Sr Corporate Paralegal

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SparkCognition catalyzes sustainable growth for our clients throughout the world with proven artificial intelligence (AI) systems, award-winning machine learning technology, and a multinational team of AI thought leaders. Our clients are trusted with advancing lives, infrastructure, sustainability, and financial systems across the globe. They partner with SparkCognition to understand their industry's most pressing challenges, analyze complex data, empower decision-making, and transform human and industrial productivity with scalable AI solutions to solve the problems that matter most.
As a Senior Corporate Paralegal, you would be part of SparkCognition's quickly growing in-house Legal Department. Every day, the Legal Department collaborates with other organizations within the company to ensure that the company reaches its business goals in a legal and compliant manner. SparkCognition is an ambitious enterprise and joining SparkCognition's Legal Department offers an opportunity to participate in a remarkably wide array of projects considering the company's size. Your colleagues (and in some cases you!) will be responsible for matters including but not limited to corporate, financing, governance, customer and vendor agreements, intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, litigation, compliance, and public company readiness
Join us and:

  • Ensuring proper, consistent management of global subsidiaries, external counsel, corporate secretarial service providers, global entity information, global org. chart, and obtaining EINs
  • Supporting corporate transactional legal matters, including mergers, acquisitions, financings, and their related data rooms, diligence, KYC, and closing mechanics
  • Preparing and managing filings and related documents as directed by in-house attorneys
  • Coordinating and working with internal stakeholders, external counsel, and accounting firms on projects related to corporate governance and legal reporting matters
  • Gaining familiarity with organizational documents, including articles of incorporation, operating agreements, board resolutions, and stockholder resolutions, and governance minute books
  • Maintaining legal files
  • Fielding tasks received by the legal team through in-house intake channels and coordinating assignment of the tasks to the relevant member(s) of the in-house legal team
  • Cross-functionally training and role/responsibilities backup


You'll have:

  • Paralegal certification, associate degree, or equivalent experience
  • Bachelor's degree, preferred
  • At least 7 years of applicable experience, preferably with an in-house legal department, including experience in managing corporate matters
  • Experience working in the in-house legal department of a public company or a private company transitioning to a public company, preferred
  • Experience working at a technology company is a plus
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, DocuSign, Document Management, Adobe Acrobat Pro, SalesForce (training available)
  • Texas notary public, preferred (we will help you establish and maintain this credential)
  • Ability to perform work under minimal supervision and perform priority shifting as needed


SparkCognition is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. SparkCognition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

More Information on SparkCognition
SparkCognition operates in the Artificial Intelligence industry. The company is located in Austin, TX. SparkCognition was founded in 2013. It has 360 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Friends outside of work, Eat lunch together, Intracompany committees, Open door policy, OKR operational model and Group brainstorming sessions. To see all 4 open jobs at SparkCognition, click here.
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