Paralegal - Mission Lane

Paralegal

Mission Lane is seeking a proactive and organized Paralegal to manage the company's day-to-day corporate legal operations. This newly created role reports to the Deputy General Counsel, Corporate, and is crucial for maintaining compliance, supporting governance, and facilitating efficient legal processes.

What You'll Do:

• Manage corporate legal tasks including investor due diligence, audit requests, governance, filings, and outside counsel relationships.
• Oversee due diligence and audit requests from intake to completion, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Support corporate governance by preparing and maintaining documentation, assisting with filings, and managing entity records and renewals.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with outside counsel and legal vendors, including invoice and budget oversight.
• Collaborate with Finance, IT, Tax, Treasury, and People Teams to streamline legal workflows.
• Assist attorneys with commercial transactions and compliance matters, exercising sound judgment with limited direction.
• Grow into adjacent responsibilities as the legal function scales, such as Board coordination, legal research, and contract drafting/review.

What You'll Bring:

• A proactive approach to anticipating needs and managing deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and stakeholders concurrently.
• Strong project management skills, with the capacity to view diligence requests as project plans.
• Comfort working independently with attorneys and knowing when to escalate issues.
• Curiosity and experience with AI tools to enhance legal operations.
• A desire to grow with the Legal team and take on expanding responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of corporate and transactional experience, preferably in a large corporate legal department or law firm.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Exceptional project management and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to multitask in a deadline-driven environment.
• Proven experience with corporate transactions, due diligence, and compliance.
• Experience managing budgets and vendor relationships, including law firm billing.
• Excellent communication, research, and organizational skills.
• Comfort working with AI tools and a willingness to adopt new technologies.
• Ability to work fully remote, with occasional business travel and company event attendance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the financial services industry.
• Experience negotiating commercial contracts.
• Experience managing a corporate IP portfolio.
• Residence in the Greater Richmond, Virginia area.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Annual full-time starting base salary range: $95,000 – $124,000.
• Eligibility for annual incentive and equity programs.
• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, 401(k) match, monthly wellness stipend, health/dental/vision insurance, disability coverage, paid parental leave, flexible spending accounts, and life insurance.
• Remote-first work environment.