Law Clerk

3 months ago

Ottawa, Canada Dentons Full time

Ottawa, ON, CA- Oct 8, 2024Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2024); Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2024); Alberta Top 80 Employers (2024), Canada’s Best Diversity Employers (2023); Mansfield Rule 4.0+ Certification; Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards, North America 2021; and Canada Law Awards for Pro Bono Initiative of the Year 2021.

This role is an opportunity for you to join the world’s largest law firm, a firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.

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**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Performs a variety of complex and routine legal duties under the supervision of the lawyers;
- Prepares corporate documentation relating to incorporations, organizations, amendments, continuances, amalgamations, extra-provincial registrations, dissolutions and other reorganizations, including tax reorganizations, share and asset purchases,
- Manages and maintains updated corporate database and corporate records;
- Works with lawyers in all Dentons Canada offices to attend to OBCA and CBCA transactions, filing and registration equivalents;
- Attends to the review and analysis of corporate minute book records and recommends the appropriate course of action to update records and rectify deficiencies, including drafting the required documentation;
- Uses relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards;
- Attends to general corporate work including government filings, enquiries from within and outside of the firm;
- Provides mentorship to junior team members;
- Other duties as assigned.

**REQUIREMENTS**
- A minimum of 8 years’ law clerk experience in a corporate services department of a law firm;
- Thorough knowledge of legal procedures, statutes and regulations applicable to commercial and corporate law;
- Able to manage files from start to finish;
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with clients directly in a professional manner;
- Able to multi-task and to meet deadlines under pressure;
- Demonstrated initiative and able to work with mínimal supervision;
- Excellent organization skills, accuracy and attention to detail;
- Strong written and verbal communication skills;
- Flexible team player;
- Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario Certification and membership an asset;
- Proficiency with Athennian, Ecore, and DocuSign is an asset.
- At Dentons we are committed to offering equitable and competitive pay, we achieve this by aligning internal salary ranges for specific roles to similar positions in the external market. In the normal course, our practice is to hire, transfer and promote employees within the entry part of our range, adjusting as needed based on the prior experience, skills and competencies required for the role along with any market differentials. Rest assured the full salary range is competitive and within the range paid for similar positions in the external market._
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- Recognizing our exceptional talent means providing a comprehensive total rewards package beyond a competitive salary. We have prudently curated our employee benefits portfolio to offer inclusive and comprehensive wellbeing and developmental programs for our people. With extended benefits and mental health plans, paid time off, savings plans, fitness subsidy, parental leave top up and more, our benefits are flexible, aligned to our core values and supports the various needs of our people. Additionally, our personal and professional development programs include people networks, mentorships, and leadership series programming to help people grow their career._
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**Equal Opportunity Statement**

At Dentons Canada, inclusion, diversity and equity (ID&E) are not just ancillary values, they are foundational to our business. We believe that ID&E is essential to the shared success of our team and our clients. Our forward-thinking and inclusive culture supports the professional development of all our people, enhances the leading services we offer to our clients, and informs our commitment to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. As a testament to our commitment to ID&E, we have been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employer’s for 12 consecutive years (2011-2022), as well as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2022) for the fifth time.

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