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Paralegal, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital

General Legal · Remote · Remote

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About General Legal

The law firm for companies that need senior counsel without a traditional firm. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

We’re hiring a Paralegal to support our Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice—working directly with our attorneys on financings, formations, equity administration, and startup-side M&A for a growing roster of startup and investor clients.

What they're looking for

  • 3+ years of corporate/transactional paralegal experience, with substantive ECVC experience: incorporations, venture financings, and cap table/equity plan administration
  • Experience with capitalization management platforms such as Carta or Shareworks
  • A four-year degree and/or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program
  • Experience in a law firm, legal tech, or in-house legal environment, startup or high-growth company exposure strongly preferred
  • Solid working knowledge of NVCA-style financing documents, SAFEs, and convertible notes, exposure to startup-side M&A (asset deals, acqui-hires, company sales) is a plus
  • Substantial experience with Excel spreadsheets and exemplary written communication and organizational skills
More about this role

Type: Full-time

General Legal is an AI-native law firm built to deliver high-quality corporate legal work faster and more predictably than traditional firms. We combine top-of-market, U.S.-barred attorneys with AI-native workflows to handle drafting, review, and negotiation end to end—without billable hours, bloated process, or junior handoffs.

We operate like a startup because we are one. That means modern tooling, outcome-based pricing, remote-friendly work, and a focus on building repeatable processes that scale. By using AI to handle the routine parts of legal work, we give our team the space to focus on judgment and the issues that actually matter to clients.

We’re starting with commercial and emerging companies work for growing companies—and we’re looking for a paralegal who wants to do great work in a firm that’s rethinking how legal services get delivered.

We’re hiring a Paralegal to support our Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice—working directly with our attorneys on financings, formations, equity administration, and startup-side M&A for a growing roster of startup and investor clients. This is a hands-on execution role: you’ll own the corporate...

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