What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Paralegal position at Zep Inc.?
Are you a highly organized, detail-oriented legal professional who enjoys being at the center of the action? Zep is looking for a Corporate Paralegal to join our team and provide critical support to the Chief Administrative & Legal Officer and the broader business.
This is an opportunity to play a meaningful role across corporate governance, commercial contracts, litigation, risk management, and legal operations while partnering with leaders and teams across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Governance
- Maintain corporate and entity records, resolutions, consents, and governance documents
- Support corporate filings, renewals, certifications, and other legal requirements
- Assist with special legal and governance projects
Commercial Contracts
- Support the preparation, review, negotiation, and administration of customer and commercial agreements
- Coordinate contracts through review, approval, execution, and retention
- Track renewals, expirations, notice periods, and contractual obligations
- Identify non-standard terms and potential risks for escalation
Litigation & Risk Management
- Support litigation, claims, disputes, subpoenas, and other legal matters
- Coordinate information and document requests
- Assist with legal holds, document preservation, discovery, and other litigation activities
- Partner with outside counsel, insurance providers, and internal stakeholders
Legal Operations
- Conduct legal and regulatory research
- Maintain legal calendars, trackers, templates, databases, and document repositories
- Help improve legal processes, workflows, and document-management practices
- Collaborate with Finance, HR, Sales, Operations, Procurement, and other teams
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who is proactive, resourceful, highly organized, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
You’ll bring:
- A bachelor’s degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Prior paralegal or legal support experience in a corporate legal department or law firm
- Familiarity with corporate documents, commercial contracts, and legal matters
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and sound judgment
- The ability to work independently while collaborating across functions
- Comfort learning legal, contract-management, and document-management technology
Why Join Zep?
This is more than a traditional paralegal role. You’ll have the opportunity to work across multiple areas of the business, collaborate with senior leaders and outside counsel, and help build efficient legal processes that support Zep’s continued success.
Ready to bring your legal expertise to a role with real business impact? We’d love to hear from you!
Thank You for Your Interest and Consideration in a Career with Zep!
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