Job Description: Senior Tax Law Clerk
Company: Robins Appleby LLP
Location: Toronto, Ontario (Downtown)
Job Category: Corporate
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: Not Specified
Senior Tax Law Clerk
Robins Appleby LLP is a mid-sized business law firm with 27 lawyers which provides a range of business legal services, with a significant emphasis on real estate, tax, corporate and commercial transaction and complex commercial litigation. For over 60 years Robins Appleby LLP has provided practical legal advice to entrepreneurs, businesses, financial institutions and foreign companies conducting business in Canada. Our personalized approach guarantees responsive service and—most importantly—builds the committed relationship expected from a trusted advisor.
We offer an environment that nurtures mentoring, inspires enthusiasm and motivates employees to put forth their best efforts in achieving firm goals. If you are talented in providing unprecedented service, are enthusiastic and a team player, we are looking for you. We are currently recruiting for a Senior Corporate Law Clerk with strong tax experience to join our Corporate Services department.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Conduct minute book reviews and provide detailed comments and instructions regarding deficiencies and proposed rectification;
- Prepare and organize corporate documents, including issuing shares; changes to corporate records such as registered office and changes of directors, officers and shareholders and supporting and ancillary documents;
- Attend internal meetings relating to the tax and corporate transactions;
- Review transaction memos and draft documents from lawyers and accountants and based upon such review, assist in preparing, drafting and/or revising of a checklist of closing documents using precedents;
- Arrange for corporate filings such as corporate articles (incorporation, amendment and continuance) and registrations under the Business Names Act such as corporate styles, partnerships and limited partnerships and under the Corporations Information Act including registration of extra-provincial corporations;
- Assist lawyers with corporate and tax motivated reorganizations including maintaining the closing checklist and drafting share or asset purchase transactions;
- Draft complex share capital (including "rollover" type shares and "thin voting" type shares) and prepare and file Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Amendment, Articles of Amalgamation, etc. for companies incorporated and to be incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), Canada Business Corporations Act, Corporations Act (Ontario) and Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act;
- Experience in implementing tax motivated reorganizations, including the drafting of section 85 rollover agreements, section 86 share exchange/conversion, capital dividends, capital dividend redemptions, purchase of shares for cancellation and increases/decreases in stated capital;
- Helpful to have experience reading certain tax forms, including T2057 and T2054 and if necessary draft and/or update documents to reflect the contents of such forms;
- Assist with the day-to-day responsibilities of the Corporate Services team including a variety of routine legal and administrative duties;
- Update and manage minute books and corporate database;
- Work on projects and other duties as required.
Knowledge, Qualities & Experience Required:
- Graduate of a Law Clerk Program with a minimum of 5 years' corporate and transactional experience;
- Advanced PC Skills with Word, Excel and CorpLink;
- Instinctively aware of the tax implications of corporate work;
- Extensive knowledge of legal procedures and have the ability to understand fundamental instructions and take the next steps;
- Takes initiative and has the ability to use good judgment;
- Excellent organizational skills, able to meet competing deadlines and ensure appropriate response times;
- Strong attention to detail;
- Dedicated to providing awesome service with ability to manage multiple internal and external clients and be adaptable to the needs of each; and
- Excellent communication (written and oral) skills.