Senior Corporate Law Clerk

$65,000-75,000 (Based on experience)

Our client in downtown Ottawa is seeking a Senior Corporate Law Clerk to join their growing team. The successful candidate will be an ambitious professional who is passionate about growing their career.

Duties and Responsibilities (include but not limited to):

• Preparing the requisite documents for incorporations, amendments, amalgamations, dissolutions, corporate reorganizations, extra-provincial registrations, notifications of new business, and Ontario business name registrations and withdrawals
• Minute Book administration, including preparing a Minute Book review, reports and rectifications, updating registers and ledgers, and maintaining and updating records with Ontario Ministry, Companies Branch and Corporations Canada
• Assisting on share or asset sale and purchase transactions, including the preparation of closing agendas and documents and assisting with completion and closing transactions
• General file administration
• Frequently communicating with others
• Filing, diarizing deadlines, and maintaining a solid reminder system
• Opening and closing client files, preparing reports to clients, and organizing closing documents
• Preparing various accounting documents, including but not limited to, client accounts
• Assisting with debt and equity finance transactions
• Conducting corporate searches (PPSA, Writs of Execution, Bankruptcy, Bank Act and Litigation) and preparing reports to clients
• Preparing and filing annual returns
• Obtaining certificates of compliance/status and
• Conducting preliminary name and NUANS searches and preparing draft communication with Corporations Canada when corporate name is denied.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in direct corporate law experience
• Solid knowledge of legal procedures and statutes, including Ontario and Canada Business Corporations Acts
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, both as a team and as an individual
• Ability to multi-task and flexibility in working with changing priorities
• Professional, tactful, and highly dependable
• Exceptional attention to detail, including the ability to proofread and format documents
• Superb time management and organizational skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and
• Ability to work collaboratively in a workplace with dignity and respect. Minimum of five years’ experience as a corporate/commercial law clerk
• Minimum of a law clerk diploma or equivalent combination of work experience and education
• Must be able to work in the office (some remote work is possible, based on Firm needs)
• Being tech-savvy and having experience using Net Documents would be a bonus!

Key Perks:

• Health, dental, life insurance, LTD
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous PTO (paid time off)

Please note only candidates who match the requirements will be contacted for this role. We are consistently reviewing applications to identify a potential match with any of the other various opportunities we are working on.