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Senior Law Clerk, Commercial Litigation

Canadian National Railway
Montreal, QC
Entry Level

You can expect an interesting environment where you're part of making sure our business is running optimally and safely―helping keep the economy on track. We provide the kind of paid training and opportunities that long-term careers are built on and we recognize hard workers who strive to make a difference. The Paralegal, Legal Affairs is responsible for providing support to legal operations in different fields of law (e.g. Litigation, Commercial, Labour, Regulatory) across Canada and the United States (U.The incumbent collaborates with in-house counsel, external counsel and with cross-functional teams to ensure legal matters are handled efficiently and effectively. Litigation Management · Provide support to CN in-house counsel in the management of legal cases · Assist with gathering undertakings as well as answering requests for documents and information from external counsel or opposing counsel and discovery requests and seek out responsive documents, including contracts and agreements · Conduct legal research, find relevant applicable statutes, pull legal articles and briefs, and write legal memos on issues that arise · Analyze data and prepare summary charts · Research historical corporate data and retrieve documents from warehouse and various functions · Acceptance of legal proceedings served on CN at Head office · Provide technical support for the new matter management system · Generate different types of reports using Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP/S4Hana) for internal purposes and for the insurers · Open new matters in SAP/S4Hana and provide matter numbers to external counsel for billing purpose · Periodic review of active cases in the matter management system/SAP/S4 Hana to ensure that data is up to date · Obtain settlement cheques and keep financial information in SAP/S4Hana up to date · Handle, maintain and update a library of templates, procedures, legal opinions, job aids, research database or documents · Process legal hold requests received from in-house counsel and external counsel · Assist in the management of the legal hold list · Assist in-house counsel and external counsel for collection matters Contract Management · Draft and review contracts as well as make recommendations to internal CN clients and Senior Paralegal or to other CN Counsels · Participate with counsel in contract negotiations Act as liaison between the Legal department and various CN client groups Regulatory Management · Prepare draft responses to regulatory agencies · Analyze data and work with in-house counsel to study data trends, such as safety data · Act as liaison between the Legal Department and various CN client groups · Assist in periodic regulatory review and implementation of company policies · Handle the Law department's review of the U.S. and Canadian tower and radio licensing requests The role has standard working conditions in an office environment with a regular workweek from Monday to Friday and is eligible to participate in CN hybrid work policy. o Experience as litigation paralegal o Corporate experience* o Familiarity with Bloomberg Law**Any experience for these above would be considered as an asset Technical Skills/Knowledge · Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)· Fluently bilingual, both written and verbal (English, French) Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year. S. through a 19,500 mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship. At CN, we are dedicated to building North America's safest, most inclusive and sustainable railroad, which includes reflecting the communities in which we operate. As an equal employment opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.