Jobs in Toronto, ON

Job summary

Provide corporate law support across ongoing corporate maintenance, searches, filings, governance, incorporations, and restructuring. Assist with private company M&A, financing, and securities matters while coordinating with clients, lawyers, and other professionals and managing deadlines confidentially and accurately.

Job details

About the Company Our client, a well-established Toronto law firm with a strong reputation for providing sophisticated legal services, is seeking a Corporate Law Clerk to join their team. Responsibilities Provide legal support to the Corporate Law Practice Group on a broad range of corporate commercial matters. Handle routine ongoing corporate work, including maintaining corporate minute books, electronic corporate records and corporate databases. Conduct public registry searches and corporate due diligence. Prepare and file corporate and extra-provincial filings and registrations. Prepare and manage standard corporate documents and governance materials. Assist with incorporations, organization of new corporations and partnerships, ownership changes and corporate group restructurings. Support private company M&A and financing transactions, including document preparation, organization and due diligence. Assist with structuring and restructuring transactions. Provide support on securities matters, representing approximately 10% of the role. Collaborate with specialized clerks in the firm's Estates and Real Estate groups, as well as clerks at affiliated firms in other Canadian jurisdictions. Liaise with clients, lawyers and other professionals while providing a high level of service and maintaining strict confidentiality. Manage multiple priorities and deadlines while ensuring accuracy and attention to detail. Requirements Post-secondary education with a Law Clerk designation. 5+ years of corporate law experience, including general corporate maintenance, searches, registrations and filings. Securities experience is preferred. Knowledge of corporate legislation and experience preparing corporate documents in Ontario and, ideally, other Canadian jurisdictions. Experience with private company M&A, financing, corporate reorganizations and/or restructuring transactions is an asset. Strong computer skills, including Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel and Outlook), DocuSign, electronic corporate records management systems and databases, and law firm docketing and billing software. Excellent time management, organization and prioritization skills. Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate professionally with clients. Exceptional attention to detail and proofreading skills. Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion. Strong team player with a commitment to providing high-quality service and work product. Compensation Salary up to $100,000, commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits and a comprehensive compensation package. Hybrid Remote work schedule. Collaborative and professional work environment. We do not use AI to screen candidates.

What you’ll do

Provide corporate law support across ongoing corporate maintenance, searches, filings, governance, incorporations, and restructuring. Assist with private company M&A, financing, and securities matters while coordinating with clients, lawyers, and other professionals and managing deadlines confidentially and accurately.

Requirements

Requires a post-secondary education with a Law Clerk designation and at least five years of corporate law experience, including corporate maintenance, searches, registrations, and filings. Candidates should know corporate legislation and document preparation, with strong organizational, communication, computer, proofreading, and confidentiality skills; securities experience is preferred, and transaction experience is an asset.

Benefits

• Excellent Benefits
• Comprehensive Compensation Package

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Microsoft 365 · Preferred
• Attention to detail · Preferred
• Docusign · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Corporate Law
• Corporate Maintenance
• Corporate Due Diligence
• Public Registry Searches
• Corporate Filings and Registrations
• Corporate Governance
• Private Company M&A
• Financing Transactions
• Corporate Restructuring
• Securities Matters
• Corporate Document Preparation
• Microsoft 365
• DocuSign
• Electronic Corporate Records Management
• Time Management
• Attention to Detail

Job areas

• Legal