Senior Legal Assistant

Job summary

Provide comprehensive legal and paralegal support to in-house counsel across various practice areas including corporate, litigation, and regulatory matters. Manage legal documentation, coordinate production requests, and maintain organized records to support the firm's legal and risk management operations.

Job details

Inspirational, innovative and entrepreneurial - this is how we describe our empowered teams. Combine your passion with purpose and join a culture that is thriving in the face of change. Make an impact with our Legal & Risk Management team as a Senior Legal Assistant. This diverse team of professionals provides legal expertise to support the success of our operations across a broad range of practice areas. As a trusted advisor, you’ll apply your understanding of the legislative landscape to proactively explore and mitigate risk and ensure firmwide compliance. MNP is proudly Canadian. Providing business strategies and solutions, we are a leading national accounting, tax and business advisory firm in Canada. Entrepreneurial to our core, our talented team members transcend obstacles into opportunities and are successfully transforming mid-market business practices. Responsibilities * Provide legal assistance support to in-house counsel across a broad range of practice areas, such as corporate/commercial, M&A, litigation, employment, regulatory, and privacy * Assist in the preparation, editing and proofing of legal presentations and documents including agreements, legal memoranda, correspondence and legal forms * Coordinate document production in response to regulatory or court-ordered requests * Provide matter management support, including intake, assignment coordination, filing, reporting, and follow ups * Maintain and organize calendars, emails, correspondence, notes, meetings and documents * Contribute to the development of new ideas and approaches to improve work processes Skills and Experience * At least 5 years of corporate legal assistant experience, gained in a mid to large size firm or in-house corporate legal department * Strong communication skills, both oral and written * Excellent document and technology skills (for example formatting, redlining, version control) as well as strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously * Experience with corporate records and minute books would be considered an asset * Ability to speak and write French would be considered an asset MyRewards@MNP With a focus on high-potential earnings, MNP is proud to offer customized rewards that support our unique culture and a balanced lifestyle to thrive at work and outside of the office. You will be rewarded with generous base pay, vacation time, 4 paid personal days, a group pension plan with 4% matching, voluntary savings products, bonus programs, flexible benefits, mental health resources, exclusive access to perks and discounts, professional development assistance, MNP University, a flexible ‘Dress For Your Day’ environment, firm sponsored social events and more! Diversity@MNP We embrace diversity as a core value and celebrate our differences. We believe each team member contributes unique gifts and amplifying their potential makes our business stronger. We encourage people with disabilities to apply! #LI-Onsite

What you’ll do

Provide comprehensive legal and paralegal support to in-house counsel across various practice areas including corporate, litigation, and regulatory matters. Manage legal documentation, coordinate production requests, and maintain organized records to support the firm's legal and risk management operations.

Requirements

Requires at least 2 years of paralegal experience or 3+ years of corporate legal assistant experience in a mid to large firm or corporate department. Candidates must possess strong communication, organizational, and document management skills.

Benefits

• Generous base pay • Vacation time • 4 paid personal days • Group pension plan with 4% matching • Voluntary savings products • Bonus programs • Flexible benefits • Mental health resources • Professional development assistance • MNP University • Dress for your day environment • Firm sponsored social events

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Legal assistance
• Paralegal support
• Corporate law
• Commercial law
• M&A
• Litigation
• Employment law
• Regulatory compliance
• Privacy law
• Document production
• Matter management
• Legal research
• Communication skills
• Time management
• Organizational skills
• Corporate records
• Proofreading
• Risk Mitigation
• Business Advisory
• Accounting
• Editing
• Mental Health
• Lawsuits
• Version Control
• Communication
• Development Aid
• Disabilities
• Document Production
• French Language
• Innovation
• Risk Management
• Memos
• Operations
• Presentations
• Business Strategies
• Time Management
• Coordinating
• Filing

Job areas

• Legal
• Finance & Accounting
• Consulting
• Administrative
• Paralegal
• Paralegal / Legal Assistant
• Legal and Related Associate Professionals
• Paralegals and Legal Assistants