Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? Do you enjoy working at a fast pace, with multiple priorities? Do you excel working in a collaborative team environment in which you learn and contribute to a team everyday and where you are challenged to grow professionally?

Our Real Property team is seeking an experienced Property Paralegal (Commercial) to join our Halifax office in a full-time permanent position. As part of the Real Property team, you will support the real property lawyers in our Halifax office, ensuring the needs of our clients are exceeded with every interaction.

As a Property Paralegal, you will be responsible for the following:

• Assisting in all aspects of commercial and corporate financing, on behalf of major lenders and borrowers;
• Assisting in the acquisition and sales of commercial buildings, multi-unit apartment buildings, condominiums, and new construction homes;
• Reviewing commitment letters and solicitor instructions, ordering applicable due diligence searches, drafting closing agenda, due diligence reports and security documents, including officer's certificates and resolutions;
• Reviewing due diligence searches such as PPSA and parcel registers;
• Providing support and coordinating closings between all involved parties;
• Preparing closing books and drafting reporting letters and opinions; and,
• Conducting all accounting related processes for all property transactions, including liaising with financial institutions to obtain mortgage releases and to deposit closing funds.

The successful candidate will possess the following skill set:

• The ideal candidate will have a Legal Administration or Paralegal diploma or other related education, with experience in a legal support role;
• Three to five (3-5) years experience assisting with commercial property and/or residential property transactions;
• Experience in drafting land registry office (LRO) forms for subdivisions and submitting Parcel Description Certification Applications (PDCAs) for new developments;
• Exceptional technology skills, with proficiency in all aspects of Microsoft Office and legal billing systems;
• Excel in a demanding, fast-paced team environment, be highly detail-oriented, and be flexible to changing priorities;
• Excellent communication skills, with a special focus on client service and the highest degree of professionalism; and,
• A positive and collaborative team player with the highest level of personal integrity, always assisting others to ensure the overall team goals are achieved.

Our team members have access to:

• Defined-benefit pension plan;
• Firm-paid health and dental benefits;
• Health spending account;
• Personal (wellness) spending account;
• Time for you:
  • Including vacation, personal and sick days.
• Balancing life:
  • Work from home / Flex work options are available for many team members following the completion of six (6) months of service;
• Our Team - we can't say enough about our people! You will be part of a collaborative, collegial, respectful and caring team; and,
• Have the opportunity to participate in a variety of teams including Collective Social Responsibility, Wellness, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Special Events and so many more!

McInnes Cooper is committed to building an environment that is diverse and inclusive, representative of the communities in which we serve. We welcome and encourage applications from persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through our on-line application process.

As part of the recruitment process, MC will provide accommodation(s) to candidates with disabilities. If you require an accommodation(s) to participate in the recruitment process with us, please contact Alana Burgess at [email protected] or 902.455.8260.