Corporate Paralegal

Company Overview

The North Road Company (“North Road”) was established in 2022 by Peter Chernin. The company brings together several prominent media entities, including Chernin Entertainment (a leader in scripted television and film production), North Road Television Studio (led by Amy Israel), Kinetic Content (the top reality production company led by Chris Coelen, creator of Love Is Blind), and Words + Pictures (the premium documentary studio led by Connor Schell). Since its launch, North Road has expanded its portfolio with the creation of an independent scripted television studio and acquisitions of Little Rooms Films (established by Jason Hehir), the Turkish production company Karga Seven, and the Mexican production company Perro Azul.North Road is also a strategic investor in notable ventures, including Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, Questlove and Black Thought’s Two One Five Entertainment, NBA star Chris Paul’s Ohh Dip!!! Productions, and GenAI content studio, Promise.

In May, Mediawan, the leading independent European studio, acquired North Road. The combination creates one of the world’s largest independent studios with major creative hubs in the five continents and capabilities spanning all genres, formats and audiences. North Road and its labels will serve as Mediawan’s North American hub.

Role Overview

Reporting to the General Counsel and/or the Associate General Counsel, the Paralegal will play a critical role in driving the success and growth of North Road. You will be a core member of the legal team, responsible for managing diverse legal tasks, including, but not limited to, maintaining all corporate records, capitalization tables and corporate governance statuses, tracking important legal timelines, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies, and supporting the drafting and negotiation of key legal documents.

Ideal candidates will have strong organizational and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

This role requires a minimum of 4 days in the Playa Vista, CA office.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the compilation, organization and maintenance of all corporate records for North Road, and their respective subsidiaries, including corporate filings, capitalization tables, director and officer slates, beneficial ownership information, entity information, minute books, closing sets, data rooms.
• Handle the execution of transaction documents, including ensuring documents are complete and signatory authority is obtained.
• Support the preparation, review and negotiation of legal documents, including non-disclosure agreements, organizational documents, board resolutions, consulting agreements, joinders, and shareholder consents.
• Handle the formation, maintenance, foreign registrations and dissolution of entities, including maintaining related structure charts and entity information spreadsheets.
• Track key legal timelines and ensure that internal teams and external counsel adhere to all necessary deadlines.
• Work closely with internal legal teams to ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Act as a legal resource to North Road production companies on legal issues, corporate filings, governance and key information.
• Ensure the timely filing of required legal documents with regulatory bodies, as applicable.
• Handle all KYC and beneficial owner requests, including as required by the North Road production companies.
• Assist with ad hoc requests on an as needed basis.

Qualifications & Experience

• 6+ years of experience as a corporate paralegal, ideally at a top-tier law firm or in the corporate legal department of an investment firm or operating company.
• Experience in production/content/media environments is highly preferred but not required.
• Highly organized with strict attention to detail and excellent follow-through.
• Excellent verbal and communication skills required with a clear, concise, and effective communication style.
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects and tight deadlines with ease.
• Ability to be discreet and reliable in handling highly confidential information.
• Ability to work effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Proficient in using legal management tools, databases, and document management systems.
• A bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred, paralegal certification a plus.

Key Characteristics

• Proactive self-starter, displaying significant initiative and comfort working under strict deadlines and pressure.
• Enjoys working both independently and as part of a team and excels in a hard charging, fast-paced, entrepreneurial and fun environment with competing demands and passionate stakeholders.
• Strong presence and interpersonal skills to interface with internal leadership, portfolio company and production company management, investors and external vendors.

At North Road, we carefully consider a wide range of factors to determine a fair and equitable compensation package. Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure guidelines, the base salary for this role is between $110,000 - $130,000 per year. The final offer amount will consider a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions, including, but not limited to, a candidate’s experience relevant to the job.