CORPORATE/REAL ESTATE LEGAL ASSISTANT

CORPORATE/REAL ESTATE LEGAL ASSISTANT Based in the heart of Toronto's financial district, Blaney McMurtry is one of Canada's premier law firms. Recognized and ranked as leaders in our field, it is in our DNA to deliver efficient, practical legal services to support our clients' businesses. We have an opening for a legal assistant in our Corporate Commercial Practice Group, supporting two lawyers. If you are an experienced Legal Assistant with Corporate and Real Estate experience, who takes pride in the quality of your work and wants to be a part of a busy team, this position may appeal to you. Strong MS Word and organizational skills are needed as is the ability to multi-task. Specific responsibilities will include: * Understanding and attending to transaction matters, including: requesting and reviewing corporate searches, completing PPSA summaries, preparing and maintaining closing agendas and documents therein, preparing closing report books. * Understanding, drafting with instructions and revising commercial contracts such as shareholder and limited partnership agreements, supply contracts, security documents, leases and non-disturbance agreements. * Reviewing due diligence material (including material contracts, agreements and other documents). * Completing project summary tables with real estate and corporate related information for transactions. * Attending to leasing matters including preparing leases, summary of leases, lease renewals and amending agreements. * Understanding of commercial and residential real estate purchases, sales and refinances from opening to closing. Communicating directly with clients, drafting and responding to requisition letters, preparing/revising closing documents, fulfilling lending conditions, attending to closing day matters, and preparing reporting letters to clients and lenders. * Understanding and ability to facilitate commercial and residential financing transactions for lawyer’s lending clients by reviewing commitment letter or term sheet, drafting closing documents, including authorizing resolutions, officers’ certificates, opinions. * Preparing various firm administrative documents and attending to file maintenance procedures, such as: conflict search requests, data entering for file opening purposes, cheque requisitions, wire transfer forms, and internal forms. * Drafting correspondence, letters and e-mails including dictation. * Daily use of firm software for document production, such as: Teraview, Conveyancer, MatterSphere, MS Word, Outlook, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Workshare. * Administrative support. We will review applications as they are received and all applications will be kept on file. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Blaney McMurtry is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs. Qualified candidates should submit their resumes to our HR team here. () We look forward to hearing from you and thank you for your interest in Blaneys.