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Harvey

Senior Corporate Paralegal

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  • Full Time
  • San Francisco, CA
November 6, 2024 Paralegal Business Law

Job Description

Why Harvey

Harvey is a secure AI platform for professionals in law, tax, and finance that augments productivity and automates complex workflows. Harvey uses algorithms with reasoning-adept LLMs that have been customized and developed by our expert team of lawyers, engineers and research scientists. We’ve found product market fit and are scaling our team very quickly. Some reasons to join Harvey are:

  • Exceptional product market fit: We have partnered with the largest law firms and professional service providers in the world, including Paul Weiss, A&O Shearman, Ashurst, O'Melveny & Myers, PwC, KKR, and many others.

  • Strategic investors: Raised over $200 million from strategic investors including Sequoia, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and the OpenAI Startup Fund.

  • World-class team: Harvey is hiring the best talent from DeepMind, Google Brain, Stripe, FAIR, Tesla Autopilot, Glean, Superhuman, Figma, and more.

  • Partnerships: Our engineers and researchers work directly with OpenAI to build the future of generative AI and redefine professional services.

  • Performance: $0-30M ARR in the last 18 months.

  • Compensation: Top of market cash and equity compensation.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Corporate Paralegal to join our legal team as the first paralegal hire! In this role, you will report to the Head of Corporate Legal and provide critical support to the legal department and be responsible for a wide range of corporate legal tasks. We are looking for someone who is organized, takes initiative, is adaptable to business needs, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. If you are excited about a high-impact legal opportunity at a rapidly growing AI company, we want to hear from you!

What You'll Do
  • Corporate entity governance and maintenance for domestic and foreign entities

  • Prepare board materials, written consents, resolutions, certifications, minutes, and other corporate documentation

  • Assist with legal aspects of special projects, including financings, real estate, insurance, and M&A: transactions documents, due diligence, and ongoing obligations.

  • Support compliance function, including maintaining policy database and providing guidance on legal processes and procedures

  • Support the drafting and maintenance of employment-related documents

  • Conduct legal research and benchmarking

  • Respond to internal and external legal inquiries (e.g., vendor KYC)

  • Work with other members of the legal team and as well as other company functional departments on special initiatives

  • Provide operational support to the legal team (e.g., manage legal subscriptions)

What You Have
  • Minimum of five years of corporate paralegal experience in a law firm or technology company, with a broad scope of practice: corporate governance, securities, employment, and strategic transactions

  • Registered notary

  • Bachelor’s degree (paralegal certificate is a plus)

  • Self-motivated individual with strong organizational skills and attention to detail

  • Reliable problem solver who is able to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities with a service-oriented attitude

  • Team-focused and collaborative work style; willingness to build expertise and solve new challenges in an evolving practice

  • Plus: Experience with employee equity and cap table management software (e.g., Carta) or willingness to learn

Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.



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