Corporate Paralegal

Beacon Hill; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Beacon Hill's client located west of Boston seeks a Corporate Governance Paralegal to join an in-house team with several years of governance experience. You will prepare board materials, resolutions, consents, and maintain minutes and entity records. Responsibilities include filings, due diligence, and M&A support within a hybrid work environment.

The role offers strong compensation, bonus eligibility, and a schedule mixing 1–2 days in the office with remaining days remote.

Qualifications

• Proven years of corporate governance experience.
• Experience preparing board materials, resolutions and consents.
• Maintaining minutes books and entity databases.
• Handling due diligence and closing support for M&A.
• Managing annual and ad hoc regulatory filings.

Responsibilities

• Provide corporate governance support and maintain signing authorizations and secretary certificates.
• Assist with board meeting preparation and materials.
• Maintain corporate minutes books and related databases and file shares.
• Draft board materials, reports, resolutions and consents.
• Handle annual and ad hoc regulatory filings and officer/director changes.
• Maintain digital database of director and officer appointments across entities.
• Respond to auditor requests for corporate and regulatory documentation.
• Assist with ad hoc governance and secretarial initiatives.

Skills

Corporate governance

Board materials

Minutes management

Entity management

Mergers due diligence

Regulatory filings

Job description

Our terrific client located West of Boston is looking for a Corporate Governance Paralegal to join their in-house team. They are looking for someone with several proven years of experience with corporate governance work, including preparation of board of directors meeting materials, written resolutions and consents, meeting minutes and entity management. While needs change day-to-day, the following is a represenation of tasks to tackle:

• Provides general corporate governance support, such as maintaining signing authorizations, providing secretary certificates and know-your-client documentation, forming and organizing new legal entities, and due diligence and closing support for mergers and acquisitions
• Provides support for board meeting preparation
• Maintains corporate minutes books and related databases and file shares
• Assists with drafting of board materials, including reports, resolutions, minutes and written consents
• Responsible for annual and ad hoc regulatory filings, such as Certificate of Authority renewals, annual reports, and notifications of changes in officers and directors
• Maintains digital database of director and officer appointments across numerous legal entities
• Responds to internal and external auditor requests for corporate and regulatory documentation
• Assists with ad hoc projects, special project work, and various corporate governance, corporate secretarial and corporate regulatory initiatives

The company offers strong compensation, bonus, benefits, and a hybrid schedule of 1-2 days in and the rest WFH.

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Benefits Information

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.