Corporate Legal Paralegal

What You'll Do

As a Corporate Legal Paralegal, you'll play a key role in supporting the Corporate Legal team and the broader regulatory compliance and licensing team. You will be instrumental in ensuring Airwallex's ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions, supporting licensing applications, and maintaining robust legal documentation and knowledge management systems. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you'll collaborate with legal, compliance, and business teams to help Airwallex scale globally.

Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day support to the Corporate Legal team

• Review and draft various agreements (including NDA and vendor contracts), legal documents, compliance manuals, policies, and procedures

• Assist the Corporate Legal team in M&A matters

• Handle internal IP matters and coordinate with external counsel

• Handle KYC and due diligence requests from third parties

• Assist in company secretarial matters when required

• Collaborate with legal and compliance functions on regulatory inquiries

• Manage document filings, maintain the legal document database, and support knowledge management initiatives

• Prepare and arrange for agreement/document execution

• Handle legal operations and manage workflows

• Assist the litigation team in handling APAC contentious matters

• Assist in Airwallex Group's licensing applications

• Conduct legal and regulatory research as required

Who You Are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• Degree holder, preferably with a law degree or a diploma in legal studies or a related field

• At least 3 years of experience as a corporate paralegal, ideally with law firms or financial institutions

• Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to multi-task effectively

• Proactive, pleasant, and a team player with strong communication skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in M&A, IPO and other corporate matters in law firms

• Experience supporting licensing applications and regulatory compliance in the financial services or fintech sector

• Familiarity with corporate filings, finance documentation, and regulatory research

• Experience with legal technology tools and contract management systems

• Knowledge of Hong Kong and/or Singapore regulatory environments

• Proficiency in adapting to new tools, processes, and legal updates within a dynamic environment