant experience in corporate and/or litigation paralegal support.
• Experience supporting US legal matters from a shared service or in-house environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Matter & Case Administration: manage legal tracker records, open new matters, onboard outside counsel.
• Corporate Entity & Compliance Support: liaise on entity filings, respond to KYC inquiries, track attorney licensing.
• Contract Execution Support: create redlines, route for approvals, manage document uploads to data rooms.
• Litigation Support: coordinate settlements, monitor damages tracking, handle legal holds and subpoenas under attorney direction.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Litigation support

Contract management

English proficiency

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Paralegal certification

Tools

Legal matter-management/tracker systems

Contract redlining/comparison tools

Virtual data room platforms

Job description

Role Summary

This role provides paralegal-level corporate and litigation support for FME's US legal matters from the GBS India Legal Center of Excellence in Bangalore, handling matter administration, entity/compliance administration, contract execution support and litigation support tasks under the direction of US-based attorneys.

Key Responsibilities

Matter & Case Administration

• Post documents to the legal tracker and other matter-management systems

• Open new cases/matters and set up corresponding legal tracker records

• Support onboarding of outside counsel

• Support vendor setup for settlement payments

Corporate Entity & Compliance Support

• Liaise with registered agents on entity filings

• Assist in responding to know-your-customer (KYC) inquiries from banks and financial institutions

• Maintain the annual US attorney registration/licensing verification list

• Procure apostilles for cross-border document legalization

• Maintain the legal tracker

• Liaise with the Philippines-based accounts payable team on legal billing matters

• Perform general administrative assistant responsibilities in support of the legal team

Contract Execution Support

• Create redlines and comparisons of contracts to support attorney review

• Route contracts for internal approvals and signatures, and obtain signatures for contract execution

• Upload documents to virtual data rooms ("clean rooms") to support due diligence and transaction processes

Litigation Support

• Coordinate settlement payments

• Monitor the damages tracking spreadsheet and track monetary recoveries

• Set up, maintain and release legal holds; update legal referrals internally

• Support responses to subpoenas involving FME employees (where FME is not a party), under attorney direction

Level-Specific Scope

• Performs the tasks above independently with limited supervision from supervising attorneys and the Paralegal Manager; may begin to review and guide administrative/entry-level colleagues on routine instances of this work

• Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex coordination, drafting and administrative matters, often requiring judgment about process and prioritization; escalates matters requiring legal interpretation, litigation strategy, or transaction terms to supervising attorneys

• Contributions begin to influence team-level process improvements (e.g. legal tracker usage, workflow standardization) but do not set functional strategy

• Represents FME in routine coordination with external parties (registered agents, banks on KYC matters, document-legalization services) within a clearly defined, attorney-authorized scope

• Modifies existing administrative and coordination processes to improve efficiency; does not set new firm-wide policy independently

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required (law degree not required); paralegal certificate or equivalent qualification preferred

• Bachelor's degree with approximately 3-6 years of relevant experience, including experience in corporate and/or litigation paralegal support, ideally supporting US legal matters from an LPO, GCC/GBS, or in-house legal environment

• Familiarity with US corporate entity administration (registered agents, KYC/banking compliance, attorney licensing tracking) and litigation support processes (legal holds, subpoena response, settlement tracking) is a plus

• Experience with legal matter-management/tracker systems, contract redlining/comparison tools, and virtual data room platforms preferred

• Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail; ability to manage multiple concurrent administrative and coordination workstreams

• Excellent written and spoken English required

• Discretion and ability to handle confidential corporate and litigation-related information