Legal Assistant, Corporate

Google; Singapore; On-site; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Legal Assistant to support their dynamic legal team. In this role, you will play a vital part in managing corporate compliance and governance, ensuring adherence to processes while fostering collaboration across various departments. You'll have the opportunity to engage with internal stakeholders and external parties, addressing complex legal matters with innovative solutions. If you're an organized and proactive individual with a passion for the legal field, this position offers a unique chance to contribute to transformative projects within a leading technology firm, all while working in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years of legal work experience in a law firm or legal department.
• Ability to handle multiple projects with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Handle corporate compliance and governance for Alphabet subsidiaries.
• Plan and coordinate board/shareholder meetings and maintain records.
• Prepare legal documents and lead internal training sessions.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Qualified Company Secretary or Paralegal

Job description

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Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 2 years of legal work experience in a law firm, government, or in-house legal department.
• Qualified Company Secretary or Paralegal.

Preferred qualifications:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build relationships across the business at all levels.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to review and organize numerous documents in legal matters.
• Excellent organizational skills, time management, and attention to detail with the ability to handle the environment and prioritize multiple projects/requests that are time sensitive.
• Excellent team player with commitment to professionalism and collegiality as part of a performing team.
• Interest to work on a broad variety of legal and non-legal matters.

About The Job

Google's legal department is at the center of an information law revolution, and you're at its core. As a Legal Assistant, you are a driving force behind the success of your Legal team, ready to roll up your sleeves to create and improve processes, maintain records, conduct legal research and coordinate communications across the team. As you closely support your team, you may find yourself working with multiple groups within the Legal Department, internal clients across Google, and external parties. You're an independent thinker who isn't afraid to ask questions, and you're organized in a way that never overlooks the details.

In this role, you will execute tasks and provide support to the Legal Department on various legal and administrative matters within the scope of a project. You act as a point person for internal or external clients, prepare preliminary drafts of legal documents, create process documentation, and lead training sessions. You own well-defined projects and handle legal and business matters of low to moderate risk of complexity with some guidance including managing information and documentation, conducting legal reviews, advising clients on risks and solutions, and improving processes. You interact with multiple groups within the Legal Department, with internal stakeholders across Google, and with external parties and articulate legal and operational needs with parties who may have competing priorities.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Handle corporate expansions, liquidations, integrations and coordination of corporate compliance, governance and maintenance for Alphabet subsidiaries in the APAC region.
• Plan and coordinate board/shareholder meetings in accordance with local statutory and regulatory requirements, including attending meetings, preparing board/shareholder documents, taking minutes, maintaining corporate records and internal databases. Monitor and handle required corporate and regulatory filings.
• You will help prepare preliminary drafts of legal documents and process documentation, and lead training sessions internally.
• Ensure compliance to processes and procedures, provide guidance to ensure conformity and consistency in the application of Alphabet’s policies/practices. Perform corporate housekeeping tasks, including tracking of documents, routing documents for signature and distribution, filing, data organization, and handling logistical matters such as corporate chopping, certification.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Legal and Public Relations

Industries

Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet