Senior Specialist-Paralegal (M&A)

Fresenius Medical Care · Bengaluru

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Job Description

About
Fresenius Medical Care is the premier health care company focused on delivering the highest quality of care to people with renal and other chronic conditions. Through our industry-leading global network of more than 3,400 dialysis clinics and acute care canters, outpatient cardiac and vascular labs, Fresenius Medical Care provides coordinated health care services at pivotal care points for hundreds of thousands of chronically ill patients. As the world’s only vertically integrated renal company, we also offer specialty pharmacy and laboratory services, as well as manufacturing and distributing the most comprehensive line of dialysis equipment, disposable products and renal pharmaceuticals.

Fresenius Medical Care is a people business. Our success depends on having the best and brightest employees and helping them attain their personal and professional goals while delivering excellence in patient care and business results. Our employees embody our culture which is based on core values supporting our promise to improve the quality of life of every patient every day. These core values are: We Care. We Connect. We Commit.

Role Summary 

The M&A / Corporate Paralegal provides paralegal-level support for Fresenius Medical Care's ("FME") corporate housekeeping, entity governance, and M&A/financing transaction execution for its group affiliates in the assigned region and worldwide, coordinating documentation, registrations with local commercial/companies registers and official public disclosure and disclosure registers, and stakeholder interactions including local notaries, courts and authorities. The role operates under the direction of corporate/M&A attorneys; it supports but does not independently make governance or material transaction-related legal-judgment decisions. 

Key Responsibilities 

Corporate Housekeeping & Entity Portfolio Management 

• Support corporate housekeeping matters and coordinate legal guidance/advice requests pertaining to FME group affiliates worldwide, under attorney supervision 

• Manage the portfolio of FME group affiliates: draft, prepare and coordinate corporate law documents (by-laws, resolutions, etc.), compiling relevant corporate information 

• Manage, administer and keep updated the FME group entity database, ensuring accuracy and completeness of corporate records 

• Prepare corporate registration documents and manage registrations with relevant local institutions (e.g. commercial/companies registers, register courts, official public disclosure gazettes, and beneficial ownership/transparency registers) as well as equivalent foreign registries for FME group affiliates 

• Support other registration and publication requirements, coordinating all related measures, steps and documentation 

Governance Support 

• Support governance activities at all levels of FME group entities and their organs (e.g. board/shareholder actions), coordinating documentation and process execution under attorney supervision 

• Track and manage adherence to internal governance requirements, including coordination of internal corporate approvals for planned actions and transactions in the legal entity/organs space, escalating substantive legal judgment questions to supervising attorneys 

M&A & Transaction Support 

• Support M&A, financing and other corporate transactions, including preparation, coordination and execution of transaction-relevant corporate documentation (powers of attorney, resolutions, confirmations, representations, etc.), under attorney supervision 

• Coordinate closing mechanics and documentation checklists for assigned transactions 

• In alignment with the handling FME M&A Attorney, legal project management and coordination of M&A projects with external counsel 

• High-level M&A reporting (to be newly set-up) 

External Stakeholder Coordination 

• Prepare, coordinate and execute interactions with local notaries, register courts, embassies, consulates and other public institutions relevant to FME group entities 

• Manage stakeholder interactions (internal and external) relevant to corporate housekeeping and transaction support 

Level-Specific Scope  

• Manages large or complex corporate housekeeping/transaction-support workstreams with limited oversight from supervising attorneys; coaches and delegates work to more junior paralegals 

• Makes decisions on complex, sometimes ambiguous coordination and documentation matters within an established governance framework; escalates matters requiring legal judgment on corporate structure, governance interpretation or transaction terms to supervising attorneys 

• Advises corporate/M&A attorneys on process and coordination matters of significance (e.g. cross-jurisdictional registration sequencing, entity database integrity) but does not independently make governance or material transaction-related legal-judgement decisions 

• Represents FME in coordination with external institutions (notaries, courts, registries) within a clearly defined, attorney-authorized scope 

• Improves existing corporate housekeeping and transaction-support processes; does not set governance policy independently 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree with approximately 8 -12 years of relevant experience (or Master's degree with 6+ years, including substantial experience in corporate paralegal/entity governance work, ideally supporting multi-jurisdictional group structures in a multinational or shared-services/GBS environment 

• Experience managing corporate entity databases and coordinating registrations across multiple jurisdictions 

• Experience supporting M&A or financing transaction documentation (powers of attorney, resolutions, closing checklists) preferred 

• Strong drafting, organizational and stakeholder-coordination skills; high attention to detail 

• Excellent written and spoken English required 

• Discretion and ability to handle confidential corporate and transactional information 
  

Our offer:

• Growth Opportunity: Be part of the dynamic growth and transformation of Fresenius Medical Care India Global Hub.
• Career Development: Access to challenging and rewarding opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.
• Hybrid Work Environment: Benefit from a flexible hybrid work setup that supports productivity and work-life balance.
• Transportation Facilities: Convenient company-provided cab services for pick-up and drop-off.
• Comprehensive Medical Benefits: Attractive medical benefits coverage for employees and their families.
• Cafeteria Benefits: Complimentary lunch facility at the workplace.
• Global Exposure: Gain valuable global exposure and access to diverse learning and development opportunities

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