US Paralegal Specialist

Role Summary   This role provides paralegal-level corporate and litigation support for FME's US legal matters from the GBS India Legal Center of Excellence in Bangalore, handling matter administration, entity/compliance administration, contract execution support and litigation support tasks under the direction of US-based attorneys.    Key Responsibilities   Matter & Case Administration   Post documents to the legal tracker and other matter-management systems   Open new cases/matters and set up corresponding legal tracker records   Support onboarding of outside counsel   Support vendor setup for settlement payments   Corporate Entity & Compliance Support   Liaise with registered agents on entity filings   Assist in responding to know-your-customer (KYC) inquiries from banks and financial institutions   Maintain the annual US attorney registration/licensing verification list   Procure apostilles for cross-border document legalization   Maintain the legal tracker    Liaise with the Philippines-based accounts payable team on legal billing matters   Perform general administrative assistant responsibilities in support of the legal team   Contract Execution Support   Create redlines and comparisons of contracts to support attorney review   Route contracts for internal approvals and signatures, and obtain signatures for contract execution   Upload documents to virtual data rooms ("clean rooms") to support due diligence and transaction processes   Litigation Support   Coordinate settlement payments   Monitor the damages tracking spreadsheet and track monetary recoveries    Set up, maintain and release legal holds; update legal referrals internally   Support responses to subpoenas involving FME employees (where FME is not a party), under attorney direction     Level-Specific Scope   Performs the tasks above independently with limited supervision from supervising attorneys and the Paralegal Manager; may begin to review and guide administrative/entry-level colleagues on routine instances of this work   Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex coordination, drafting and administrative matters, often requiring judgment about process and prioritization; escalates matters requiring legal interpretation, litigation strategy, or transaction terms to supervising attorneys   Contributions begin to influence team-level process improvements (e.g. legal tracker usage, workflow standardization) but do not set functional strategy   Represents FME in routine coordination with external parties (registered agents, banks on KYC matters, document-legalization services) within a clearly defined, attorney-authorized scope   Modifies existing administrative and coordination processes to improve efficiency; does not set new firm-wide policy independently   Qualifications   Bachelor's degree required (law degree not required); paralegal certificate or equivalent qualification preferred   Bachelor's degree with approximately 3-6 years of relevant experience, including experience in corporate and/or litigation paralegal support, ideally supporting US legal matters from an LPO, GCC/GBS, or in-house legal environment   Familiarity with US corporate entity administration (registered agents, KYC/banking compliance, attorney licensing tracking) and litigation support processes (legal holds, subpoena response, settlement tracking) is a plus   Experience with legal matter-management/tracker systems, contract redlining/comparison tools, and virtual data room platforms preferred   Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail; ability to manage multiple concurrent administrative and coordination workstreams   Excellent written and spoken English required   Discretion and ability to handle confidential corporate and litigation-related information