Corporate Paralegal – Summer 2026 Start
About The Position
Cleary Gottlieb is a pioneer in globalizing the legal profession. We have 14 offices in major financial centers around the world, but we operate as a single, integrated global partnership and not a U.S. firm with a network of overseas locations. The firm employs approximately 1,100 lawyers from more than 50 countries. Since 1946 our lawyers and staff have worked across practices, industries, jurisdictions and continents to provide clients with simple, actionable approaches to their most complex legal and business challenges, whether domestic or international. We support every client relationship with intellectual agility, commercial acumen and a human touch. The firm's cutting-edge corporate practice exposes Corporate Paralegals to a wide variety of corporate transactions, such as loan restructuring, initial public offerings, or large-scale mergers. In addition to transactional work, Corporate Paralegals participate in meaningful legal and non-legal pro bono work through the firm. This diversity of experience makes the Corporate Paralegal position an excellent learning opportunity for those interested in attending law school, enrolling in business school, or pursuing other career goals.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with strong academic background (minimum 3.3 GPA)
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously while working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Excellent time management, organizational, interpersonal, problem-solving, and written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to deliver results with a sense of urgency
- Capacity to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality
- Flexibility to work outside regular business hours, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends as needed
- Must be willing to make a two-year commitment
Nice To Haves
- Fluency in a foreign language (i.e. Spanish, Portuguese) is a plus
Responsibilities
- Finalizing and compiling documents in connection with deal closings
- Drafting signature pages in connection with the execution of important deal documents
- Organizing transactional documents
- Preparing closing sets to be sent to clients and other involved parties
- Drafting and filing certificates of incorporation, by-laws, resolutions, and foreign qualifications of companies
- Liaising between attorneys and various state agencies and services
- Fact checking financial and operational information in publicly filed documents
- Managing electronic data rooms
- Notarizing documents for attorneys and clients
- Participating in due diligence investigations
- Performing cross-reference and defined terms checks
- Preparing basic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other governmental agencies
- Translating foreign language documents and interpreting for clients and/or lawyers (subject to paralegal's ability)
- Draft ancillary deal documents including officer certificates, agreements and UCC filings
- Interacting with the Bay Area, Washington, D.C., and global offices
Benefits
- Cleary provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health care benefits.
- More information can be found here: Benefits
- The estimated base salary for this position is $60,000 at the time of posting.
- The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of job-related factors, including skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope and complexity of role responsibilities, geographic location, and performance.
- This role is non-exempt meaning that it is overtime pay eligible.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
