Paralegal

Location: Sunrise, Florida
Department: Legal
Reports To: Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel
Employment Type: Full-Time

Transpire Bio is seeking an experienced Paralegal to support the company’s legal, intellectual property, contracting, and corporate compliance activities. This position will work closely with the General Counsel and Transpire Bio attorneys, and collaborate with internal departments, outside counsel, and business partners in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and other international markets.

The ideal candidate will be fluent in English and Mandarin and have meaningful experience reviewing, preparing, and administering commercial contracts and supporting intellectual property matters . Experience with in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical-device industry is preferred.

• Draft, review, revise, and coordinate routine commercial agreements under the direction of legal counsel, including confidentiality agreements, consulting agreements, vendor and supplier agreements, service agreements, clinical agreements, material transfer agreements, licensing-related documents, and other business contracts.
• Maintain the company’s contract-management system and ensure that fully executed agreements, amendments, renewals, and supporting documentation are properly recorded.
• Track important contractual dates, including renewals, expirations, notice periods, milestones, payment obligations, and termination rights.
• Coordinate contract reviews and approvals with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Clinical, Regulatory, CMC, Technical Operations, and other internal functions.
• For Mandarin-speaking candidates, assist with the preparation and review of agreements and legal communications involving Chinese business partners and affiliates.
• Identify and elevate nonstandard contract terms, issues, risks, and matters requiring attorney review.

• Support the administration of the company’s global intellectual property portfolio, including patents, patent applications, trademarks, trade secrets, invention records, and licensing arrangements.
• Maintain intellectual property files, databases, docketing information, and supporting documentation.
• Track patent and trademark filing dates, prosecution deadlines, maintenance fees, renewals, and other critical dates in coordination with outside intellectual property counsel.
• Assist with invention disclosure forms and the collection of technical information from scientists, engineers, and other inventors.
• Coordinate the execution of inventor declarations, assignments, powers of attorney, and other intellectual property documents.
• Support intellectual property due diligence, freedom-to-operate reviews, licensing activities, and potential corporate or financing transactions.
• Help protect confidential information and trade secrets by supporting appropriate documentation, access controls, and employee or contractor acknowledgments.

• Provide paralegal support for legal matters involving pharmaceutical product development, clinical programs, manufacturing, device development, and commercialization.
• Assist with agreements and documentation involving contract research organizations, contract development and manufacturing organizations, laboratories, clinical sites, consultants, and other development partners.
• Work effectively with scientific and technical teams supporting inhalation drug products, drug-device combination products, formulations, delivery systems, and related technologies.
• Support the organization of documents needed for regulatory, compliance, financing, partnership, licensing, or due-diligence activities.