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Law Clerk
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Experience
- Approximately 5+ years of experience as a Law Clerk, Paralegal, Lawyer, or legal professional.
- Posting language
- English
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Role: Senior Law Clerk
Location: Toronto, ON
Work Model: Hybrid – 3 days in office per week
Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Law Clerk to join the Enterprise Board Governance team and provide legal, corporate governance, regulatory, and corporate secretarial support.
The successful candidate will work closely with legal counsel and a collaborative governance team to support Board and committee activities, regulatory compliance, corporate records, shareholder services, and other governance initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct legal, corporate governance, and regulatory research.
- Prepare and submit regulatory filings and required corporate disclosures.
- Support director compensation administration processes.
- Assist with shareholder services and related activities.
- Monitor and track corporate governance and compliance requirements.
- Maintain and update corporate governance records and documentation.
- Support audit inquiries and regulatory information requests.
- Assist with planning, coordinating, and executing Board and committee meetings.
- Prepare governance reports, presentations, and related reporting materials.
- Support corporate secretarial activities and governance processes.
- Contribute to process improvement and governance enhancement initiatives.
- Participate in special projects within a fast-paced corporate governance environment.
- Work under the direction of legal counsel while managing assigned governance and legal activities independently.
Must-Have Qualifications
- Approximately 5+ years of experience as a Law Clerk, Paralegal, Lawyer, or legal professional.
- Approximately 5+ years of experience working with a public company.
- Strong experience in corporate governance and corporate secretarial activities.
- Experience with regulatory filings, corporate disclosures, and compliance requirements.
- Registered Law Clerk through ILCO, OR Certified Paralegal/Lawyer through LSO.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications:
- Banking or Financial Institution experience.
- Securities law experience.
- Experience supporting public-company disclosure requirements.
- Experience with SEDI and insider reporting.
- Experience supporting proxy-related activities and other public-company filings.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide legal, corporate governance, regulatory, and corporate secretarial support to the Board and committees, including meeting coordination, filings, disclosures, shareholder services, and corporate records management. Monitor compliance, support audits and regulatory requests, prepare governance reports, and contribute to process improvements and special projects.
Requirements
Requires approximately five or more years of legal or law clerk experience and five or more years working with a public company, with strong corporate governance, corporate secretarial, regulatory filing, disclosure, and compliance experience. Candidates must be an ILCO-registered Law Clerk or an LSO-certified Paralegal or Lawyer, and demonstrate strong analytical, communication, organizational, and prioritization skills.
Skills
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Secretarial Activities
- Regulatory Filings
- Corporate Disclosures
- Regulatory Compliance
- Legal Research
- Governance Research
- Corporate Records Management
- Board and Committee Meeting Coordination
- Shareholder Services
- Director Compensation Administration
- Audit Support
- Governance Reporting
- Securities Law
- SEDI and Insider Reporting
- Process Improvement
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- Legal
- Administrative
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Secretarial Support
- Public Company
- Regulatory Filings
- Corporate Disclosures
- Regulatory Compliance
- Securities Law
- SEDI
- Insider Reporting
- Shareholder Services
- Director Compensation
- Board Governance
- Board and Committee Meetings
- Corporate Records
- Audit Inquiries
- Proxy Activities
- Governance Reporting
- Legal Research
- ILCO
- LSO
- Financial Services
- Banking
- Process Improvement