Legal and Admin Internship

We are looking for a Legal Intern to join our Finance & Legal team and support the legal backbone of our business. This role is an ideal entry point to a legal career at startups that operate internationally.

You will assist with legal filings, documentation, agreements, resolutions, meeting minutes, and other legal operations, while also supporting the Finance team with finance-related documentation and administrative processes when needed.

This role is ideal for new Law graduates or last year students who are organized, detail-oriented, and curious about how legal and finance functions work together in a fast paced international startup.

• Work closely with an agile team of employees while having a chance to touch many different areas of the company's area of business. 

• Assist legal counsel to review contracts and legally direct procedures.

• Assist legal counsel to draft resolutions, meeting minutes, bylaws, operating agreements, partnership agreements, formation documents, and other corporate governance documents in compliance with applicable law.

• Prepare and execute various filings

• Perform legal/administrative tasks such as notary visits, document categorization, filing etc. 

• Assist financial and accounting-related activities in a timely manner with the Finance team.

• Perform research on corporate law, employment law, tax law, privacy law matters. 

• Legal research in general.

• Assist in onboarding, orientation and off-boarding activities and preparation and maintenance of personal files. 

• Assisting company employees in their day to day questions and requests. 

• Manage day to day financial, operational and administrative tasks assigned. 

• Other legal and finance related responsibilities and tasks to be assigned, as needed.

• New graduate with a Law degree, or last year at university with a Legal major or minor.

• It is critical that you have a strong, proactive work ethic, an un-tempered intellectual curiosity, and the ability to work effectively independently and collaboratively with a team. Working knowledge of basic corporate law and corporate governance principles

• Proven experience working with legal documents, contracts, or leases

• Process-oriented with the ability to critically review current procedures and policies and recommend and implement changes.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English with legal terminology

• Sound professional judgment, logic, and reasoning

• Keen attention to detail and penchant for accuracy, timeliness, and organization

• Superior problem-solving skills, proactive and hard-working

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Products, collaborative tools, and legal support application

• Highly responsive to internal and external stakeholders

• Efficient prioritization and management of multiple competing priorities