Corporate and Real Estate Legal Assistant

Role and Responsibilities

• Understanding and attending to transaction matters, including requesting and reviewing corporate searches, completing PPSA summaries, preparing and maintaining closing agendas and documents therein, preparing closing report books
• Understanding, drafting with instructions, and revising commercial contracts such as shareholder and limited partnership agreements, supply contracts, security documents, leases and non-disturbance agreements
• Performing title searches and off-title searches
• Process title insurance orders and deal with title insurance companies
• Reviewing due diligence material (including material contracts, agreements, and other documents)
• Completing project summary tables with real estate and corporate related information for transactions
• Attending to leasing matters including preparing leases, summary of leases, lease renewals and amending agreement
• Understanding of commercial real estate purchases, sales, and refinances from opening to closing. Communicating directly with clients, drafting and responding to requisition letters, preparing/revising closing documents, fulfilling lending conditions, attending to closing day matters, and preparing reporting letters to clients and lenders
• Understanding and ability to facilitate commercial financing transactions for lawyer’s lending clients by reviewing commitment letter or term sheet, drafting closing documents, including authorizing resolutions, officers’ certificates, opinions
• Preparing various firm administrative documents and attending to file maintenance procedures, such as: conflict search requests, data entering for file opening purposes, cheque requisitions, wire transfer forms, and internal forms
• Drafting correspondence, letters and e-mails including dictation
• Daily use of firm software for document production, such as:
  Teraview, Conveyancer, Matter Sphere, MS Word, Outlook, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Workshare
• Other duties as assigned

• 2+ years of experience in the legal industry
• Law Clerk or Legal Assistant diploma
• Solid knowledge of Commercial Real Estate
• Preparation of all Teraview documentation and registration. Thorough knowledge of Teraview system and documents.
• Knowledge of title insurance
• Corp-link and Cyberbahn experience are an asset
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Wellness program

Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada

I would like to thank all the candidates in advance. Please do stay connected on Linked In for future opportunities. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

This position reflects a current vacancy with one of our clients. Our Recruiters combine their expertise and AI-enabled technology in the recruitment process.