Oakville | 3 + Years

Corporate or Litigation Law Clerk/Legal Assistant with 3+ years experience in a private practice or in-house.

Role and responsibilities:

• Support General Counsel / Corporate Secretary with respect to corporate secretarial matters including preparing materials for board meetings, scheduling board meetings, maintaining corporate records including minute books, shareholder register, registers of officers and directors, etc. Support filing of annual returns and other filings across Canada.
• Issue annual engagement letters and outside counsel procedures to outside firms. Issue retainer letters for individual matters, process budget requests. Retain electronic copies.
• Support Legal Counsel with respect to litigation matters including electronic file opening, assigning allegation codes, having engineers assigned to cases, obtaining vehicle reports, preparing budget approvals, maintaining register of significant litigation, dealing with administrative and finance matters, closing files, maintaining electronic files.
• Work with billing coordinators at numerous outside counsel firms to set-up eBilling, manage timekeepers, deal with annual rate requests.
• Manage and store company contracts in compliance with contract governance process.
• Coordinate quarterly and ad hoc corporate insurance reporting, liaising with outside counsel and company Legal Counsel.
• Participate in quarterly Litigation / Finance meetings.
• Assist lawyers with annual file reviews.
• Attend training and assist lawyers with company policies.
• Finance tasks such as cheque requests and funds transfers.
• Administrative tasks such as scheduling meetings, scanning mail to lawyers, receiving statements of claim.

Salary Range: $90,000 – $100,000

Please note that the salary range included is a guideline only. The salary offered may vary based on factors, including, but not limited to, the successful candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

The recruiting efforts for this role are intended to fill a vacant position.

For more information or to submit your CV to kgauthier@zsa.ca reference #34387