Ready to join the firm that's purpose-built for founders?

Founders embraces diversity and equal opportunity as a cornerstone to its continued growth. We are committed to building a legal team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Founders is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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Job Overview

Founders Law LLC is looking for a corporate paralegal for our growing corporate practice, which advises entrepreneurs, startups, and venture capital funds as outside counsel. The successful candidate will share the entrepreneurial spirit of our clients and thrive in our growing firm that acts and feels like a startup itself. The position is remote while our new location is being built (available February 2023), and then will be hybrid.

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Position Highlights‍

• Startup clients are interesting, high-growth, and constantly creative.
• Team-based environment that bucks the traditional top-down law firm.
• Unique compensation structure emphasizes incentive compensation.

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Responsibilities and Duties

• Effectuate entity formations, including document drafting and filing with state agencies.
• Manage the firm’s corporate docket and ensure timely filing of all annual reports.
• Work with attorneys during corporate transactions, including managing checklists, drafting
  signature packets, sending documents out for electronic signature, assembling executed
  documents, and preparing closing books.
• Draft consents and agreements for transactions and annual corporate compliance.
• Research legal and commercial issues for client deliverables, including securities compliance.
• Communicate effectively with clients and attorneys to address open issues and tasks.

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Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of corporate and transactional experience as a certified paralegal.
• Excellent communication, organization, and document management skills.
• Familiarity with Illinois and Delaware Secretary of State websites, forms, and procedures.
• Prior experience with startups is a plus, but not required.

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Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to careers@founderslaw.com.

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