US Paralegal Specialist

CH01 CHE Fresenius Medical Care (Schweiz) AG; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care–GBS India Legal Center of Excellence in Bengaluru seeks a paralegal to provide corporate and litigation support for US matters. Responsibilities span matter administration, entity/compliance tasks, contract support, and litigation assistance under US attorney direction.

Ideal candidates hold a bachelor’s degree (paralegal certificate preferred) with US-law experience, strong English, and meticulous organizational skills in a multi‑case environment.

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

Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day. Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with kidney disease of which approximately 4.5 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment. United by a shared purpose of creating a future worth living for chronically and critically ill people, we care for around 292,000 dialysis patients around the globe. In addition, we operate around 35 global production sites to provide products such as dialysis machines, dialyzers, and related disposables. We aim to continuously improve our patients’ quality of life by offering them high-quality products as well as innovative technologies and treatment concepts.