Legal Assistant - Business & Corporate Attorney Support

Location: Remote from South Africa; full-time core hours are 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. CST, with EST and PST team coverage.

Salary: $2,000–$2,200 per month.

Company

hirify.global is a staffing agency hiring remotely on behalf of a U.S.-based law firm.

What you will do

• Support business and corporate attorneys with entity formation, qualification filings, governance documents, resolutions, NDAs, and routine correspondence.
• Maintain client and matter files, corporate minute books, cap tables, entity records, retention records, and case-management databases.
• Track filing deadlines, compliance dates, closing schedules, attorney calendars, action items, and task-management records.
• Coordinate document execution, signature pages, closing sets, redlines, document comparisons, and secure file sharing.
• Prepare invoices, follow up on outstanding balances, record expenses, and support billing and timekeeping.
• Provide client-facing and administrative support, including intake, calls, travel coordination, mail, research, and workflow improvements.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience supporting a business or corporate attorney at a U.S. law firm, in-house legal department, or comparable setting.
• Working familiarity with corporate governance documents, entity records, formation filings, corporate compliance, and legal terminology.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluent English is required.
• Strong organization, accuracy, analytical judgment, problem-solving, client-service, and deadline-management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, document comparison and redlining tools, e-signature platforms, Clio, and Adobe PDF.
• Availability for full-time work during 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. CST core business hours and a reliable home office setup.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting multiple attorneys concurrently in a law firm setting.
• Familiarity with entity and corporate compliance software, QuickBooks, Canva, or Go High Level.
• Experience in healthcare, wellness, or another regulated-industry legal practice.
• Ability to learn new software tools quickly.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote work with no activity tracker.
• Full-time schedule of 40 hours per week.
• $50 birthday bonus.
• $200 testimonial bonus.
• Artificial intelligence tools may support parts of the hiring process, while final decisions remain human-led.