Legal Intern

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Legal Intern
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Soprano Design.
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Are you in your penultimate or final year of Law? Are you interested in gaining hands-on in-house experience with a global tech-focused company? Are you enthusiastic and eager to learn?

An exciting opportunity exists for a Legal Intern to join our global Legal team on a part-time (3 days a week) basis. As a Legal Intern in Soprano, you will be responsible for assisting our legal team in various aspects like research, drafting documents, attending meetings, and providing administrative support. You will have a solid understanding of legal terms, principles, and procedures, along with having excellent time management skills to manage your time efficiently and demonstrate a proactive approach to your duties.

We're centrally located in the heart of North Sydney and require you to work in the office for 3 days, flexible to work around your university schedule.

Legal qualifications and/or company secretarial qualifications strongly preferred.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Legal Intern you'll do the following work to assist the Legal team:

• Help draft, edit and maintain the Soprano Group's key contract templates and updates to certain policy documents.
• Assist with preparing internal client training material, and support smaller projects as requested by members of the Soprano Group legal team.
• Conduct legal and regulatory research on key issues in the jurisdictions where Soprano operates, for example, data protection, telecommunications, cyber security, evolving AI regulations.
• Assist the legal team members with managing multiple files and legal matters, supporting administrative legal tasks such as managing and maintaining legal files and documents.
• Collating feedback from subject matter experts in the business where specific input required for negotiations or in responding to customer questionnaires.
• Assisting with privacy related queries
• Coordinating signatories for corporate documents as needed for Soprano Group entities.
• Assist with the drafting, reviewing and amending of low-risk legal agreements, such as NDAs and basic service contracts.
• Help the legal team identify legal tech tools, including AI and where applicable, implement and use these tools to make our processes more efficient.
• Assist with obtaining quotes for independent external services providers
• Support legal team with Audit & Risk Committee actions and tasks assigned to legal team
• Supporting the Company Secretariat function, updating, maintaining and monitoring the compliance calendar and liaising with outsourced company secretariat / registered agent providers for preparation of filing requirements and other corporate filings in international jurisdictions.
• Maintaining Soprano Group corporate structure and entity details documentation.
• Arrange for notarization and apostille certificates for documentation as required for our operation in foreign jurisdictions.
• Maintain centralized database of key documentation for all subsidiaries.
• Development, implementation, communication and maintenance of compliance policies, processes, and procedures.
• Other tasks to support the Legal team as required from time to time.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE TO SUCCEED:

• Have completed (or be due to complete) tertiary qualifications in Law;
• Strong skills in Office 365, in particular Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook;
• Be a citizen or permanent resident of Australia;
• Have an excellent academic record;
• Diligence, thoroughness and excellent attention to detail;
• Critical thinking and strong analytical skills;
• Proven high level of written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills;
• The ability to maintain confidentiality of commercially sensitive information;
• Be enthusiastic and eager to learn; and
• Show accountability, professionalism, and teamwork.

WHO ARE WE

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and operating globally, Soprano Design is a leading global communications platform as a service (CPaaS) provider that brings nearly 30 years of experience with enterprise-level mobile messaging to each of our over 4,500 government and enterprise clients around the globe.

Soprano's flagship product, Soprano Connect, is an innovative award-winning CPaaS platform that helps customers to strategically integrate, email, SMS, voice, conversational AI, IP messaging and social channels such as RCS, WhatsApp and Google Business Messages into a seamless secure omni-channel business mobile messaging experience.

WHY SOPRANO

At Soprano, we're shaping the future of enterprise communication. Here's what makes working with us truly one of a kind:

• Industry Leadership: Join a global leader in the CPaaS (Communication Platform as a Service) space with a customer-first approach that allows us to achieve significant results with our clients and partners, ensuring we continue to lead in enterprise communications.
• Tech-Driven Innovation: We're passionate about building future-ready technology that fosters deeper trust, richer meaning, and stronger connections. If you love working on impactful solutions, you'll feel right at home here.
• Global Team, Local Feel: Headquartered in Sydney, we operate across Europe, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, and New Zealand - giving you the opportunity to collaborate with diverse teams and gain global exposure.
• People-First Culture: We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to bring their best selves to work. We trust our employees to achieve and give them the tools to succeed.
• Learning and Development: As a nimble company with a global footprint, we offer unique opportunities to grow your skills, gain cross-market insights, and accelerate your career in a dynamic environment.
• Hybrid Working: We embrace hybrid work and remote roles where possible, giving you the freedom to stay connected with global teams while making space for what matters most in your life.
• Refer a Friend, Get Rewarded: Know someone amazing? Refer them to Soprano and get rewarded when they join the team permanently. Great people know great people, and we give you the opportunity to influence
• Wellness that works: We provide several global benefits such as birthday leave, employee assistance program, annual wellness subsidy, down to having a fully stocked kitchen with fun office events that bring the team together.
• Supporting Parents: We know family comes first and to celebrate this major milestone, Soprano provides additional parental leave to primary and secondary carers.

People are at the core of what we do and Soprano Design Pty Ltd is committed to a safe, diverse and inclusive workplace where we all thrive and succeed together. We encourage applications regardless of age, gender, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to the recruitment process.

All successful applicants will need to provide two professional reference checks and is subject to satisfactory background checks.