Junior Funds Paralegal

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🔥 14 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

💼 Paralegal

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Scissero

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

⚖️ Legal

💼 Consulting

☁️ SaaS

Legal • Consulting • SaaS

Scissero is a legal-technology company that provides a cloud-based platform to convert contracts and other legal documents into structured, machine-readable data. It uses natural language processing and machine learning to extract clauses, metadata, and obligations, and exposes integrations and APIs so enterprises and legal teams can embed contract intelligence into workflows and automation. The product is offered as a B2B SaaS with developer-friendly interfaces for downstream systems and compliance processes.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain corporate structure charts for private equity and corporate M&A clients across APAC and US jurisdictions • Analyse and verify corporate formation documents and shareholder registers to establish ownership across legal entities • Review investor agreements and transaction documentation to support private equity funds’ securities-law compliance • Collaborate with clients and the Fund Formation & Structure Chart team across APAC and US time zones • Test, provide feedback on, and refine AI-enabled tools for structure-chart preparation and fund-formation processes • Identify repetitive or manual workflow tasks suitable for automation and support rollout of new tools • Partner with the Senior Funds Lawyer and management to keep diagrams current and legally compliant • Monitor project timelines, maintain trackers and weekly progress reports, and communicate updates • Support drafting, reviewing, and management of legal documentation for corporate transactions • Prepare, file, and manage business-entity documents with relevant authorities for corporations, LLCs, and partnerships • Ensure compliance with legal regulations across supported jurisdictions • Use legal software and AI-enabled tools to improve chart-preparation efficiency and precision

🎯 Requirements

• No specific legal qualification or funds experience is required • Willingness and ability to learn corporate structures, entity documentation, and fund-formation processes on the job • Robust knowledge of corporate structures, legal entities, and their interconnections across multiple jurisdictions • Exceptionally organised, with an impeccable eye for detail and pride in producing accurate, well-structured documentation • Comfortable with repetitive, iterative structure-chart and document maintenance work • Interest in using AI tools to improve legal documentation processes • High proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint • Familiarity with legal management software • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Effective written and verbal communication skills • Ability to liaise with colleagues and clients across jurisdictions and time zones • Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a distributed global team • Commitment to strict confidentiality in legal and client dealings • Prior investment funds operations, ownership-structure review, or M&A due diligence experience is valuable but not required • Johannesburg or Cape Town, South Africa location • Ability to work 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. BST

🏖️ Benefits

• Hybrid and remote working options, with the ability to request to work from other countries (upon request) • Paid Sick Leave: 7 days per year to recover or care for family • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering mental health and wellbeing support • 7 days per year of paid study leave annually for exams and structured learning • Discretionary and performance-based annual bonus • 20 days of annual leave, plus public holidays • Professional growth and development opportunities • Global client exposure and learning from experienced professionals • Diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment