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Legal Assistant - Corporate (Downtown)
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McMillan is one of Canada's leading business law firms. We deliver the legal expertise and guidance that our clients need to advance their business and take the lead. McMillan prides itself on its dynamic, positive and team-oriented culture. We offer an environment that nurtures mentoring, inspires enthusiasm and motivates employees to put forth their best efforts in achieving firm goals.
Summary of Position:
McMillan Vancouver is seeking an experienced corporate-commercial administrative assistant to support three lawyers in our Corporate groups in a legal/executive assistant capacity.
Responsibilities:
Executive Assistant Support:
• Calendar management
• Travel arrangements
• Expense reports
• Schedule meetings and conference calls
• Maintain internal reminder system
Legal Administrative Support
• Open and maintain files
• Internal and external billings and preparation of invoices to clients
• Preparing retainer letters
• Drafting correspondence from scratch
• Preparing materials for various applications to Government bodies
• File management, filing
• Update and maintain precedent systems
Qualifications:
• Intermediate or senior corporate/commercial secretary with at least 3-5 years experience
• Proficient in the Microsoft office suite and advanced knowledge in MS Word (including formatting, styles, hyper linking, document comparisons and index linking)
• Strong working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint is also required and the willingness to upgrade these skills if needed
• Strong organizational skills and multitasking skills
• Very high proficiency with billing and trust accounting. Experience with CMS, ADERANT or ELITE would be beneficial but not necessary
• Resourceful, good attention to detail, high accuracy rate
• Ability to work within a team, good time management, well spoken, professional
Apply To: recruitment-van@mcmillan.ca
Published at 24-10-2011
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