Law Clerk/legal Assistant

2 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada MDK Business Law Full time

**About us**

MDK Business Law's goal in 2023 is to empower each innovative business working to make positive change by providing the critical legal perspective needed to solve the world’s most challenging problems. We are building on decades dedicated to supporting Canadian entrepreneurs by providing pro-active legal advice to help small-to-medium sized entrepreneurs to launch well, grow smart, and thrive. We advise innovative and knowledge-based businesses at the formation, growth and exit stages, while supporting strategies and decision-making to address business challenges.

Our work environment includes:

- Relaxed atmosphere
- Growth opportunities
- On-the-job training

**Junior Law Clerk 2023 (Full-time) - MDK Business Law**

**Salary: $40,000 - $50,000**
**Location: Ottawa, ON**
**Application Deadline: Thursday, February 16, 2023**

**About Us**:
At MDK Business Law, we are dedicated to supporting Canadian entrepreneurs by providing pro-active legal advice to help small-to-medium sized entrepreneurs to launch well, grow smart, and thrive. We advise innovative and knowledge-based businesses at the formation, growth and exit stages, while supporting strategies and decision-making to address business challenges. Our areas of expertise include corporate law, commercial law, employment law, securities law, and IP licensing.

In a time of increasing change, we are particularly interested in working with and supporting businesses which are aligned with one or more of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Over the past two decades, we have advised hundreds of Canadian entrepreneurs and innovative businesses by providing timely advice and solutions to help them launch well, grow and thrive. We regularly advise knowledge-based businesses at the formation, scale-up and exit stages, providing advice and options from a legal perspective that support business strategy, enable timely decision-making and prepare management to anticipate and respond to daily challenges.

**The Role**
As a Junior Law Clerk, you will gain a well-rounded and valuable experience by working alongside our team of lawyers with exposure to each of our practice areas. Your initial focus will be on client success and relationship-building with current and prospective clients through reliable and regular communications on issues relating to their corporate record books, in addition to providing other support to the legal team. As you become a valued member of the team, you will also provide essential support to those businesses with corporate social impact initiatives.

**Who You Are**:

- Known for a positive and helpful attitude with excellent people skills.
- Truly believe that you can help to make positive change in the world through your work.
- Have exceptional common sense and can demonstrate attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.
- Have superb written and oral communication skills in English when dealing with various stakeholders like lawyers, clients, colleagues and third parties.
- Pride yourself on incredible time management skills, high level of professionalism and discretion, and can handle sensitive situations that require empathy and confidentiality with tact.
- Self-motivated and able to work with mínimal direction in a demanding, time-restrictive environment.

**What You’ll Do**:

- Assisting with the completion of corporate record books related to name changes, annual resolutions, and associated filings.
- Conducting initial intake meetings with clients, and subsequent periodic information-gathering to ascertain client needs.
- Cultivating and maintaining relationships with existing and new clients to foster a client-focused culture and deepen client relationships.
- Tracking status of the team’s on-going work and communicating with clients and other team members within an established timeframe.
- Supporting senior team members and the legal team on commercial and corporate transactions, preparing closing books, and other client corporate services as required by our clients.
- Identifying new opportunities, through existing and/or new relationships, initiatives, and strategies.
- Taking part in the implementation of MDK’s marketing plans as needed.
- Carrying out other tasks as required.

**Qualifications**:

- Completion of a Law Clerk diploma with a minimum of one (1) year experience in a law clerk position, or an acceptable combination of education and relevant experience.
- Experience with any online minute book and CRM software would be an asset.

**Application Information**:

- Application deadline: Thursday, February 16, 2023

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

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