Legal Assistant/Law Clerk

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 litig...