Corporate Paralegal

**Your Next Opportunity**

McMillan is growing its Paralegal team and has an opportunity for a full-time Corporate Paralegal in our Montreal office. This is an excellent opportunity for a Paralegal with experience at the intermediate/senior level, who is looking for a new and exciting challenge at a national law firm.

**Please note that this role offers a hybrid workweek. Each week will combine both working at home for a few days and working in the office for the balance. Your hybrid schedule will start once you join McMillan**

**McMillan LLP is proud to be recognized as one of only two law firms selected for this year’s prestigious Canada’s Top 100 Employers 2024 list by MediaCorp Inc., as announced in the Globe and Mail. McMillan has been recognized for its inclusive HR practices, including comprehensive employee support programs for parents, a culture that values diversity and inclusion, and career development opportunities for women, with 71% of managers at McMillan being women. These initiatives are part of the firm’s broader strategy to ensure a supportive and engaging work environment, which has been instrumental in attracting and retaining top legal talent. By fostering a supportive workplace culture, McMillan serves clients with excellence and responsiveness, delivering the real-time solutions they need to stay ahead.**

**What You’ll Do**

You will be working closely with our lawyers, clients, Paralegals, Law Clerks and legal administrative assistants across Canada to deliver quality legal services to our clients and will be involved in a wide variety of legal tasks including:

- Quebec and Federal incorporations, amalgamations, continuances and dissolutions.
- Conducting minute book reviews and drafting required updating documents.
- Assisting with complex corporate transactions and reorganizations including drafting, organizing and finalizing transaction documents and closing agendas, assisting with closings and preparation of closing books.
- Regular maintenance of corporations including preparation of documents relating to annual meetings/proceedings and associated filings.
- Updating and maintaining information in our corporate database.
- Assisting with mentoring and training of junior department members.

**What You Bring**

You have established yourself as a key resource in your successful legal career and have excellent verbal and written communication skills in both French and English. Your history includes a minimum of _three years_ of Paralegal experience at the intermediate level or higher and extensive experience with complex corporate transactions and reorganizations. Knowledge of legal and technical procedures, statutes, regulations and applicable governmental practices is mandatory. You have strong organizational and interpersonal skills, are detail-oriented, able to effectively meet deadlines, work well in a team setting and provide an exceptional level of client service. You embrace evolving technology and have strong skills in Microsoft Word and Excel. Prior experience with a corporate database product and Desksite, IntApp Time or similar document management and timekeeping software is required.

**McMillan Offers You**

Growth

Mentorship and Support

Training as Software Evolves

Commensurate Compensation and Benefits Package

Fun Work Environment

Continuous Learning & Development

**McMillan = You**

At the heart of our commitment to being a first-mover on important issues, McMillan believes that equity, diversity and inclusion are catalysts for success. By embracing our differences, we create an inclusive culture that enriches our collective knowledge, broadens our perspectives, and propels us forward. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their whole selves to work, knowing it is through our individual experiences that we can all come together to truly make a positive impact in our firm, for our clients, within our communities, and beyond.

At McMillan, we know we will achieve the most success by attracting and retaining the best talent, and by representing and supporting communities from which we draw our members, the communities in which we live and work and the communities to which we provide legal services.

We are a law firm that prides itself in sustained quality and excellence in service while fostering a positive and collegial work environment which nurtures mentoring inspires enthusiasm and professional excellence. We commit to putting our best efforts forward in achieving our goals, and the goals of our clients. You can help us in that journey

Need another reason to consider McMillan? Let’s work together to help you achieve your professional goals and career development.

**Let’s get started**

**McMillan LLP is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and diversity. We respect and embrace the unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences of individuals at all levels of the firm. This enable