<p>Our client, a boutique law firm in downtown Vancouver, is seeking a motivated and experienced <strong>Legal Assistant</strong> to join their estate planning and estate administration team to work closely with their lawyers. They specialize in estate administration, trust and estate planning, tax planning, and estate/tax litigation. The successful candidate will be a confident communicator who is able to manage a busy calendar, multitask, possesses sound business judgment, and can maintain confidential communications. An ability to collaborate with lawyers and all staff both in person and remotely in a supportive team environment is essential.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>drafting correspondence</li><li>maintaining all administrative functions of the practices</li><li>maintaining electronic and physical files in accordance with standard procedures, including file openings and closings</li><li>maintaining calendars</li><li>maintaining a BF system</li><li>providing support with respect to accounting</li><li>communicating with clients</li></ul>
<p>Our well-established business law firm client in downtown Vancouver is seeking a detail-oriented <strong>Corporate Paralegal</strong> to support its growing corporate/commercial practice. This role offers a mix of corporate records work and hands-on involvement in transactional files, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and governance matters.</p><p> </p><p><strong>This is a 14-month contract position with strong potential for a permanent role.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><p><strong>Corporate Records Management</strong></p><ul><li>Maintain physical and digital corporate records (BC, federal, and extraprovincial)</li><li>Assist with the transition of records to digital minute books </li><li>Prepare corporate documents and filings using templates and precedents</li><li>Manage updates in the corporate records database</li><li>Coordinate outgoing record packages and couriers</li><li>Respond to email and telephone inquiries from clients and internal team members</li></ul><p><strong>Transactional Support</strong></p><ul><li>Support formation and governance matters for corporations, partnerships, and not-for-profits</li><li>Assist with documentation for M& A transactions, reorganizations, continuations, dissolutions, and joint ventures</li><li>Conduct due diligence reviews of minute books and public records</li><li>Prepare rectification resolutions and due diligence summaries</li><li>Perform BC Online and other registry searches</li><li>Review and format legal correspondence, agreements, and closing documents</li><li>Coordinate execution via DocuSign and assemble digital closing books (manually and through Closing Folders)</li><li>Provide assistance with large-scale transactions and firm-wide projects</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>We have an opening for a junior and/or an intermediate litigation legal assistant in our Vancouver office. The successful candidate would be motivated, a quick learner and be an integral part of our friendly and collaborative team.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Performing LAA work from file opening to closing.</li><li>Drafting simple pleadings, including application records, books of authorities, appeal records and appeal books.</li><li>Drafting correspondence.</li><li>Filing documents with court registries.</li><li>Communicating with opposing counsel, experts and clients.</li><li>Maintaining BF limitation dates.</li></ul>
<p>We are seeking a detail-oriented Civil Litigation Paralegal to join our office. The individual ideally will have experience or at least training in the full spectrum of creditors’ remedies – litigation, collections, and bankruptcy. The individual will also be trained on the job with a primary focus on our Creditors Remedies files in addition to supporting our broader litigation practice.</p><p><br></p><p>This role requires ability to work independently, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks. The ideal candidate will be available to work on-site during regular business hours with some flexibility to be discussed.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Preparing court documents for Small Claims and Supreme Court of British Columbia, including pleadings, post-judgment enforcement-related chambers applications, garnishing orders, Summons to a Payment Hearing, and other enforcement-related court documents.</li><li>Occasionally preparing documents in bankruptcy court on behalf of unsecured creditors.</li><li>Learning and using federal government required software (Atrium) for correspondence, file access, organization, and timekeeping.</li><li>Effective oral and written communication with clients, debtors, and third parties involved in the collections procedure.</li><li>Managing case calendars and deadlines to ensure timely filings and compliance with the rules of all levels of court, and in particular, the Small Claims Rules and Supreme Court Civil Rules.</li></ul>
