Banking Law Clerk

Our Banking and Finance Group is seeking a Banking Law Clerk to join our dynamic team of professionals. The ideal candidate will be a confident, proactive, highly detailed oriented team player who possesses excellent organizational skills. Working on a team with lawyers and students, it is expected that the candidate will be able to handle a high volume of work with tight turnaround times.

Primary Tasks/Responsibilities

• Progressively learn and assist in all aspects of banking and financing transactions including:
  • assisting with corporate and lien searches, reviewing results and assisting with addressing any needed estoppels or discharges and drafting schedules with results;
  • utilizing precedents or agreed forms to draft joinder documentation, including guarantees and security documents, officer's certificates, resolutions, and other banking documentation;
  • assisting lawyers and students with banking transaction matters including managing emails and communicating with opposing counsel;
  • identifying and solving various transaction related issues and document findings;
  • draft­ing, reviewing and revising letters, memos and various documents; and
  • ongoing file and closing record maintenance.

Knowledge/Experience Required

• Diploma from a recognized Ontario Law Clerk program certified with the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario, and a member in good standing with the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario
• At least 2 - 5 years of corporate law clerk experience working on a variety of complex corporate transactional matters
• Good working and practical knowledge of laws/legislation relevant to banking practice including PPSA and OBCA, CBCA, LPA, BNA and CIA
• Technical proficiency using the entire MS Office Suite
• University degree would be an asset

Attributes/Skills

• Strong initiative, good judgment and excellent attention to detail
• Excellent organizational and client-service skills
• High level of integrity, work ethic and common sense
• Confident and dependable, with initiative and ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented atmosphere
• Ability to organize and prioritize competing workloads in a busy environment
• Flexibly, easily adapts to different work and communication styles and embraces new technologies

Please Note: Our firm has a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy which requires all firm members to be fully vaccinated with a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccine. You will not be asked to disclose your vaccination status during the interview process. If you are offered employment, you will find a vaccination clause in your offer of employment providing that prior to commencing any employment with the Firm, you must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and provide proof of a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccination. The Firm will make reasonable accommodation efforts if you cannot be vaccinated due to medical, religious, or other grounds to the extent protected by applicable human rights legislation.

Stikeman Elliott is committed to accommodating people with disabilities as part of our hiring process. If you have special requirements, please advise Human Resources during the recruitment process.