Our well-established business law firm client in downtown Vancouver is seeking a detail-oriented Corporate Paralegal 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.
This is a 14-month contract position with strong potential for a permanent role.
Key Responsibilities:
Corporate Records Management
- Maintain physical and digital corporate records (BC, federal, and extraprovincial)
- Assist with the transition of records to digital minute books
- Prepare corporate documents and filings using templates and precedents
- Manage updates in the corporate records database
- Coordinate outgoing record packages and couriers
- Respond to email and telephone inquiries from clients and internal team members
Transactional Support
- Support formation and governance matters for corporations, partnerships, and not-for-profits
- Assist with documentation for M&A transactions, reorganizations, continuations, dissolutions, and joint ventures
- Conduct due diligence reviews of minute books and public records
- Prepare rectification resolutions and due diligence summaries
- Perform BC Online and other registry searches
- Review and format legal correspondence, agreements, and closing documents
- Coordinate execution via DocuSign and assemble digital closing books (manually and through Closing Folders)
- Provide assistance with large-scale transactions and firm-wide projects
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of corporate paralegal experience in a business law environment
- Completion of a recognized paralegal program
- Ability to manage files independently with minimal supervision
- Strong attention to detail and excellent formatting skills
- Proficient with legal software including ALF, Microsoft Office, Adobe, Workshare Compare, BC Online, DocuSign, MyLTSA
- Experience with PC Law and iManage considered an asset
- Background in Securities or Real Estate law is an asset