[Hiring] Corporate Paralegal @Parallels Inc

Role Description

Parallels has an immediate vacancy for an experienced Corporate Paralegal. In this role, you will be a key partner to our team as well as cross-functional partners, supporting entity management, compliance, governance, and corporate transactions across Parallels' portfolio of U.S. and international entities, and with managing Parallels' IP portfolio. This role is well-suited for someone who thrives in a fast-moving, high-volume environment; enjoys building and developing procedures and processes; and is comfortable navigating complexity.

You will work closely with colleagues across Legal, Finance, Tax, People, and external counsel to ensure Parallels' corporate records, filings, compliance, governance, and IP practices are accurate, comprehensive, timely, and audit-ready.

As a Corporate Paralegal, you will:

• Manage the full lifecycle of entity administration, including formations, qualifications, dissolutions, annual reports, assist with franchise tax filings, and obtain certificates of good standing, certified copies and coordinate notarizations and apostilles.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date corporate records for Parallels and its subsidiaries, including minute books, stock ledgers, org. charts, officer/director lists, and entity management databases.
• Assist with new entity incorporations and structuring, including domestic and international subsidiary formations and post-incorporation operational matters (i.e. opening of bank accounts, obtaining tax registrations, injection of capitalizations, etc.), in coordination with outside counsel and cross-functional teams. Also, will help with entity dissolutions, mergers, and post-integration of acquired entities.
• Support Parallels' international entities with board and shareholder meetings, corporate maintenance, local filings, KYC requests, apostilles, legalizations, and cross-border documentation.
• Coordinate signatory authority, powers of attorney, and corporate approvals for commercial, financing, real estate, and employment matters.
• Respond to diligence requests in connection with financings, acquisitions, audits, commercial transactions, and regulatory inquiries.
• Be able to assist with in-house notarizations.
• Own and continuously improve entity management tools, workflows, and internal knowledge resources; help build scalable processes.
• Partner with cross-functional teams on matters including equity administration, tax, compliance, and insurance record maintenance.
• Manage Parallels' IP including interfacing with outside counsel and engineering on patent and trademark matters and maintenance.

Qualifications

• Paralegal certification or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience for a public or private software or IT company
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with all levels of the company, including executive management
• Strong attention to detail, with ability to think critically, analyze issues, and provide risk-balanced solutions
• Familiarity with relevant legal concepts, and administration and drafting of transaction documents, with particular focus on software licensing and related software agreements
• Bachelor’s Degree

Benefits

• Fully remote workspace
• No pressure to work in an office
• Flexible hours
• Supportive and energetic team environment

Company Description

Parallels is a top VDI/EUC product helping businesses since 1999. Whether it’s desktop or cloud, on-prem or hybrid, Parallels has a solution to help your company optimize the speed and security of your work environment at an affordable price.

Our products enable millions of connected knowledge workers around the world to do great work faster. Our success is driven by an unwavering commitment to deliver a broad portfolio of innovative applications – including Parallels RAS, Parallels Desktop Enterprise, and Parallels DaaS, among others.

It is our policy and practice to offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, age, religion, national origin, sex, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetics, or any other protected characteristic.

Parallels is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process and work environment. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodation that are required. Appropriate accommodation will be provided upon request as required by Federal and Provincial regulations and Company Policy. Any information received relating to accommodation will be treated as confidential.