Senior Corporate Paralegal

HKA Birmingham; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HKA, a global leader in risk mitigation and expert witness services, seeks a Senior Corporate Paralegal to support a high-performing in-house legal team in the Americas. Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel, Americas, you will enhance processes, manage contracts, maintain corporate records, and drive efficiency across legal operations.

You will coordinate contract intake, track obligations, and assist with regulatory research, compliance, and governance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of paralegal experience.
• Strong contract administration and legal process experience, including CLM tools.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel.
• Familiarity with corporate entity management and filings.
• Experience with generative AI tools, including Microsoft Copilot.
• Strong attention to detail and initiative.
• Ability to work independently and elevate matters appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Manage contract intake, tracking, storage, and administration across agreement types.
• Maintain contract databases and support large-scale contract organization projects.
• Coordinate agreement execution and track obligations, renewals, and key terms.
• Prepare standard agreements using templates and playbooks.
• Support conflicts processes and ethical wall implementation.
• Maintain corporate entities, registrations, filings, and governance records.
• Assist with collections, bankruptcy filings, legal spend tracking, and invoice management.
• Support subpoena responses and document collection efforts.
• Assist with compliance questionnaires and cross-functional legal initiatives.
• Conduct preliminary legal and regulatory research and track legal developments.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Contract administration

Legal process management

AI tools experience

Advanced MS Office

Corporate entity management

Attention to detail

Independent work

Tools

CLM tools

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

HKA is a global leader in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, and expert witness services. We tackle complex challenges with our multi-disciplinary expertise.
As trusted consultants and advisors, we deliver solutions in uncertain and disputed situations, ensuring the best outcomes for clients worldwide. Our experts have testified globally on major cases spanning across a wide range of industries and sectors.

As part of the HKA team you can expect:

• A strong collaborative culture with a mutual pursuit ofyour success alongside the success of our teams.

• The opportunity to solve problems creatively, contribute to our innovative direction, and be valued as an individual

• The ability to leverage HKA’s strong network and presence in various industriesand reputation for exceptional expert witnesses to accelerate career development and connections.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel, Americas, the Senior Corporate Paralegal supports a small, high-performing in-house legal team by improving the organization, efficiency, and scalability of legal operations. The role works closely with legal leadership and cross-functional teams to manage contracts, corporate maintenance, legal processes, and operational initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage contract intake, tracking, storage, and administration across agreement types.

• Maintain contract databases and support large-scale contract organization projects.

• Coordinate agreement execution and track obligations, renewals, and key terms.

• Prepare standard agreements using templates and playbooks.

• Support conflicts processes and ethical wall implementation.

• Maintain corporate entities, registrations, filings, and governance records.

• Assist with collections, bankruptcy filings, legal spend tracking, and invoice management.

• Support subpoena responses and document collection efforts.

• Assist with compliance questionnaires and cross-functional legal initiatives.

• Conduct preliminary legal and regulatory research and track legal developments.

Qualifications and Experience

Required

• 10+ years of paralegal experience.

• Strong contract administration and legal process experience, including CLM tools.

• Excellent organizational and project management skills.

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel.

• Familiarity with corporate entity management and filings.

• Experience with generative AI tools, including Microsoft Copilot.

• Strong attention to detail and initiative.

• Ability to work independently and elevate matters appropriately.

Preferred

• Experience supporting legal teams within professional services or consulting firms.

• Exposure to risk management, compliance, and corporate governance.

• Spanish language skills.

What we offer:

At HKA we recognize that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path.

Our Global Recruitment team is committed to providing an authentic candidate experience for all those who take the time to apply to HKA. We are committed to providing an efficient and insightful recruitment process giving candidates a true reflection of life at HKA.

Fairness and Equality at HKA:

HKA works hard to provide a welcoming environment for all of our employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our fairness and equality strategy. Please visit our website for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information.

All HKA employment decisions shall be made in accordance with controlling laws and based on merit.