Sr. Corporate Paralegal
Sr. Corporate Paralegal at Tidewater — Houston, Texas, United States
- Company: Tidewater
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 650–127000 / year
- Posted: 2026-06-17
About this role
Location: Houston, Texas (In Office or Hybrid)
Position Summary:
Tidewater is looking for an experienced, self-motivated and collaborative senior corporate paralegal who will primarily focus on corporate governance, securities and NYSE compliance, including global subsidiary governance and compliance, and related quarterly and annual processes. In this role, you will report to the Deputy General Counsel who along with the Assistant General Counsel leads securities, M&A, and corporate governance matters, and work closely with cross-functional business leaders throughout the Company, including the EVP, CLO & Corporate Secretary and other senior executives. The successful candidate will possess a love for learning, a positive energy, a commitment to teamwork, an innovative mindset and a desire to bring value to a collaborative team.
Primary Responsibilities:
Support corporate governance processes, including board/committee calendar and attendance, general recordkeeping, preparation of draft board and committee meeting agendas, presentations, resolutions, consents, minutes and other materials as required.
Support the corporate secretary function for all domestic and foreign subsidiaries, including day-to-day subsidiary maintenance and statutory compliance across jurisdictions; updating and maintaining entity management system; drafting resolutions and minutes at the corporate and subsidiary levels; preparing documents for dissolution, change, or formation of entities; drafting and maintaining powers of attorney; registering entity branches; making annual filings; create a system to track and manage entity filing deadlines and compliance calendars; build and improve documentation, templates and workflows for entity management; and serve as liaison between Legal, Finance & Accounting, Tax and Operations on entity matters.
Coordinate end‑to‑end logistics for public board and committee meetings, ensuring agendas, materials, timelines, and follow‑ups are delivered with accuracy and care.
Partner collaboratively with Legal, Finance, HR, Investor Relations, and CEO to produce complete, timely, and high‑quality board and committee materials.
Support electronic board portal for board and committee meetings and UWC distributions.
Support Section 16 filings, including POAs and Forms 3, 4 and 5 for Section 16 directors and officers; support filing directly with the SEC via platform.
Support maintaining stock ownership records for directors and officers.
Support annual D&O questionnaires and annual board/committee review.
Support and manage proxy statement calendar and deliverables.
Support annual stockholder meeting documents, including preparation of the agenda, script, proxy card, proxy notice, stockholder ballot, inspector of election, oath and meeting minutes.
Assist with preparation and filing of quarterly and annual reports with the SEC, including support of quarterly internal and external audit letter requests.
Assist with other SEC, NYSE, and other mandatory corporate filings.
Maintain reliable governance records—including minutes, resolutions, approvals, and documentation—in a well‑organized, easy‑to‑retrieve structure.
Support updates to internal and external corporate governance websites.
Support due diligence in connection with M&A, capital markets and treasury (KYC) transactions.
Support management of insider trading list and trading window calendar.
Perform administrative duties such as distributing documents for signature, maintaining a record of legal and policy documentation, legal vendor management and invoices, as requested.
Experience:
• 8+ years of experience as a corporate paralegal or legal assistant with SEC, corporate housekeeping, corporate governance, treasury and/or financial experience, either in a law firm or in-house.
• Broad substantive legal experience, including experience in public company corporate governance, corporate secretary matters, and SEC / NYSE reporting and compliance, including periodic SEC reporting (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K), proxy statement and annual meeting matters, Section 16 reporting, and related matters.
• Experience supporting M&A, capital markets and treasury transactions, including due diligence, closing documentation, secretary certificates.
• Experience interacting with and supporting public company directors, executive officers and leadership.
• Experience with companies having international scope/subsidiaries, including managing and maintaining a large portfolio of global subsidiaries using an entity management system (Diligent preferred).
• Experience with board portals (Diligent preferred).
Competencies and Traits:
• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations. Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy working directly with directors and senior executives.
• Highly organized with the ability to effectively prioritize a large volume of confidential and time-sensitive work with short deadlines when required.
• Strong organizational, time management, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to anticipate/calendar upcoming deadlines and communicate to team members.
• Exceptional level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Word and PowerPoint.
• Growth mindset with a desire to innovate and add value.
• High EQ with a work hard/play hard attitude – work can be fun.