Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP is currently seeking a Legal Assistant to work in our Montreal Office. This full-time permanent legal assistant role will provide support to lawyers in our Litigation practice. This position will play a key role in handling administrative items. We are seeking a highly organized professional individual with excellent client service skills, who thrives in a fast-paced, high performance culture.
You will be focussing on:
Transcribe/modify correspondence, agreements, contracts, proceedings, reports and other dictated or handwritten material
Perform administrative duties related to the position, including time charges, expense reports and billing
Assume responsibility for the agenda and ensure follow-up
Maintain filing up to date, including file indexing
Make photocopies, transmit faxes, digitalize documents and perform any other duties requested
Skills and Experience Required
Minimum of 3 years of experience as a legal assistant in litigation
Excellent knowledge of French and English grammar
Good knowledge of Outlook
Excellent knowledge of Word, including its advanced features
Good knowledge of PowerPoint and Excel
Meticulous and detail-oriented
Organized and able to manage priorities
Team player, versatile and able to work under pressure
Autonomous, proactive and able to work quickly
Bilinguism
Norton Rose Fulbright is a large international legal practice with multiple offices around the world. Its clientele is also international, so we must be able to provide services in English and in French. As a result, a good working knowledge of both languages is required, since you will communicate frequently with managers and/or colleagues in other provinces or countries and/or will serve our clients in both languages.
Why join our team:
Retirement savings plan with employer contribution
Benefit premiums paid by the firm
Telemedicine services
Wellness matters: Flexible health and wellness allowance that covers much more than gym memberships!
Training and development programs based on your interests and needs
Ready to join a proactive and modern firm that provides an exceptional career experience in an inclusive and collaborative environment? Come join us!
As part of a global legal practice, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada embrace a culture of excellence and client service, but always with a focus on flexibility, respect, diversity and openness. We strive to create an equitable, inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole self to work and realize their career potential.
To find out more about how we integrate diversity, equity and inclusion in everything we do please click Diversity, equity and inclusion | Canada | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruiting process, please inform us in the recruitment application. We will contact you to further discuss your need.
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Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. Our global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across more than 50 locations worldwide, including Houston, New York, London, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg, covering the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. We are recognized for our client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets. Our sector focus extends across our locations and gives us the ability to transcend traditional law firm boundaries, allowing our lawyers to interconnect and share knowledge across jurisdictions, practice groups and regulatory fronts to provide an integrated and streamlined service globally. Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.
