Junior Law Clerk

Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT; Toronto; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a motivated Junior Law Clerk to join their collaborative legal team. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in corporate, capital markets, and real estate law. You will assist in maintaining corporate records, support legal filings, and engage in various legal aspects of transactions. The company values diversity and is committed to providing accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you are detail-oriented and eager to learn in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years as a corporate law clerk in a law firm or legal department.
• Law Clerk Diploma/Certificate or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with corporate records maintenance and legal filings.
• Support real estate transactions and compliance reporting.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Time Management

Stakeholder Management

Education

Law Clerk Diploma/Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Diligent Entities

Job description

About Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT

Founded in 2004 and publicly traded since 2010, Northwest (TSX: NWH.UN) is a global real estate investor and asset manager focused on properties and partnerships at the intersection of healthcare, knowledge, and research. We're a real estate investment trust with more than $10B of assets under management, owning and operating a portfolio of more than 230 high-quality properties across Canada, the United States, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

Our leadership team promotes value-add partnerships and demonstrates execution excellence, strong governance, and deep expertise. With more than 275 professionals globally, operating in eight countries, we bring a global view, local execution capabilities, and a long-term ownership strategy to serve as a real estate partner of choice to leading healthcare operators around the world.

Position Summary

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Law Clerk to join our team. In this role, you will provide legal and administrative support for corporate, capital markets and real estate law matters, gaining valuable hands-on experience in both areas while working within a tight knit and collaborative legal team consisting of lawyers and senior law clerks.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist global in-house counsel team and external counsel on the maintenance of corporate records and minute books for entities in North America and certain international jurisdictions using Diligent Entities management software. Opportunities to participate with Diligent process improvements in future projects.
• Assist with upload of corporate records and updates to entity management database (Diligent).
• Provide second-hand assistance with periodic KYC requests, including for legal records and individual identification.
• Assist with legal filings including annual meetings or resolutions, periodic corporate filings, with eventual opportunities to support with transactions, corporate reorganizations, corporate diligence activities and documenting acquisition/disposition and funds flows and intercompany loans.
• Assist with legal filings, reports and documentation for real estate transactions, with possible opportunities to support due diligence and leasing activities.
• Assist with legal aspects of annual and quarterly public company filings and compliance reporting and maintenance of regulatory calendars.
• Prepare corporate structure charts representing updated corporate ownership information and assist with preparation of structure charts to represent results of proposed transaction scenarios.
• Provide additional legal and administrative support as required by the legal team.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Required Qualifications:

• Law Clerk Diploma/Certificate or equivalent.
• 1-3 years’ experience as a corporate law clerk in a law firm or legal department.
• Interest in and/or some familiarity with corporate, debt finance and real estate transactions.
• Superior computer skills, including but not limited to Microsoft Office, Outlook, and entity management databases.
• Superior administrative, organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to proactively spot issues and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders, including internal and external legal counsel.
• Pragmatic approach to problem solving and high level of attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with public companies is an asset.
• Experience with real estate, leasing and/or commercial lending is an asset.
• Exposure to or familiarity with commercial real estate transactions and group corporate structures is considered an asset.

Accommodation during Recruitment Process

Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT values diversity in the workforce, is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation during the application process or require job postings in an alternative format, kindly notify the Northwest HR Department at [e-mail].