About The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a skilled Corporate Governance Paralegal with entity management experience! This hybrid in-house role is with a very well-known Epiq Counsel client!

Introduction

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful in-house legal secondment work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers and legal professionals work on a wide variety of legal matters for Fortune 500 clients.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a commercial paralegal, with significant exposure to entity management.
• Strong understanding of corporate law.
• Familiarity with international corporate governance standards is a plus.
• Proficiency in legal research tools and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with entity management software and databases.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• High ethical standards and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and integrity.
• Willingness to support a hybrid role requiring three days onsite in Central London-based office.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Support our multinational corporate client on the following:

• Conduct legal research and provide summaries on various legal issues related to corporate governance and entity management.
• Draft and review legal documents and correspondence between Legal, Treasury and Controllership (Finance) teams.
• Liaise with external counsel and corporate secretarial advisors to support dialy legal and entity governance tasks.
• Assisting in drafting and reviewing various legal documents, including board minutes, resolutions, and shareholders agreements.
• Maintain a database of all group entities, including domestic and international subsidiaries.
• Supporting solicitors with mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions by conducting due diligence, preparing transaction documents, and managing document execution.
• Assisting with company secretarial duties, including filing at Companies House, maintaining statutory registers, and preparing necessary documentation for corporate filings.
• Supporting with quarterly board meeting preparation, board minute writing and corresponding with directors on follow-up actions.
• Managing and updating corporate files and records.
• Supporting the team with general administrative tasks, including file management and client communications.
• Maintaining matter trackers and creating efficiencies to optimise Corporate Governance team workflows by leveraging the use of internal AI tools.

Benefits

• Hybrid schedule - three days onsite in Central London-based office.
• Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement.
• One-on-one engagement support and coaching.
• We offer market beating benefits in the alternative legal services space, including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, pension and comprehensive healthcare.

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.