# Senior Paralegal

> Waed Ventures · Dhahran, Saudi Arabia · Full-time · Posted 2025-02-03

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Strategy, Governance, Risk & Compliance

## Description

**Job Summary:**

To perform the Governance & facilitate Legal activities of the company

**Key Responsibilities:**

**1.       Legal and Contractual**

·         Coordinate legal due diligence for prospective investee companies

·         Review preliminary drafts of standard transactional documents and revise as necessary

·         Advise on ways to streamline processes to help close transactions more effectively

·         Respond as directed by the supervising attorney to regulatory and audit inquiries

·         Conduct advanced factual research and basic legal research, as requested

·         Participate in meetings with the VC team and act as a SME for mandate, legal, contractual, jurisdiction and structural matters

·         Work with supervising attorney and business partners to ensure that materials are received in a timely manner, for distribution to management, and assist with review of materials for successful presentation to boards and committees

·         Work with the supervising attorney and business partners, to ensure that committee activities are set forth accurately in committee and company charters

**2.       KYC & Background checks**

·         Manage/ coordinate KYC on target companies and founders

·         Manage all communication with KYC consultants (contract renewal, raising of PRs, reviewing of invoices)

·         Ensure documentation of closure of red flags identified in the KYC reports

·         Coordinate with SAO industrial security or other entities for conducting the background checks.

**3.       Portfolio Governance (Post funding)**

·         Advise on all legal. contractual and other regulatory matters related to portfolio

·         Review all SH resolutions received from the portfolio companies

·         Organize trainings related to Governance and Regulatory matters for the founders and portfolio companies (BoD governance, Companies law etc)

·         Review and advise on compliance of Portfolio companies with the signed agreements. Any non-compliance observations should be highlighted to the VC team

When requested for a peculiar matter, review Board materials of Portfolio companies Boards and provide comments to the Board members in advance of the Board meeting

**4.       Wa’ed Board and Board committees Coordination**

·         Prepare Annual Board and Board committee calendar

·         Coordinate with Wa’ed Leadership and Company Secretary to organize Board meetings

·         Prepare agenda & track all submissions completed timely by the person responsible

·         Perform Quality Review on all agenda item submissions before reviewing with the MD

·         Coordinate with Board Secretary to ensure the Board materials are submitted within the stipulated timeline

·         Ensure timely completion of Board minutes by the Board secretary – review board minutes to ensure completeness (draft the Board and committee MoMs, if required to expedite the process)

·         Follow-up and ensure timely closure of all action items

·         Ensure final version of the Board packs are saved in the Board folders

Draft emails and other communications to the Board and committees

**5.       Advisory on Governance & Documentation control**

·         Act as SME on all Governance documentation including Shareholder Mandate, Articles of Association, Delegation of authority matters. This may require consultation with the GRC specialist

·         Coordinate and manage all matters related to Conflict of Interest. Get clarification and confirmation from the SAO CoI team wherever needed.

·         Ensure the key documentation by each department is filed in an auditable manner and as per the requirements of the respective policies

·         Ensure all the signed/ legally enforceable documents are safely filed in a firesafe locker

·         Ensure data classification and data protection guidance are practiced

Organize staff training on legal and regulatory matters

**Managerial Duties**

As this portfolio grows this position may be required to supervise an analyst with the legal background.

## Requirements

·         Bachelor’s in law or any related fields.

·         Certification in Para legal.

·         Accredited Legal Professional (ALP).

·         \[ICA Certification\].

·         Minimum 5 years experience.

·         Basic knowledge of legal frameworks and regulatory environment.

·         Knowledge of corporate structures and entity formation.

·         Advanced corporate governance background.

·         Basic knowledge in securities and transactional documents.

·         Excellent oral and written communication skills.

·         Ability to handle and maintain confidential information appropriately.

·         Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment.

·         Well-organized with attention to details.

## Apply

[Apply at Waed Ventures](https://apply.workable.com/waed-1/j/387F1A2563/apply)

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