Job Details

As the Paralegal for Grounded Capital, LLC, you will be a vital partner to the General Counsel and Associate General Counsel, managing legal documents, contracts, corporate governance records, and compliance support functions. You will oversee the smooth and orderly handling of legal processes related to investment transactions, contracts, and regulatory compliance.

In this position, you will work closely with the legal team, investment team, and other departments within the firm, maintaining regular communication with internal and external stakeholders. You will bring a proactive and detail-oriented approach, strong organizational skills, and a collaborative mindset. Additionally, you will effectively manage multiple ongoing processes and projects with accuracy and efficiency in a fast-paced investment environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Legal Document Management: Coordinate the preparation, review, execution, and tracking of legal documents related to investment transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, and financings, ensuring all files are maintained in organized digital and physical repositories.
• Transaction Support: Assist with legal checklist management for all investment transactions. Coordinate UCC/lien/judgement searches and other due diligence activities for real property.
• Contract Administration: Draft, redline, and manage contracts, including NDAs, Purchase & Sale Agreements (PSAs), consulting agreements, and vendor contracts, while ensuring proper internal reviews and approvals.
• Governance and Entity Management: Maintain corporate governance records for investment and other entities, including signature blocks, EINs, wire instructions, and corporate documents.
• Compliance Support: Assist with maintaining the firm's compliance program, including preparing materials for audits and regulatory reviews, maintaining the compliance calendar, monitoring employee compliance onboarding, reporting ongoing compliance with the Code of Ethics using a compliance software tool such as ComplySci or similar employee compliance system.
• Legal Workflow Tracking: Oversee legal and compliance team workflow, track all incoming and outgoing matters, and maintain and update the internal workflow tools to ensure timely progress and clear communication across teams.
• Invoice Coordination: Manage legal invoices, ensuring proper internal routing and review, and facilitate payment according to firm processes.
• Stakeholder Communication and Coordination: Serve as a central legal point of contact, ensuring timely and accurate transmission of documents and communications to firm leadership and external clients, counsel, and counterparties.
• Internal Policy Management: Maintain and update the firm's internal legal and compliance policy databases, ensuring employees have access to current versions of approved templates and policies.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience as a paralegal, ideally within a registered investment adviser, private equity firm, family office, or real estate investment environment.
• Bachelor's Degree
• Demonstrated ability to draft, review, redline, and manage contracts and legal documents with precision and attention to detail.
• Experience with corporate governance documents, entity management, and investment documentation processes.
• Strong process and project management and organizational skills, with the ability to track multiple ongoing matters and prioritize effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to communicate effectively across internal teams, leadership, external counsel, and clients.
• Experience working with title reports, due diligence processes, and vendors such as CSC or CT Corp is a plus.
• Strong familiarity with real estate transactions and associated documentation beneficial.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), DocuSign, and SharePoint.
• Ability to build trust with internal teams and external clients, serving as a reliable and professional point of contact.
• Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality when handling sensitive legal and business matters.
• Experience or familiarity with compliance programs for SEC-registered investment advisers and compliance software tools preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

At Grounded Capital, we value our employees and are committed to providing a competitive compensation package with an annual discretionary bonus along with comprehensive benefits to support their well-being and financial security.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision: 100% company-paid for employees; 50% for dependents
• 401(k) Match: Up to 6%, dollar-for-dollar, 100% vested immediately (after 90 days)
• Company-Paid Insurance: Group Life, AD&D, Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

About Us

Grounded Capital was created with a different approach to investing. We believe in a systems-based and holistic approach to responsibly grow capital through our investment framework that considers five areas of focus: Places, Energy, People, Food, and Nature.

As an SEC-registered investment adviser, Grounded Capital develops strategies to pursue ideas and solve problems through direct investments of private equity in operating companies, agriculture, forests, and real estate.

We seek candidates who demonstrate a genuine commitment to Grounded Capital's mission of strengthening social, ecological, and financial systems, whether through professional experience, academic focus, or personal values.

Workplace Arrangements & Physical Requirements

This full-time position reports to the General Counsel, situationally to the Associate General Counsel and has no supervisory responsibilities.

The role requires regular in-office presence at Grounded Capital's San Francisco office, currently with the flexibility for optional remote work on Wednesdays. We anticipate a return to the office five days a week sometime in the next twelve months. The position involves continuous seated desk work, frequent computer and telephone use, and handling both digital and physical legal records.

Grounded Capital's office is conveniently located in San Francisco's financial district, with easy access to public transportation.

If you are unsure if you meet all the qualifications, please know that we extend opportunities to a broad array of candidates and celebrate those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. Whether you have followed a non-traditional path to a legal career, are returning to work after a gap in employment, or are looking to take the next step in your career, we are excited to connect with you.