Senior Paralegal, Corporate Services

Ranked a Best Employer in Canada for 23 years, Bennett Jones is one of Canada’s premier business law firms and home to 500 lawyers and business advisors. With deep experience in complex transactions and litigation matters, and offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and New York, the firm is well equipped to advise businesses and investors with Canadian ventures and connect Canadian businesses and investors with opportunities around the world. Serving clients since 1922, we are proud to be the firm that businesses trust with their most complex legal matters.

We are currently recruiting for the following role in our Calgary office:

Senior Paralegal, Corporate Services Essential Functions

• Work with internal stakeholders to assist with drafting of corporate documents relating to incorporations, organizations, amalgamations, arrangements, amendments, continuances, extra-provincial registrations and complex corporate reorganizations.
• File management, preparation of closing agenda's, track deliverables and key dates; provide timely updates throughout transaction.
• Complex minute book review and analysis and drafting ratification documents.
• Working with internal stakeholders on various corporate structures relating, but not limited to Alberta, Federal and Federal Not-For-Profit corporations, societies, extra-provincial corporations, and limited partnerships.
• Strong working knowledge of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), Canada Business Corporations Act and Canada Not-For-Profit Act Corporations Act.
• Manage and maintain corporate database.
• Mentor intermediate and junior team members.
• Annual Compliance and supporting day to day functions of the Corporate Services
  
  

Qualifications:

• 6+ years' of relevant paralegal experience within a corporate services department
• CORES Level III Accreditation required
• Exceptional attention to detail and resourcefulness
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Must be an analytical thinker, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work successfully and collaboratively independently and with all team members
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and organize multiple concurrent assignments and perform effectively under pressure in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Proficient in Word, Outlook, TEAMS and and Excel
• Experience working with corporate records software and datasharing platforms considered an asset
  
  

Apply To

Human Resources

Bennett Jones Services Limited Partnership

4500 Bankers Hall East, 855 – 2 Street SW

Calgary, AB T2P 4K7

E-mail: [email protected]

All offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory verification of a Canadian criminal record check. Determination of the factors that constitute satisfactory verification is within the sole discretion of Bennett Jones.

This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

Bennett Jones welcomes applications from all applicants, including applicants who may requires a specific accommodation because of a disability or another protected ground. Any applicant requiring accommodation during the application process should contact email noted above.