Paralegal, Contracts

The Company Youll Join

Carta connects founders investors and limited partners through world-class software purpose-built for everyone in venture capital private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65000 companies in 160 countries Cartas platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build invest and scale with confidence.

Cartas Fund Administration platform supports 9000 funds and SPVs representing nearly $185B in assets under management with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune Forbes Fast Company Inc. and Great Places to Work Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.

Together Carta is creating the end-to-end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions dont work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Cartas software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - its a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital.

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The Problems Youll Solve

At Carta our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow. As a Paralegal Contracts youll work to:

• Keep contracts moving. Own the prompt intake and first-round markup of investment-related NDAs and related documents ensuring nothing sits in a queue longer than it should and tight client turnaround times are consistently met
• Make the process more effective. Support Cartas UK lawyers with first-round drafting and ad hoc legal work handling the volume so attorneys can focus on the complexity
• Build workflows clients can rely on. Set up and coordinate client workflows manage document portals and drive contracts through to execution giving clients a seamless professional experience at every step.
• Hold the quality bar. Deliver crisp commercially sound contract support that reflects Cartas reputation for precision balancing speed with the attention to detail that private capital clients expect

The Team Youll Work With

Youll be joining our UK Contracts team.

Reporting to a Supervising Attorney in EMEA youll work alongside Cartas UK lawyers and embedded AI agents to deliver high-volume contract work with the speed and consistency that private capital clients demand. This team sits at the intersection of legal expertise and technology processing investment-related NDAs and transactional documents at a pace traditional law firms cant match.

About You

• Experienced in transactional legal work. You have 2 years of experience recommended working within a transactional or corporate practice group or an in-house commercial legal team with hands-on exposure to commercial contracts and investment-related NDA drafting.
• Fast and precise under pressure. You thrive in high-volume deadline-driven environments you can context-switch between competing demands without letting quality slip.
• Commercially and legally grounded. You have a strong grasp of relevant legal concepts and the commercial pragmatism to apply them you know when to flag something and when to just get it done.
• A clear communicator. Your written and verbal communication is crisp and concise clients and colleagues get what they need from you without having to ask twice.
• A self-starter with a builders mindset. You take ownership spot inefficiencies and look for ways to improve how the team operates.
• Familiar with private markets. Exposure to private capital fund structures or investor onboarding workflows is a strong plus.

At Carta youre not just an employee. Youre a builder who is creating infrastructure that accelerates innovation and empowers more ownership. Cartans are helpful relentless unconventional and kind; representing Cartas Identity Traits. They work collaboratively and cross functionally to challenge the status quo; working towards a common goal of creating more owners in the private markets.

Disclosures:

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