Paralegal - Corporate Services

Our Yellowknife office is looking for a paralegal in our corporate services department. Reporting directly to the Practice Group Leader, this is a role where you will work with a variety of our firm’s team members and will be responsible for completing a variety of Northwest Territory, Yukon and Nunavut corporate transactions, including but not limited to general search and registration services, incorporations, shared structure amendments, share transactions, transfers, redemptions, amalgamations, extra-territorial registrations, director and officer changes, and performing searches and reports.

We place great value in a candidate’s ability to recognize the importance of team work to participate in facilitating a culture of collaboration.

Duties + Responsibilities

• Incorporate and organize territorial and federal corporations including society and not-for-profit companies.
• Assist lawyers with amalgamations, arrangements, reorganizations, and amendments.
• Extra-territorial registrations in NWT, NU, Yukon and throughout Canada.
• Registration of Limited Partnerships, domestic and extra-territorial.
• Preparation of dividend resolutions.
• Minute Book Review.
• Entering entities in a corporate database and document management system.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment.
• A high level of accuracy and strong attention to detail while attending to repetitive tasks.

Qualifications + Skills

• Completion of a paralegal diploma or certificate and experience as a corporate paralegal is an asset, however, we will train the right candidate.
• Experience in all aspects of NWT and NU corporate work required, Alberta CORES III work and accreditation is an asset.
• Advanced computer skills, specifically with PDF and MS Word.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and coordinate activities in a timely manner.
• Familiarity with a corporate database is such as ALF is an asset.

Working Conditions

• Normal week-day office hours (35).
• Must have the ability to work in a fast paced work environment.
• Applicants who reside in Alberta will be considered.

Only qualified applicants will be notified. Please email your resume and cover letter to careers@fieldlaw.com.