Corporate Paralegal

Parallels has an immediate vacancy for this role.

Push the boundaries of tech. In your sweatpants.

We are looking for an experienced Corporate Paralegal. In this role, you will be a key partner to our team as well as cross-functional partners, supporting entity management, compliance, governance, and corporate transactions across Parallels portfolio of U.S. and international entities, and with managing Parallels IP portfolio. This role is well-suited for someone who thrives in a fast-moving, high volume environment; enjoys building and developing procedures and processes; and is comfortable navigating complexity.

You will work closely with colleagues across Legal, Finance, Tax, People, and external counsel to ensure Parallels corporate records, filings, compliance, governance, and IP practices are accurate, comprehensive, timely, and audit-ready.

The top creative and technical minds could work anywhere. So why are so many of them choosing Parallels? Here are three reasons:

1. This is the moment. It’s an exciting time at Parallels, with strong leadership, a refreshed brand, and a whole new approach to changing the way the world works. We’re at the forefront of a movement, and we want you to ride this wave with us.
2. We want you to be you. Too often, companies tell you about their culture and then expect you to fit it. Our culture is built from the people who work here. We want you to feel safe to be who you are, take risks, and show us what you’ve got.
3. It’s your world. We know you have a life. We want to be part of it, but not all of it. At Parallels, we’re serious about empowering people to work when, how, and where they want. Couch? Sweatpants? Cool with us. We believe that happy employees mean happy customers. That’s why we hire amazing people and get out of their way.

Sound good so far? Awesome. Let’s talk more about the Corporate Paralegal role and see if we’re destined to be together.

As a Corporate Paralegal, you will:

• Manage the full lifecycle of entity administration, including formations, qualifications, dissolutions, annual reports, assist with franchise tax filings, and obtain certificates of good standing, certified copies and coordinate notarizations and apostilles.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date corporate records for Parallels and its subsidiaries, including minute books, stock ledgers, org. charts, officer/director lists, and entity management databases.
• Assist with new entity incorporations and structuring, including domestic and international subsidiary formations and post-incorporation operational matters (i.e. opening of bank accounts, obtaining tax registrations, injection of capitalizations, etc.), in coordination with outside counsel and cross functional teams. Also, will help with entity dissolutions, mergers, and post-integration of acquired entities.
• Support Parallels international entities with board and shareholder meetings, corporate maintenance, local filings, KYC requests, apostilles, legalizations, and cross-border documentation.
• Coordinate signatory authority, powers of attorney, and corporate approvals for commercial, financing, real estate, and employment matters.
• Respond to diligence requests in connection with financings, acquisitions, audits, commercial transactions, and regulatory inquiries.
• Be able to assist with in-house notarizations.
• Own and continuously improve entity management tools, workflows, and internal knowledge resources; help build scalable processes.
• Partner with cross-functional teams on matters including equity administration, tax, compliance, and insurance record maintenance.
• Manage Parallels IP including interfacing with outside counsel and engineering on patent and trademark matters and maintenance.   

What YOU bring to the team:

• Paralegal certification or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience for a public or private software or IT company 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with all levels of the company, including executive management 
• Strong attention to detail, with ability to think critically, analyze issues, and provide risk-balanced solutions 
• Familiarity with relevant legal concepts, and administration and drafting of transaction documents, with particular focus on software licensing and related software agreements 
• Bachelor’s Degree  

US: 

• Parallels features award-winning solutions that have helped millions of users for 40 years (can you believe it?!). 
• We have millions of users and decades of innovation under our belts. 
• We offer a fully remote workspace. There is no pressure to work in an office whatsoever. 
• Hours are flexible, too! You’ve worked hard to build your life, and we don’t want you to give it up for work. 
• Our team is growing fast, and there’s a ton of energy and a lot of really smart, motivated, fun people ready to welcome you in. 

What are you waiting for? Apply now! We can’t wait to meet you.

(FYI, we’re lucky to have a lot of interest and we so appreciate your application, though please note that we’ll only contact you if you’ve been selected for an interview.) 

About Parallels

Parallels is a top VDI/EUC product helping businesses since 1999. Whether it’s desktop or cloud, on-prem or hybrid, Parallels has a solution to help your company optimize the speed and security of your work environment at an affordable price.

Our products enable millions of connected knowledge workers around the world to do great work faster. Our success is driven by an unwavering commitment to deliver a broad portfolio of innovative applications – including Parallels RAS, Parallels Desktop Enterprise, and Parallels DaaS, among others.

It is our policy and practice to offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, age, religion, national origin, sex, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetics, or any other protected characteristic.    

Parallels is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process and work environment. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodation that are required. Appropriate accommodation will be provided upon request as required by Federal and Provincial regulations and Company Policy. Any information received relating to accommodation will be treated as confidential.  

As part of our evaluation process, we utilize an AI tool to assess candidates.

#LI-Remote