Republic Services is a Fortune 500 environmental services titan built on a continuous engine of acquisitions. In this in-house legal team, you aren’t just pushing paper. You are the structural glue keeping hundreds of subsidiary LLCs compliant across multiple jurisdictions and shielding the executive board from SEC violations. This is high-stakes corporate governance where absolute precision protects the institutional framework of a multi-billion-dollar enterprise.
Corporate Governance & Institutional Risk
As one of the largest waste management operators in North America, Republic relies on a relentless M&A strategy to fuel growth, constantly acquiring regional haulers and environmental facilities. This means the volume of entity management here is staggering. Your primary directive is to maintain the corporate veil for these countless new subsidiaries while executing precise SEC filings for executive officers. This requires institutional-grade attention to detail and a high tolerance for repetitive, zero-margin-for-error compliance work.
Entity Management & SEC Responsibilities
- Corporate Governance: Maintain corporate minute books, draft resolutions, and manage entity formations. Missing an annual state filing for any post-acquisition subsidiary creates immediate legal liability and threatens to pierce the corporate veil.
- SEC Compliance: Assist in the preparation and filing of Section 16 reports (Forms 3, 4, and 5) and proxy statements. You are personally managing the regulatory exposure of the C-suite against absolute federal deadlines.
- Contract Lifecycle Management: Review, draft, and organize commercial agreements, NDAs, and vendor contracts.
- Board Support: Prepare board materials, coordinate meetings, and ensure accurate documentation. Expect high-pressure sprints leading up to quarterly meetings, executing flawless formatting and strict non-disclosure protocols.
- Legal Research: Conduct targeted research on corporate law and environmental regulations.
Legal & Regulatory Qualifications
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience as a corporate paralegal within an in-house legal department or mid-to-large law practice.
- Education & Certification: Bachelor’s degree required; Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program is strongly preferred.
- Software Proficiency: Advanced skills in entity management software (e.g., hCue, Diligent). If you do not know how to navigate complex entity relationship diagrams in these specific platforms, the learning curve will be unforgiving.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Demonstrated understanding of SEC filing procedures and multi-state corporate compliance standards.
Total Rewards & Compensation Reality
The compensation reflects the standard market rate for senior legal support, but candidates must carefully weigh this base against the seasonal workload and overtime exemption status.
- Base Salary Range: $80,000 – $100,000 USD / Year. This is an accurate market rate for a senior paralegal in Phoenix, though extensive hours during proxy season can dilute your effective hourly rate.
- Corporate Exposure: Direct involvement in complex corporate transactions and active M&A integration activities.
- Career Growth: Dedicated professional development budgets and clear pathways to senior legal operations roles.
- Corporate Benefits: Generous health/dental/vision coverage, competitive 401(k) matching, and PTO to recover from board meeting sprints.
Logistics & Hiring Process
- Work Location Policy
- This is a Full-Time position. Location: Phoenix, AZ. Remote status: No. The corporate secretary and legal department handle physical, highly sensitive minute books and wet-ink signatures. You will be required at the Phoenix headquarters five days a week.
- Relocation Assistance
- Relocation assistance is not typically offered for this level of role; local candidates are preferred.
Green Flags
- Advantage: Fortune 500 Resume Equity: Managing corporate governance and SEC filings for a multi-billion-dollar publicly traded company is an elite credential. It positions you perfectly for high-paying Legal Operations Manager roles in the future.
- Advantage: C-Suite Exposure: You are operating at the highest levels of corporate compliance, directly supporting executive officers and the Board of Directors, which provides unparalleled visibility into enterprise strategy.
Red Flags
- Warning Sign: The M&A Entity Grind: Because Republic Services buys regional companies constantly, you will be perpetually bogged down in integrating and maintaining hundreds of complex subsidiary structures. The administrative burden is monumental.
- Warning Sign: Absolute Liability: Section 16 filings deal directly with executive insider stock ownership. Errors or missed federal deadlines here do not just cause internal friction; they trigger SEC scrutiny.
- Warning Sign: Salary Dilution: If this role is exempt from overtime, the 60-to-70-hour sprints required during proxy season and major M&A closing weeks will severely dilute the value of your $80k-$100k base salary.
