Location: St Mary Avenue
Position Overview
PKF Lawyers, Manitoba’s Law Firm, is seeking a full-time Legal Assistant to join our growing and dynamic team in our Winnipeg downtown location. Our culture is built on professional excellence, collaboration, and a strong sense of pride in the services we offer.
Primary roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Prepare key documents to form Manitoba and Federal corporations, professional corporations
- Prepare documents to form extra provincial registrations and business names
- Create and maintain electronic and physical corporate minute books
- Maintain and update corporate software (Unity)
- Prepare annual returns, annual resolutions and business name renewals for various jurisdictions
- Prepare documents for amalgamations, amendments, dissolutions, share transfers, changes of principals, dividends
- Attend to online filing and searches with corporate registries across Canada
- Respond to inquiries from lawyers, clients and legal agents in other jurisdictions
Essential Skills:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a Corporate law
- Strong computer skills (i.e. Microsoft Office, Outlook & Cosmolex)
- Ability to prioritize, multitask and take instructions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to take initiative, when necessary
- Deadline and detail orientated
- Courteous and professional
Benefits:
- Paid vacation and wellness days
- Unused wellness days that convert annually into vacation days
- Comprehensive benefits package, including dental care, extended health care and short and long term disability
- Highly competitive salary
- On-site gym
If you are looking for a challenging and fulfilling career, we encourage you to submit a resume, in confidence to kkarki@pkflawyers.com, stating salary expectations and 2 references.
