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**Witten LLP** is currently seeking a Legal Assistant with senior level experience to join our team. We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and a friendly, inclusive, team-oriented environment.
The **Legal Assistant **with a proven track record of experience will work within a busy solicitors practice involving Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate, Gaming and Indigenous law. Experience in work with Indigenous clients is an asset, as well as accreditation in CORES.
Responsibilities include:
- Preparing documents and correspondence relating to various Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate, Gaming and Indigenous law matters.
- Communicating with clients, counsel, and service providers.
- Managing electronic calendars and diary system.
- Monitoring and maintaining file progress and responding to general correspondence.
- Electronic and physical file organization.
- All day-to-day administrative/clerical tasks including billing, opening/closing files, filing, photocopying, scanning.
- Working with the Accounting department on day-to-day financial management tasks in the nature of wire transfers and trust account updates and reports to clients.
- Working with the Corporate department on annual reporting and document execution by clients via DocuSign and similar electronic document completion systems.
Skills and Abilities:
- Self-starter who takes initiative and works independently.
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Professional written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and attention to detail skills.
- Able to effectively time manage, prioritize and multi-task.
- Reliable and accountable.
Other Knowledge:
- Strong computer and technical skills.
- Solid working knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook, DocuSign, Adobe.
- Experience in iManage, Acumin programs is an asset.
**Witten LLP** is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in all employment processes. A variety of policies are in place to achieve a workplace free from discriminatory practices, including our Maternity and Parental Leave, Respectful Workplace, Paid Bereavement Leave, Unpaid Protected Job Leave, Sick Leave and Diversity and Equity Policies. An excerpt of our Diversity and Equity Policy can be found here.
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