WE HAVE AN IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Corporate Law Clerk

Speigel Nichols Fox LLP is a Mississauga-based boutique commercial litigation law firm that has been in business since 1976.

We are looking for a competent, trust-worthy, detail-oriented corporate law clerk to join our team.

We promote a positive workplace culture. Twice a year, we close the office down to host a “Fun Day” with emphasis on outdoor activities. Our goal is to get to know our staff on a personal level outside of the work environment. We are proud to have been awarded the Mississauga Board of Trade’s 2015 Business Awards of Excellence – Employer of the Year and are delighted to have former Mayor Hazel McCallion as a business ambassador to our firm.

The successful candidate will support all lawyers who require corporate work, described below, and will support our senior real estate clerk as needed.

The ideal candidate will have the following experience and skills:

• Working knowledge of:

• Fast Company
• incorporations and corporate reorganizations
• bank financings

• Ability to review and maintain corporate minute books and prepare deficiency reports and update resolutions.
• Ability to work with a senior partner in asset sale transactions and share sale transactions by preparing routine documents and assisting with the more complex documents.
• Some knowledge of real estate (or the willingness to learn) for bank financings and the purchase and sale of residential and commercial properties.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION, please forward your resume with references and salary expectation to us at rosea@ontlaw.com. We will only contact candidates who are selected for interviews.

 

WE HAVE AN IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Entry Level Litigation Assistant/Law Clerk

Speigel Nichols Fox LLP is a Mississauga-based boutique commercial litigation law firm that has been in business since 1976.

We promote a positive workplace culture. Twice a year, we close the office down to host a “Fun Day” with emphasis on outdoor activities. Our goal is to get to know our staff on a personal level outside of the work environment. We are proud to have been awarded the Mississauga Board of Trade’s 2015 Business Awards of Excellence – Employer of the Year and are delighted to have former Mayor Hazel McCallion as a business ambassador to our firm.

We are looking for a recent graduate from a reputable community college legal assistant or law clerk program. The successful candidate will be trained and mentored.

The successful candidate will support all lawyers and assist law clerks who require litigation work, described below. This position is ideal for someone who desires to learn and grow in a small law firm environment.

The successful candidate must be reliable, professional, resourceful, and a team player. He or she must be proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PC Law. Knowledge of Teraview, ACL program, and Worldox filing system would be an asset but is not mandatory.

The duties of the successful candidate include:

• Preparing all routine court documents from initiating an action or application through to obtaining judgment;
• Arranging personal service of notices of action, statements of claim, notices of application, or other documents that require personal service;
• Liasing with process servers to ensure service is completed;
• Serving documents on opposing counsel, preparing affidavits of service, and filing the documents through the Ontario courts’ online portal filing system and other online platforms as requested by the court;
• Liasing with court clerks to ensure that court documents are accepted for filing;
• Some knowledge of the Rules of Civil Procedure and Rules of the Small Claims Court as they relate to timelines for serving and filing of court documents;
• Maintaining a follow-up system through Outlook;
• Preparing routine correspondence;
• Preparing accounts to clients and uploading/inputting them onto clients’ online billing platform, if necessary;
• Conducting real estate searches through Teraview;
• Conducting corporate searches through various online search platforms such as Cyberbahn, etc.;
• Providing general support to lawyers and their respective law clerks as necessary.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION, please forward your resume, covering letter, and transcript to rosea@ontlaw.com. We will only contact candidates who are selected for interviews.

 

Speigel Nichols Fox LLP is seeking a mid-level corporate associate who:

• has 2 to 5 years of experience working on corporate commercial matters;
• has excellent academic credentials and written skills; and
• is entrepreneurial and hungry to learn.

SNF is an innovative law firm looking for Big Law alumni interested in challenging the status quo. We are not only open to new ideas, we encourage our lawyers to dream big, think differently, and implement smartly. We try hard never to say “because that is the way it has always been done.” We seek to customize a lawyer’s working experience in a manner that meets the needs of the lawyer and our firm – with compensation that fairly reflects the lawyer’s work product.

Continue reading below for further details about our firm. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and transcripts to info@ontlaw.com.

 

WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER US

1. Rewarding Results

We are more interested in what a lawyer accomplishes than the length of time it takes to accomplish it.

2. Flexibility

We know that wanting to work from home on Tuesdays, wanting to work four days a week, or wanting to go to yoga at 3pm on Thursdays, does not mean that we have a bad or unreasonable lawyer. We seek to customize a lawyer’s working experience in a manner that meets the needs of the lawyer and our firm – with a compensation that fairly reflects the lawyer’s work product.

3. A Firm That Encourages Change

We insist on evolving with the times. We are not only open to new ideas, we encourage our lawyers to dream big, think differently, and implement smartly. We really try hard never to say “because that is the way it has always been done.”

4. Enjoying Work and Life

We won’t lie – we work hard, which is why we believe that creating an enjoyable work environment is essential.

We do not believe in bureaucracy and hierarchy just for the sake of it. We do not tolerate big egos who cannot operate in a team environment. We are similarly not interested in having our lawyers undertake make-work projects to increase billable hours.

We believe that trust and loyalty are two of the most important ingredients in a sustainable working relationship. As a result, we do everything that we can to engender those values in our lawyers. We feel that lawyers produce their best work when they like what they are doing and believe that they are being appropriately rewarded for their contributions. We try to create an environment where that is possible.

We also value everything else in life. We know that lawyers who are able to spend quality time outside of work make for better workers.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for Big Law alumni who are interested in challenging the status quo. We want someone who is:

·       Smart & articulate

·       Hard working – life does not owe you a living

·       Hard playing – you still have a life outside work

·       Technically competent

·       An entrepreneur

·       Someone with a sense of humour – when you work with us, it helps

We could compose an even longer list, but very few people are perfect, so why bother?

Your résumé will tell us a lot about you, but it will not tell us about who you are. When you send us a cover letter, do not tell us that you have excellent written and oral communication skills (yawn, do you think we expect an illiterate?) or that you are a team player (does that mean you cannot work independently?).

Do not write your own reference telling us how great you are (getting someone else to do it whom we respect is another matter). Tell us something that will interest us or, alternatively, that will make us laugh.

1. Have you ever dealt with opposing counsel who was older than you, appeared to be more knowledgeable than you about the applicable substantive area of law, and told you that your case was ridiculous, you were an idiot, or your client was a liar? What did you do?

2. Have you ever gotten yourself invited to an invite-only conference that you really wanted to attend? How did you do it?

3. Are you assertive? Tell us about how your assertiveness led you into an extraordinary situation.

4. Have you had dinner with the president of the USA? An MP? A Fortune 500 CEO (who is not your father)? A Muay Thai wrestler? A self-admitted pirate (either high seas or technology)?

Tell us an interesting story about yourself. Then you will be showing, not telling, us how well you write.

To apply, please send a cover letter and résumé to info@ontlaw.com