A. Responsibilities (essential to the position)



Byton is leading the next-generation technology innovation and integration for the global auto industry. With our broad talent base, we are building premium smart electric cars in China and shaping the future for automobiles globally. Byton’s Nanjing office is looking for its first paralegal. The company is seeking a passionate, results-oriented, and innovative paralegal to own and deliver on a myriad of tasks. In this role, you will gain valuable exposure to many areas of Byton’s businesses, work with people of all levels, be responsible for, own and deliver projects, and be a champion for positive change. The position is based in Nanjing but will interact and communicate with our international sites including Munich, Santa Clara, Hong Kong, and other cities including Beijing and Shanghai in China. 



Responsibilities and types of projects

A. Corporate Governance

- Assisting in preparation, submission and completion of corporate and regulatory filings and registrations in China;

- Providing chop(s) and business license(s) management and assisting the promulgation and improvement of Corporate Chop(s) & Business License Management Policy and operational procedures;

- Working with business clients to do initial intake of legal requests, understand/define client needs, and develop work flows, processes and programs that address the company’s legal needs and that scale with the company’s growth.



B. Contract and Legal Document

- Managing contract templates and maintaining online systems such as contract databases and intellectual property assets databases;

- Negotiating, drafting and closing NDAs, standard purchase agreements and/or other relatively simple business contracts;

- Drafting and processing necessary legal documents and/or corporate official letters under the guidance of department staff members;

- Writing complex and detailed correspondence for senior managers/directors using business acumen; independently updating department documents as needed;

- Advanced writing skills to compose more difficult, detailed correspondence and to recommend updates to department documents as needed.



C. Legal & Policy Early Warning System

- Tracking and analyzing company or auto industry related policy, law and regulation in China;

- Keeping the legal department and other business stakeholders timely updated of the core impact from law or policy promulgation that could affect business;



D. Legal Research and Translation

- Undertaking legal and regulatory research per requests from department staff or other stakeholders;

- Performing necessary translation work between Chinese and English.



E. Legal Spending and 3rd Party Management

- Processing law firm and other 3rd-party invoices. Monitor and identify administrative budget issues to include billing and payment authorization for planned expenses and special events;



F. Functional Administrative and Project-based Assignment

- Managing and coordinating workflow of multiple legal projects in the legal department simultaneously and recommend new processes as needed;

- Coordinating project proposals and recommend updates to department;

- Managing multiple calendars and schedules. Arranging special events and making travel arrangements for the department head and/or staff members;

- Interacting daily with employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives, to discuss administrative and standard business processes;

- Creating complex presentations, text and graphics design;

- Performing other related duties as assigned based on business and department need.



The ideal candidate will be an exceptional communicator with an ability to weed through complex user requirements and distill them into simple, actionable plans and processes. The position will require someone with an ability to influence change across levels and cultures. You must be able to successfully coordinate concurrent projects and priorities, from taking a strategic overview and then executing and implementing the project details. You must also be comfortable rapidly learning, and then training on, existing and new Legal software applications and processes.