Chanel

Senior Paralegal

New York · Senior

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About the role

CHANEL is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join our Legal team in New York.
This role plays a critical part in supporting a broad range of corporate legal functions, including litigation, employment, commercial matters, and compliance.

Since 2011, Fondation CHANEL's mission is for women and girls to be free to shape their own destiny.
Through multi-year partnerships with financial and technical support, Fondation CHANEL is committed to improving the safety and autonomy of women and adolescent girls around the world, impacting over a million women and girls in its first 10 years.
Support the Legal team across litigation, employment, regulatory, and commercial matters, ensuring seamless coordination and execution.
Drive efficient case management, including tracking workflows, timelines, and key deliverables across multiple matters.
Partner with outside counsel to support legal team, including organizing files, gathering documents and coordinating interviews.
Chanel is a private company whose values are grounded in creating the conditions for people to perform at their best and feel fulfilled and confident in their work.
We offer Employee Resource Groups in the US that are voluntary, open to all, employee-led groups formed around a shared identity or lived experience, whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community aligned with the values and missions of the communities they support.
Global support includes the CHANEL Culture Fund, which supports a select group of leading art culture institutions across the globe, and the CHANEL Next Prize for the next generation of creative talent.

Experience with legal and business systems such as iManage, Coupa, and Microsoft tools, as well as with tracking legislation, budgeting/spend and maintaining legal databases.

Strengthen risk mitigation efforts by supporting investigations, monitoring regulations, and legal monitoring processes.
Track budget and legal spend.
Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.
Excellent communication skills.
Agility in adopting AI-enabled tools.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $87,500 through $120,000.
Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position.
Other forms of variable pay [may/will] be offered for this position.
US support currently includes Annual sponsorship of the MoMA film program, Tribeca Film Festival programs and Through Her Lens, Support of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and Sponsorship of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln Center.

and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.
Employees are encouraged to take time off annually to volunteer through CHANEL Community.

Senior Paralegal
At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress.
We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams.
We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to CHANEL.
7+ years of paralegal experience in a dynamic environment with exposure to multiple areas of law.
Strong understanding of legal workflows and case management.
Experience supporting discovery, litigation holds, and investigations.
Ability to manage competing priorities independently while maintaining high-quality work.
Demonstrated judgment and discretion.
We offer a unique work environment where individuals are encouraged to better understand the brand, the business, and motivations, so that together we can unlock the possibilities of growth.

At CHANEL, we are intentional in promoting Diversity & Inclusion.
We foster respect, empathy and dignity for all.
We believe strongly that the diversity of our people across the full spectrum of human differences is essential to our organisation and the connections we have with each other and our clients.
Diversity and Inclusion:

US support currently includes Annual sponsorship of the MoMA film program, Tribeca Film Festival programs and Through Her Lens, Support of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and Sponsorship of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln

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