Legal Assistant

About our client and the role :

TopHat HR is partnering with a dynamic SaaS company that delivers innovative solutions to help businesses automate and scale their operations. We’re looking for a detail-oriented and organized Legal Assistant to join their team and support the company’s legal and compliance functions.

In this role, you will assist with contract management, regulatory compliance, and day-to-day legal operations , helping ensure legal workflows run smoothly across the organization.

If you’re passionate about owning processes, staying organized, and supporting a fast-growing tech company , this is an exciting opportunity to make an impact within a forward-thinking SaaS business!

Key Responsibilities :

1. Contract Operations & Legal Workflow Ownership

• Own the day-to-day operation of Legal workflows , including customer, partner, and vendor contracts.
• Manage agreements through their full operational lifecycle, including :
• Preparation using approved templates
• Internal coordination and routing
• Tracking status, renewals, expirations, and follow-ups
• Take over routine contract operations currently handled by Legal & Compliance , with clear escalation paths for non-standard or higher-risk matters.
• Serve as the first-line triage point for legal requests from internal teams.
• Assess requests against established SOPs, playbooks, and “safe-to-handle” frameworks.
• Independently handle standard agreements, template-based documents and pre-approved clause variations
• Identify and elevate matters requiring substantive legal review, negotiation or counterparty discussion, risk assessment, deviation from approved standards

3. Legal Request Workflow Management

4. Administrative & Cross-Functional Legal Support

5. Process Discipline & Operational Consistency

What We’re Looking For :

We believe that diversity is key to building high-performing teams, and creating an inclusive work environment is our priority. We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We will work with applicants to provide accommodations at any stage of the hiring process.

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