Senior Law Clerk (Real Estate)

Location: hirify.global Place, 181 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Salary: $120,000–$140,000 CAD per year

Company

A global real estate investment and operating group managing a portfolio of office, retail, multifamily, logistics, hospitality, and alternative real estate assets across five continents.

What you will do

• Maintain minute books, corporate records, entity databases, organization charts, and inactive entities across a portfolio of approximately 1,000 entities.
• Document capital contributions, dividends, returns of capital, distributions, transfers of interests, director and officer changes, and special approvals.
• Draft and review legal documents and resolutions for acquisitions, dispositions, financings, reorganizations, restructurings, entity formations, and dissolutions.
• Lead and support loan closings, including independently preparing organizational and transaction documents.
• Prepare Canadian and U.S. annual returns, annual minutes, resolutions, corporate searches, registrations, and dissolution filings.
• Support treasury and compliance activities, including bank account openings, KYC requests, periodic reporting, and regulatory filings.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a corporate law clerk; experience at a top-tier law firm is an asset.
• Diploma from a recognized Ontario Law Clerk program certified by The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario, or qualifying legal experience with an outstanding performance record.
• Knowledge of Canadian and provincial corporate registry filings and searches, including online and paper processes.
• Experience with U.S. Secretary of State business entity searches and filings.
• Strong organization, accountability, communication, interpersonal, and independent working skills in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, iManage, and corporate legal records software or databases.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and disciplined working environment.
• Challenging assignments and exposure to diverse real estate businesses.
• Work alongside internal legal counsel, outside counsel, treasury, compliance, and other functional groups.
• Commitment to a safe, respectful, accessible, and inclusive workplace.