Associate, Corporate Paralegal

About the Role

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, is a leading infrastructure investor specializing in energy, transport, digital infrastructure, and water and waste management sectors. The GIP Legal team supports GIP’s investment platform through corporate governance, legal entity management, regulatory and compliance coordination, transaction support, and efficient administration of its legal entities and investment structures.

As an Associate, Corporate Paralegal for GIP, you will support the corporate governance and legal entity management needs of GIP’s investment platform. You will work across entity formation and maintenance, Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) processes, beneficial ownership analysis, tax and regulatory documentation, document legalization, and transaction support. You will collaborate with internal teams and external partners to maintain accurate entity records, execute legal documentation, respond to regulatory and due diligence requests, and support effective governance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage corporate governance and legal entity matters across multiple jurisdictions, including entity formations and dissolutions, governing documents, resolutions, officer and signatory records, certifications, and related entity records.
• Coordinate KYC, AML, and due diligence requirements for banks, investors, administrators, regulators, and counterparties, including beneficial ownership documentation, certifications, questionnaires, and ongoing remediation.
• Support tax and regulatory documentation, including Employer Identification Number (EIN) procurement, tax registrations, tax forms, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (CRS) requirements, and related certifications and questionnaires.
• Coordinate domestic and international document execution and legalization processes, including notarization, apostille, authentication, certification, shipment, and return of original documents.
• Prepare and maintain legal entity structure charts and analyze ownership and control relationships to support beneficial ownership, regulatory reporting, and complex fund and investment structures.
• Support transactions, fund governance, and investor matters by coordinating execution of legal agreements and responding to documentation, compliance, and certification requests from internal and external stakeholders.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Client Services, Operations, Finance, external counsel, fund administrators, banks, auditors, registered agents, and other service providers, while supporting knowledge transfer through training, process documentation, and mentoring.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully support corporate governance, legal entity formation and maintenance, and related documentation.
• Experience working as a paralegal or in a comparable function, ideally within an investment manager, law firm, financial services firm, or similar environment.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to manage multiple detailed workstreams and deadlines.
• Demonstrated discretion and sound judgment when handling confidential business and personnel information.
• Experience coordinating across internal stakeholders and external service providers, with familiarity with Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), beneficial ownership, or related due diligence processes preferred.