Solicitor Legal Assistant

3 weeks ago


Edmonton, Canada WITTEN LLP Full time

**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 willwork 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.

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

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- Paid time off

**Education**:

- DCS / DEC (preferred)

**Experience**:

- legal assistant: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person



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