Paralegal

Paralegal, UK - Nscale

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you'll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

We are hiring a Paralegal to keep Nscale's contracting running smoothly. Working closely with our Procurement and Commercial Legal teams, AI Infrastructure, Nscale Cloud and Finance teams, you will manage the contract lifecycle for our technology and operational suppliers: from intake and first-pass review through signature, records and obligations tracking.

You will be a key part of building a scalable, well-organised procurement legal function.

What You'll Be Doing

Contract support

• Manage intake of procurement contract requests, confirm required information and route matters to the appropriate reviewer.
• Prepare first drafts of standard agreements (NDAs, order forms, SOWs, amendments, renewals) from approved templates.
• Conduct first-pass review of supplier paper and lower-risk agreements against playbooks, and flag deviations for counsel.
• Coordinate execution and e-signature workflows, confirm signatory authority and ensure fully executed documents are properly filed.

Contract management and compliance

• Maintain the contract repository and CLM system, including accurate metadata, key dates and obligations.
• Track renewals, termination notice periods, warranty periods and other key obligations and alert stakeholders ahead of deadlines.
• Support supplier onboarding diligence, including collection of insurance certificates, tax forms, and compliance, security and sanctions screening documentation.
• Prepare contract summaries, reports and dashboards for Legal and Procurement leadership.

Process improvement

• Help maintain templates, clause libraries and playbooks, and suggest improvements based on recurring issues.
• Support Legal Operations projects, including CLM configuration, workflow automation and adoption of AI-enabled contracting tools.