Corporate Paralegal

Vaco by Highspring; Canton (MA); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Well-Known Financial Institution in Canton, MA seeks a Corporate Paralegal to support governance, regulatory filings, and day-to-day legal operations. The role is on-site three days a week with a focus on board matters and contract administration.

The ideal candidate has a paralegal background, strong computer skills, and experience with records management, due diligence, and compliance deadlines, working closely with legal and business teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of paralegal experience, including support for corporate governance and board-related processes.
• Associate degree or higher, or Paralegal Certificate required.
• Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Office, governance software, document management systems, and collaboration platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact and liaison for subpoenas, garnishments, court orders, and related legal matters.
• Maintain records and provide support for process routing, discovery, legal holds, records preservation, tracking, and fulfillment.
• Prepare and maintain board and committee minutes, resolutions, bylaws, and related documentation, filings, and corporate records.
• Schedule board and committee meetings and events, including coordination of meeting materials.
• Track and communicate key organizational, regulatory, and compliance deadlines.
• Provide contract administration and execution support, including review of vendor contracts, service agreements, nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), leases, purchase/sale agreements, signature routing, notarization, and record retention.
• Assist in ensuring that company policies meet content, format, and approval requirements.
• Support due diligence activities related to mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Corporate governance

Board-related processes

Recordkeeping

Advanced computer skills

Education

Associate degree or higher, or Paralegal Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Governance software

Document management systems

Collaboration platforms

Job description

Client: Well-Known Financial Institution

Role: Corporate Paralegal

Pay: $95,000/year

Client: Well-Known Financial Institution

Role: Corporate Paralegal

Pay: $95,000/year

Location: Canton, MA (3 days/week on site)

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact and liaison for subpoenas, garnishments, court orders, and related legal matters.
• Maintain records and provide support for process routing, discovery, legal holds, records preservation, tracking, and fulfillment.
• Prepare and maintain board and committee minutes, resolutions, bylaws, and related documentation, filings, and corporate records.
• Schedule board and committee meetings and events, including coordination of meeting materials.
• Track and communicate key organizational, regulatory, and compliance deadlines.
• Provide contract administration and execution support, including review of vendor contracts, service agreements, nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), leases, purchase/sale agreements, signature routing, notarization, and record retention.
• Assist in ensuring that company policies meet content, format, and approval requirements.
• Support due diligence activities related to mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or higher, or Paralegal Certificate required.
• 4+ years of paralegal experience, including support for corporate governance and board-related processes.
• Advanced computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Office, governance software, document management systems, and collaboration platforms.

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to: the individual's skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certification requirements; office location and other geographic considerations; and other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).