Location: This hybrid role requires 3 days on-site at our Burnaby, BC office and 2 days remote per week.
Salary: $80,000 – $100,000
Actual compensation within the range will be based on experience. We also offer quarterly variable compensation package (bonus) + benefits.

Purpose of the role
The Paralegal will provide paralegal support required for the ongoing successful launch of the Specsavers business in Canada. They will work as part of Specsavers Canada Legal team, drafting and producing franchise documentation (such as franchise agreements, employment agreements, shareholders agreements, and associated resolutions), liaising with key business partners, supporting with corporate governance, and other paralegal tasks as required from time to time.

Key Responsibilities

• Drafting and preparation of Franchise Disclosure Documents for each prospective franchisee and monitoring any applicable deadlines for signature.
• Drafting corporate resolutions and other ancillary documents.
• Proactively liaising with colleagues in other legal teams and departments in the production of franchise documentation.
• Incorporation of new store entities with Corporations Canada and attending to company administration.
• Filing of Annual Returns for Franchise Stores and group entities.
• Organizing and monitoring the portfolio of franchise documents in the internal databases, and updating databases with relevant information regarding shareholdings, special conditions and communicating new franchise/shareholding details to the business.
• Updating the franchise disclosure document templates as required and managing updates to other agreement templates.
• Issuing documents for signing via DocuSign electronic signing platform and liaising with signatories as necessary (inclusive of both internal and external parties).
• Drafting of other types of documents/agreements such as NDAs, Statutory Declarations, Estoppel Notices and other relevant legal documents.
• Support with acquisition deals (including the preparation of relevant transaction documents and assisting with due diligence).
• Assist other departments in the business in relation to any legal documentation and accessing databases of corporate and Partnership information.
• Preparing standard operating procedure guidelines for various workflows (including the lifecycle of the franchise disclosure process).
• Other paralegal tasks as required from time to time.