Corporate Law Clerk - Toronto, Canada - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Osler Works - Transactional leads the way in delivering corporate and commercial transaction solutions.

By pairing the expertise of our specialized team of lawyers and business professionals with modernized processes and the best of legal technology, we deliver better outcomes, improved efficiencies and lower, predictable legal fees for our clients.

We're looking for
Corporate Law Clerk (12-Month Contract) to join our team to enhance our service delivery model for corporate clients on their corporate transactions.

This role will work alongside leading legal professionals at the firm.

This role will focus on a range of transactional matters for our corporate clients, including the review and remediation of minute books, incorporation and organizational matters, participating in and providing support for amalgamations, continuances, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, corporate restructuring and other transactional matters, effecting share transactions for financings such as share conversions, exchanges and redemptions and updating and maintaining our legal entity management software as well as assisting with the process and execution of the closing of transactions.

Do you have what we're looking for?

An undergraduate university degree and/or a college Law Clerk diploma with excellent academic credentials;
At least 4 years of transaction law clerk experience;
Passion for innovation, the legal industry and startup companies;
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and a problemsolving mindset;
Drive to take initiative and work independently but also thrive as part of a team;
Energized by a fastpaced setting and able to prioritize multiple competing tasks;
A high technology proficiency and are adaptable to change; and
Strong knowledge base of laws/legislation relevant to corporate practice such as Ontario _Business Corporations Act_, _Canada Business Corporations Act_, _Business Names Act_, _Corporations Information Act_and _Limited Partnerships Act_, related legal terminology, forms and documents an asset.

HOW TO APPLY

Consistently ranked as one of Canada's leading business law firms by clients and leading independent reviews, Osler prides itself on attracting and developing the brightest talent in the legal arena.

Within a firm culture that nurtures mentoring and the exchange of ideas, Osler is a dynamic and exciting place to begin a career or carve out a new path.

Accessibility and Accommodation

Background and Reference Checks

Please note that any offer of employment will be conditional upon background and reference checks, including a criminal record check, credit check, and employment and educational verifications.

If you have the required background with the ability to provide exceptional customer service and wish to work in one of Canada's leading law firms, please reply in confidence with a cover letter and résumé by the closing date.

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