Remote Corporate Governance Paralegal

TerrAscend; Florida; Remote; USD 39,000 - 49,000; Full time

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Job summary

TerrAscend Corp. is seeking a Legal Assistant reporting to the Senior Counsel, Securities & Financing, and joining the Legal and Compliance team. You will help prepare draft materials for board meetings, manage Diligent and related governance tasks, and support entity maintenance for U.S.

and international subsidiaries. You will assist with Section 16 filings, D&O questionnaires, and process improvements to deliver cost-effective legal services.

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.
• Prior experience in entity maintenance and governance required.
• Knowledge and experience in Board of Directors engagement, including past corporate secretarial experience preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint; SharePoint; database (Access, etc.); Diligent.
• Strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills with the ability to effectively work with staff at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Support corporate governance processes, including management of content, calendars and matters arising out of any Board of Directors and Board Committee efforts.
• Manage the annual calendar for the Board of Directors and pre-emptively prepare for any upcoming meetings or matters.
• Maintain Diligent, the board of directors’ central resource for meeting information.
• Management, organization, and maintenance of corporate and subsidiary records.
• 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.
• Responsibility to prepare and manage Company’s entity organization chart.
• Oversee auditor requests with regard to quarterly audits and other special matters, in addition to internal audit requirements, related to corporate governance.
• Assist with implementing and maintaining compliance related policies and processes.

Skills

Governance

Paralegal work

Document management

MS Office

Diligent

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Paralegal degree or experience

Tools

Diligent

SharePoint

Access

Job description

TerrAscend Corp. is seeking a Legal Assistant reporting to the Senior Counsel, Securities & Financing, and joining the Legal and Compliance team. You will help prepare draft materials for board meetings, manage Diligent and related governance tasks, and support entity maintenance for U.S.

and international subsidiaries. You will assist with Section 16 filings, D&O questionnaires, and process improvements to deliver cost-effective legal services.