Our Opportunity:

Chewy seeks a well-rounded Corporate Paralegal to join its growing legal department in Boston, MA.The right candidate will have proficiency in handling a wide variety of corporate matters including corporate governance and board management, corporate compliance, business and professional licensing, contract and document management, and a willingness to expand into new substantive areas to support business needs.  

What You'll Do:

• Corporate Governance and Board Management:
  • Assist with preparing board and committee materials, including assembling meeting books using an electronic board portal
  • Draft corporate resolutions, minutes, and similar documents and ensure executed documents are filed
  • Assist in managing the corporate secretary mailbox, calendar and communications
  • Support annual stockholder meetings (planning and logistics), including administrative aspects of distribution of proxy statements
• Contract and Document Management:
  • Lead file and record management across the legal team
  • Support Commercial Contracts Team in keeping centralized records of current contracts
  • Organize, maintain, and keep current various form libraries, corporate policies, legal documents
• Corporate and Business Licensing: 
  • Assist with the organization’s business, corporate, and professional (e.g., pharmacy related) license portfolio across all jurisdictions
  • Correspond with registered agent, licensing service providers, and internal stakeholders to follow up on applications or renewals, supply requested information, and ensure any open issues are addressed in a timely and appropriate manner
  • Adhere to strict internal and external deadlines and manage a tracking/reminder system
• Backup Functions:
  • Support members of the legal team across all practice areas as needed
  • Assist with securities compliance matters
  • Legal Department administration

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or paralegal studies certificate required
• 5+ years of experience as a paralegal or similar legal role at a law firm or in-house
• Self-starter with exceptional organization skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate and collaborate with individuals at all levels in and out of the organization
• Ability to problem solve and think critically with minimal supervision
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel and online research tools; willingness to own/maintain relevant software. Experience with Board management software preferred
• Common sense, great judgement, and a good sense of humor
• Position may require travel

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