Paralegal (Project-based)

POSITION TITLE: PARALEGAL

Job Summary

Supports the legal department in preparing, reviewing, and submitting compliance documents to courts, regulatory, and other government agencies. Acts as a liaison between the company and judicial/regulatory bodies to ensure timely and accurate filings, responses, and regulatory compliance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and organize compliance documents, reports, and other submissions required by judicial and regulatory agencies
• Ensure documents are accurate, complete, and in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements
• Maintain templates, checklists, and standardized forms for recurring submissions.

• Coordinate and manage the submission of documents to courts, government and other regulatory agencies.
• Track submission deadlines, filing dates, and acknowledgments, ensuring timely compliance.
• Maintain detailed logs of submissions and receipts for internal reporting and audit purposes.

• Serve as the point of contact with judicial and regulatory and other agencies for routine inquiries, document clarifications, and follow-ups.
• Schedule and coordinate meetings or inspections with regulatory and other agencies as needed.
• Communicate agency requirements and updates to the legal team and internal stakeholders.

• Assist in archiving and retrieval of compliance documents for audits, inspections, or internal review.
• Ensure compliance with internal document retention and confidentiality policies.
• Ensure the Docket Section are provided with all pertinent submissions, records and documents.

• Assist legal counsel in monitoring of legal and regulatory developments.
• Provide administrative and operational support to the legal team on compliance and regulatory matters.
• Assist legal counsel in reports and updates for management on filing status, deadlines, and regulatory obligations.

The Paralegal may be assigned other functions and responsibilities related to the above as the need arises.

• With working knowledge pertaining to basic office skills such as records keeping and retrieval
• With experience in handling various corporate documents and applications filed with government & regulatory agencies such as SEC, PSE, PDex, BIR, etc.
• Basic research skills
• With knowledge on the procedures and documents filed with the SEC, PDex and other government and regulatory agencies
• Able to communicate effectively (both oral and written) and foster good relationships with key stakeholders (both internal and external)
• Keen eye for detail, flexibility and qualities of a team player
• With time management skills and ability to organize multiple tasks and work under pressure
• Able to write/draft reports, memos and other related documents
• Able to sort, index, categorize, order, manipulate and organize information/data/documents
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft (MS) software (i.e. Windows, Word

• Bachelor of Science Graduate or Bachelor of Laws Graduate or any Business or relevant course
• At least two to three years of experience with a law firm/legal industry/legal department or other relevant experience