Legal assistant

We are a young and dynamic law firm and are looking to expand our team. To this end, we need a new legal assistant.

Your main tasks would be to

• Draft, transcribe and prepare court proceedings, contracts and other legal documents;
• Open files and update detailed customer lists;
• Prepare invoices and send them to customers electronically;
• Manage payments and accounts receivable, monthly expense reports;
• Correct and format various documents for business transactions;
• Make various filings with government registries;
• Ensure proper management of diaries and deadlines;
• Manage telephone calls and follow up with internal and external stakeholders;
• Revise documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal standards and grammatical usage;
• File, organize and follow up files;
• Manage certain files and deadlines independently;
• Perform all other related tasks.

Profile required

• Possession of a legal ASP or any other relevant training and/or experience will be considered (ideally from one (1) year's experience);
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office software;
• Excellent command of spoken and written French and English (assistants are required to support lawyers whose clients may be unilingual English-speaking);
• Great autonomy and flexibility;
• Initiative and ability to work under pressure.
• Must own a vehicle (asset).

Our advantages

• Competitive compensation, depending on experience;
• From three (3) weeks of vacation;
• Group insurance (drug, travel, health professionals, short- and long-term disability).

Notes :
The masculine gender is used without discrimination and for the sole purpose of lightening the text. We offer equal employment opportunities to all. Only successful candidates will be contacted.