Legal Assistant

4 days ago


Toronto, Canada Anderson MacKeigan LLP Full time

Legal Assistant - Real Estate

Salary depending on experience + Full Health, Dental, Extended Benefits + 2 weeks vacation

We are a professional boutique law firm seeking a real estate legal assistant to support 1 partner for the most part, with support for 1-2 other lawyers as needed with a busy commercial real estate practice. We are an established firm with a fun and hardworking atmosphere. There are 2 partners, one associate lawyer, a senior law clerk and a junior clerk. This role is to replace the senior partner’s assistant who is leaving to pursue an alternative career.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Handle the documentation of transactions (including purchase, sale, mortgage, refinance) both residential and commercial
- Search title and read title searches
- Prepare requisition letters and respond to same
- Liasion with mortgage brokers and/or banking institutions with respect to mortgages and refinancing files
- Communicate with clients, partners, peers, and opposing counsel
- Assist with Teraview searches and preparation of Teraview documents
- Monitor and set up reminders of deadlines, manage calendar and scheduling
- Organize and maintain client files; keep up to date on filing, opening and closing files, vaulting closed files
- Drafting correspondence and legal documents
- Preparing reporting letters and accounts
- Typing of dictation, general administrative and office duties as required
- Transaction related bookkeeping in Cosmolex, transactional banking and related administration

QUALIFICATIONS
- 2-4 years’ experience +
- Post-secondary education in related field - law clerk diploma an asset
- Proficient with Teraview, Legal accounting software, MS Outlook, MS Office suite
- Experienced with dicta transcription
- Able to multi-task and work in high pressure environment and meet competing short term deadlines
- Take initiative and be proactive
- Ability to work with sensitive and confidential materials with discretion
- Very organized with a high attention to detail
- Professional communication skills
- Able to work independently as well as be a team player
- Dedicated to client service

Thank you

Pay: From $45,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2024-10-14


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