Junior Paralegal, Contracts
Carta provides an intelligent platform for private capital operations, connecting data, workflows, and people.
About Carta
Carta operates a platform for private capital that helps companies, private equity and venture capital firms, limited partners, and other financial organizations manage portfolios, move money, and model investment scenarios. Its offerings include equity and cap table management, valuations, compensation, liquidity, fund administration, fund tax, SPVs, deal CRM, portfolio valuations, loan operations, LP analytics, compliance, contracts, and attorney-led legal services. Carta combines software, AI capabilities, and expert human services for private capital workflows.
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About the Role
Join Carta's North America Contracts team within Carta Law, working alongside lawyers, senior paralegals, and embedded AI agents on investor onboarding, transaction KYC, and high-volume legal work. The role offers opportunities to rotate across or specialize in practice areas, build legal expertise, take ownership of client accounts, and progress toward qualification via the SQE route.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in law or equivalent preferred; prior exposure to NDAs or KYC is a plus but not required
- Eagerness to learn and develop expertise in legal practice
- Strong organization and ability to prioritize competing deadlines
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Self-starter who takes initiative and works independently when needed
- Effective collaborator and team player
Responsibilities
- Support lawyers with first-round markups of investment-related NDAs and commercial contracts
- Manage document lifecycles, track deadlines, communicate with counterparties, and assist with execution
- Work closely with lawyers and senior paralegals to deliver high-quality client service across fast-moving, high-volume matters
- Build commercial and legal expertise, take ownership of client accounts, and progress toward qualification via the SQE route
Benefits
- Equity for all full time roles
- Exceptional benefits