Legal Assistant – Corporate Finance | Toronto ON

In this Legal Assistant position, you will be supporting a Lawyer within the Corporate Commercial/ Financial Services practice group who works primarily in the areas of insolvency and corporate/commercial law, focusing on reorganizations, restructurings and liquidations with emphasis in the areas of secured financing, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy and insolvency. The right candidate will be a self-motivated individual who enjoys being busy. Being able to work both independently and on a team is important in this role, and a high attention to detail is required.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Prepare, draft, edit and finalize closing agendas and all transactional documents relating to lending and corporate transactions
• Organize and track delivery of closing documents
• Draft renewal agreements for lending transactions
• Prepare annual resolutions
• Compile Record Books
• Communicate professionally with all internal and external clients
• Proofread and check documents
• Diarize and track deadlines
• Produce the highest quality of work
• Handle a high volume of daily administrative tasks
• Manage duties related to accounting
• Accountable for all work assigned
• Arrange meetings
• Calendar management
• Takes initiative
• Confidential

Core Skills & Requirements: 

• Minimum of 5 years’ previous experience as a Legal Assistant in Financial Services or Corporate Law
• Successful completion of a related post-secondary Legal Assistant or Law Clerk program
• Microsoft 365 suite of applications, including experience with creating, numbering, styling and rebuilding documents
• Knowledge of Workshare Compare or a similar document comparison program
• Familiarity with iManage and DocuSign
• Ability to problem solve
• Good judgement and decision making
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Organized, resourceful and detailed
• Handle time pressure situations and stress of multiple demands
• Overtime, as required