Corporate Services Legal Assistant

We’re looking for a Corporate Services Legal Assistant to join a fantastic team at one of Toronto’s well-known law firms. If you have a minimum of two years legal assistant experience and are looking for a role where you’ll feel like part of the team, this could be a excellent fit! You’ll be working closely with a friendly group of Corporate Law Clerks, helping with the day-to-day organization and keeping things running smoothly. It’s a role with variety, excellent people around you, and plenty of opportunity to learn and grow. The firm offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and real opportunities for career development, all within a team that values the work you bring to the table. Apply now!

Key Responsibilities

- Working with corporate legal documents (i.e. resolutions and related minute book materials, including share certificates and corporate information sheets) using established precedents
- Generating directors’, officers’ and shareholders’ ledgers and registers within a corporate database
- Preparation of standard correspondence as required using established precedents
- Familiar with various government forms i.e., business name registrations, partnership registrations, limited partnership registrations,



extra-provincial applications, notices of change and annual returns
- Input and maintenance of corporate records and information in accordance with standard procedures within a corporate database
- Minute book and general filing
- Handle administrative details with respect to accounting, opening and closing files, docketing and expenses
- Willingness to work the occasional overtime to meet the project delivery requirements
- Accountable for all work assigned
- Take initiative
- Confidential

Qualifications

- Minimum of two years’ previous legal assistant experience, preferably with corporate knowledge or successful completion of post-secondary program in a legal assistant or law clerk program
- Thorough knowledge, understanding and ability to apply working knowledge of the relevant corporate statutes or willingness to learn
- Able to work in the office
- Microsoft Office 365 suite of applications, Corplink, MinuteBox, eCore, and Adobe Acrobat
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Ability to problem solve
- Good judgement and decision making

To apply, please forward your resume to: Zaheeda Merali Manager – Executive Search at

📌 Corporate Services Legal Assistant - toronto
🏢 Cartel
📍 Toronto