Legal Assistant - Commercial Lending & Real Estate

at  Fasken SLP

WHO WE ARE

Fasken is a leading international business law and litigation firm, and was recently voted one of Canada’s Best Employers for 2023. Our firm’s 950 lawyers are located across offices in Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London and Johannesburg and an office in the professional and retail district known as Taza (/Ta-Zah/) on Tsuut’ina lands. Providing strategic and thoughtful advice in all areas of business law, our broad range of clients include close to half of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as corporate clients, government agencies, regulatory authorities, non-profit bodies and individuals. Our clients interests are paramount in all that we do and we take pride in supporting our communities. We are a place where bright, talented, and collegial people want to work together and we work hard together to achieve our goals in a collaborative and efficient way.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Legal Assistant or Paralegal Certificate from an accredited post secondary institution or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in a similar role
• Legal experience preferably in corporate commercial law with an emphasis on secured lending and real estate
• Strong technical skills using Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe
• Experience working with 3E, InTapp, iManage, DocuSign would be preferred

• Banking and commercial real estate transactions – drafting security and supporting/ancillary documents for commercial lending transactions, drafting documents for commercial real estate transactions, registering documents in the Land Title Office and Personal Property Registry, attending to the receipt and disbursement of trust funds
• Real Estate related due diligence searches and reporting
• Maintaining an efficient file management and bring forward system
• Ensuring all physical and electronic filing is organized and up to date on a regular basis
• Interacting with clients and coordinating meetings
• Delegating tasks to, and coordinating with, other administrative departments
• Other duties as assigned