Legal Assistant – Contracts & Commercial Legal Support
Kovi
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: São Paulo • Brazil
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About the role
- Provide operational support to the contractual legal area, handling routine tasks, document organization, deadline tracking and initial contract review to ensure smooth workflows, standardization and compliance with SLAs.
- Assist in drafting and reviewing low‑complexity contracts based on templates, playbooks and guidance from the legal team.
- Perform initial screening of client and vendor contracts, identifying incomplete information, deviations from standards and predefined points of attention.
- Help monitor standard clauses, deadlines, contract terms and contractual obligations.
- Support the collection of information required for more in‑depth legal analysis.
- Operate and maintain legal systems (CLM, electronic signature tools and contract repositories) up to date.
- Track SLAs, deadlines, work queues and the status of contracts in progress.
- Support document organization, ensuring governance, traceability and easy access to information.
- Assist with verification of contract data (parties, dates, amounts, scopes, etc.).
- Respond to recurring requests from Commercial, Operations and Finance, following standardized flows and guidance.
- Support the formalization of commercial proposals, contract amendments and ancillary documents.
- Help clarify operational questions about processes, deadlines and required documents.
- Support updates to templates, playbooks and legal workflows.
- Contribute suggestions for improving workflows and reducing rework.
- Support automation, standardization and operational efficiency initiatives.
Requirements
- Law degree (completed or in progress).
- Previous experience in an in‑house legal team or legal consultancy.
- Skills in process automation and familiarity with technological tools.
- Good communication, proactivity and ability to work in a team.
Benefits
- Life Insurance: To take care of our greatest asset: our Kovers (employees).
- Health Plan: Because it’s important to take care of your health.
- Dental Plan: So you can keep a great smile!
- Flash Card (Meal and/or Food Card combined): Your VR and/or VA on a single card.
- Partnership with SESC: Eligibility for the benefit after 90 days of employment.
- Commuting Allowance or Fuel Allowance: Choose how you prefer to get around.
- Parents and children: Childcare allowance, extended maternity leave of 180 days and extended paternity leave of 20 days.
- Wellhub: All Kovers are entitled to exercise with part of the cost subsidized by Kovi.
- Kovenção: A company‑wide meeting held by Kovi leadership to update everyone on business status.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
contract reviewdocument organizationdeadline trackingcontract analysisdata verificationprocess automationlegal compliancecontract management
Soft Skills
communicationproactivityteamworkorganizational skills
Certifications
law degree