Paralegal

About us

Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing in emerging and frontier markets, offering market research, investment advisory and asset management services. We are regulated by FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and our daughter company Symbiotics (UK) Ltd has an investment firm license from the FCA in the UK. Symbiotics currently employs 160 people and is headquartered in Geneva, with further offices in Zurich, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Mexico City, Singapore, Cape Town, Delhi and Yerevan. Since 2004, we have invested over USD 6.9bn in more than over 500 microfinance institutions across over 90 emerging and frontier markets, working with more than 62 investment funds and many institutional investors.

We are a fast-growing, market-leading company, offering a dynamic work environment in the growing impact investment space. Our people are our biggest competitive advantage.

About the Job
Who we are looking for
You are an experienced paralegal who will play a pivotal role within our Legal Division, handling governmental filings/registrations, maintaining legal records, coordinating projects, carrying out internal communication duties, and other administrative duties. The paralegal should be extremely organized, detail-oriented, and flexible.

Although based in our Geneva headquarters, the paralegal will be liaising with all of our subsidiaries around the world, so strong social skills are a plus.

This position will report to the Head of Legal and will work at 100% (note: the paralegal could also be hired at 80% or 90% the individual would prefer).

**Job Description**:
Maintaining Various Legal Resources

Centralize Legal Documents with electronic and physical files
Maintain group policy register and coordinate routine updates
Keep the legal intranet page up-to-date
Maintain and file documents in shareholder database
Assist with document requests
Maintain and organize trademark verifications
Legal Registrations/Filings
Maintain company registrations (i.e., FATCA, LEI, Commercial Register, etc.)
Manage group insurance
Fulfil notarization and/or apostille requests
Conduct various other filings
Legal Documents
Check final versions of contracts, memos, etc. for spelling, grammar, and formatting issues
Fill in basic information in current templates

Administrative Tasks
Coordinate projects with several other subsidiaries and/or departments
Procure digital and physical signatures on documents
Organize mass mailings
Help with event organization
Take minutes of meetings
Conduct various other administrative duties

Your Qualification

We are looking for a dynamic person who is detail-oriented, autonomous, and able to work in an international and challenging environment.

More specifically, you have the following skills and competencies:
Bachelor degree with a specialization, addition qualification and/or experience in law (knowledge of finance and/or administration is a plus)
You can demonstrate several years’ experience as a paralegal in a law firm or corporate legal department, working with management
You are very organized, autonomous, and have excellent attention to detail
You are adept and agile to perform in a fast-paced environment, and managing competing demands and priorities
You are IT savvy and have a good working knowledge of Outlook, SharePoint, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
You are comfortable to work in an international and multi-cultural workplace
You pride yourself in providing a great client experience
You have a high level of integrity and confidentiality
You have an interest in impact finance and/or sustainable development
You are perfectly fluent in both English and French. Other languages such as Spanish would be a plus
Swiss/EU National or valid Swiss Work Permit is required
You enjoy collaborating with others to reach common goals

Job Offer
What makes us different?
The chance to contribute to improving the lives of people in emerging and frontier countries, to work towards supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals
A flexible work environment with colleagues from 41 countries
The opportunity to become part of a growing business that pushes you to excel every day while having a positive impact on others