Do you want to be a part of a fast-growing enterprise startup who is top 10 on Deloitte's Fast 500 list? Datadog is scaling, and is hiring a corporate paralegal to be a part of our in-house legal team. Although you will work principally with your peers in Legal, you will also be working hand-in-hand with our finance, people operations and other teams, on a variety of matters. This position is located in our New York, NY location and will have high internal executive visibility.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain minute books, corporate records, stock ledgers and capitalization tables.
- Assist with entity formation/dissolution, intercompany agreements, drafting corporate actions and corporate secretarial requirements.
- Lead administration of equity award plan, including processing new equity awards, distribution and collection of online grant agreements and termination events.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams on external and internal reporting requirements.
- Manage and coordinate transaction due diligence production and/or review as needed, and provide transactional support.
- Prepare, manage and maintain various statutory registrations and filings.
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Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3+ years of experience as a paralegal in the business practice group of a law firm or in-house legal department handling business and corporate matters
- Experience with capitalization and equity plan management systems (e.g., eShares, Certent, Shareworks)
- Experience with MS Office, G Suite, Adobe Acrobat and DocuSign
- Superb organizational, analytical, and communications skills; must be able to handle multiple assignments, often involving confidential information, and work well under pressure.
- Paralegal certificate a plus.