Paralegal - Corporate Services
at Field Law
Yellowknife, NT, Canada -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 26 Oct, 2024 | Not Specified | 28 Jul, 2024 | N/A | Completion,Accreditation,Computer Skills,Alf | No | No |
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Description:
Location:
Yellowknife
Closing Date:
-
Practice Area:
Our Yellowknife office is looking for a paralegal in our corporate services department. Reporting directly to the Practice Group Leader, this is a role where you will work with a variety of our firm’s team members and will be responsible for completing a variety of Northwest Territory, Yukon and Nunavut corporate transactions, including but not limited to general search and registration services, incorporations, shared structure amendments, share transactions, transfers, redemptions, amalgamations, extra-territorial registrations, director and officer changes, and performing searches and reports.
We place great value in a candidate’s ability to recognize the importance of team work to participate in facilitating a culture of collaboration.
QUALIFICATIONS + SKILLS
- Completion of a paralegal diploma or certificate and experience as a corporate paralegal is an asset, however, we will train the right candidate.
- Experience in all aspects of NWT and NU corporate work required, Alberta CORES III work and accreditation is an asset.
- Advanced computer skills, specifically with PDF and MS Word.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize and coordinate activities in a timely manner.
- Familiarity with a corporate database is such as ALF is an asset.
Responsibilities:
- Incorporate and organize territorial and federal corporations including society and not-for-profit companies.
- Assist lawyers with amalgamations, arrangements, reorganizations, and amendments.
- Extra-territorial registrations in NWT, NU, Yukon and throughout Canada.
- Registration of Limited Partnerships, domestic and extra-territorial.
- Preparation of dividend resolutions.
- Minute Book Review.
- Entering entities in a corporate database and document management system.
- Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment.
- A high level of accuracy and strong attention to detail while attending to repetitive tasks.
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Legal Services
HR / Administration / IR
Legal Services
Diploma
Completion of a paralegal diploma or certificate and experience as a corporate paralegal is an asset however we will train the right candidate.
Proficient
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Yellowknife, NT, Canada