Real Estate Legal Assistant

Duties

• Preparation and initial drafting of correspondence including editing and quality assurance
• Prepare precedent based documents as needed
• Title sub-searching and preliminary review of title searches
• Coordinate workflow and assist lawyer in prioritizing and following up on outstanding items
• Coordinate external and internal communication including mail, e-mail, fax and telephone calls
• Prepare client files for closure and storage
• Coordinate and organize meetings, conference calls and maintain agenda
• Assist with other projects as required

Qualifications

• Ability to work on site 5 days a week in downtown Ottawa
• Legal or Law Clerk diploma from recognized post-secondary institute or suitable combination of education and experience
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Working knowledge of Unity and Teraview
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience preparing and editing correspondence
• Bilingualism would be considered an asset
• Minimum 3 of experience in commercial and residential real estate
• Experience with commercial real estate (conveyancing and financing) would be an asset