Corporate Paralegal - Elite Venture Capital Firm

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Corporate Paralegal - Elite Venture Capital Firm

A leading, multi-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park is seeking a Corporate Paralegal to join its legal team. This role will support fund operations, venture and private equity investments and exits, and capital markets. You will also play a key role in implementing processes and tools to support the legal function’s growth in this rapidly scaling firm.

This is a hybrid role, with an in-office requirement of 3 days/week at either the San Francisco or Menlo Park office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft, execute, and manage fund offering materials, disclosures, partnership agreements and other fund legal documentation.
• Support venture and private equity investment and exit transactions, including due diligence, conflict checks, document preparation, closing mechanics and post-closing administration.
• Work closely with legal and finance teams to keep the fund’s internal operations running smoothly.
• Process stockholder consents and similar requests from the fund’s portfolio.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and service providers on legal matters and documentation.
• Review and negotiate short contracts such as vendor and non-disclosure agreements.
• Perform corporate housekeeping tasks, including document filing, data organization and daily tracking of documents.
• Collaborate on fund-wide initiatives and other special projects as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience as a corporate paralegal preferred, but open to college graduates interested in gaining legal experience before attending law school as well.
• Corporate transactional, M&A, private equity, capital markets, and/or fund formation experience preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Proficiency in legal document management and related technology tools.
• Experience working on a dispersed team and/or for a large organization, managing communications across multiple teams.

Application Process:

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