Remote Corporate Governance Paralegal

TerrAscend; East Windsor Hill (CT); Remote; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TerrAscend is seeking a Legal Assistant to support governance and compliance across U.S. and international subsidiaries. You will manage Board materials, Diligent access, and entity maintenance while assisting with Section 16 filings and D&O processes.

The role offers remote eligibility in CT and other states and opportunities to impact efficiency within a growing cannabis company. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree, 4+ years as a paralegal, and strong communication and analytical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Paralegal Degree or experience working as a paralegal in a large law firm or in-house corporate law department.
• At least 4 years of paralegal experience including project and operations management, strong qualitative, analytical, and communication skills in an administrative or operations position involving legal or compliance.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint; SharePoint; database (Access, etc.); Strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills with the ability to effectively work with staff at all levels of the organization.
• Health & Wellness — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for eligible team members.
• Plan for Your Future — 401(k) savings opportunities to help support your financial goals.
• Time to Recharge — Paid time off and company holidays for eligible team members.
• product packages, display cases, cash registers, or inventory boxes, weighing up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Assist with entity formation, state registrations and filings and day-to-day maintenance of U.S. and international subsidiaries, including managing annual compliance with outside counsel and service providers, updating entity management platform, and assisting with execution of documents needed to maintain TerrAscend's subsidiaries.
• Assist with implementing and maintaining compliance related policies and processes.
• Work with other members of the legal team to drive progress on cross-functional projects while looking for opportunities to improve processes to help the company scale and become more efficient.
• Respond to requests for information as needed including assisting company personnel with information or other data from the legal department, and assist auditors, outside counsel, regulatory agencies and others as required with information from corporate and legal files and minute books.
• Attend to notarization and legalization of corporate documents in the U.S.
• Assist with collecting documents for corporate insurance renewal.
• Discreetly handle confidential information and maintain complete confidentiality at all times.
• Act as a liaison with other departments, including senior management team, department heads, facility directors, and other corporate staff, to provide legal documents and agreements and to obtain from/furnish to government agencies information, data and forms.
• Provide some administrative support to the Legal department.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree

Paralegal degree or experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Access/databases

Job description

TerrAscend is seeking a Legal Assistant to support governance and compliance across U.S. and international subsidiaries. You will manage Board materials, Diligent access, and entity maintenance while assisting with Section 16 filings and D&O processes.

The role offers remote eligibility in CT and other states and opportunities to impact efficiency within a growing cannabis company. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree, 4+ years as a paralegal, and strong communication and analytical