01 Nov
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Fresenius Medical Care
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Bengaluru
01 Nov
Fresenius Medical Care
Bengaluru
**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 + Solid 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
📌 US Paralegal Specialist (Bengaluru)
🏢 Fresenius Medical Care
📍 Bengaluru