Corporate Services Assistant
About The Position
Fasken is a leading international business law and litigation firm, and was recently voted one of Canada’s Best Employers for 2024. Our firm’s 950 lawyers are located across offices in Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London and Johannesburg And an office in the professional and retail district known as Taza (/Ta-Zah/) on Tsuut’ina lands. Providing strategic and thoughtful advice in all areas of business law, our broad range of clients include close to half of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as corporate clients, government agencies, regulatory authorities, non-profit bodies and individuals. Our clients interests are paramount in all that we do and we take pride in supporting our communities. We are a place where bright, talented, and collegial people want to work together and we work hard together to achieve our goals in a collaborative and efficient way. The Corporate Services Assistant will join our busy Corporate Services department. Working under the general supervision of the Corporate Services Supervisor, will independently perform a variety of legal and administrative tasks.
Requirements
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced team environment
- Proficiency with ALF
- Strong organization and attention to detail skills
- Exceptional communication skills and a superb client service focus
- Adept at learning new technology and working with new systems
- Ability to prioritize work assignments, meet deadlines, and respond to changing priorities
Responsibilities
- Preparing annual reports and annual consent resolutions for companies and societies (federal and provincial) and maintenance of extra-provincial registrations across Canada
- Assisting lawyers in the corporate/commercial practice area; including extra-provincial registrations in BC; changes in directors and officers, Business Name Registrations and Changes in Registered and Records Offices
- Conducting due diligence searches including, without limitation, corporate searches for registrations in BC, across Canada and in the United States
- Monitoring and responding to email account requests
- Handling incoming and outgoing mail
- Updating virtual minute books and completing the required provincial or federal corporate filing.
- Working in a team setting to identify issues and follow up on outstanding matters
Benefits
- A health and wellness subsidy
- An annual education & tuition reimbursement
- Flexible medical and dental benefits (effective from day 1)
- Short term and long term disability insurance
- Personal days
- Employee & family assistance program
- Paid vacation and sick days
- Group retirement savings plan with matching contributions
- Monetary incentive for employee referrals
- Flexible working arrangements
- Opportunities to give back to your community through firm initiatives
- An engaging firm culture that celebrates our hardworking and dedicated people
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
