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Legal Assistant

Employer
Wood
Location
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Dec 7, 2020

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Category
Audit & Legal
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English
Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join our office in Calgary.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Assist with the preparation of legal function records and procedures including:
  • RFP/RFQ for external counsel,
  • Due diligence reporting for external counsel,
  • Issuance of terms of engagement for external counsel,
  • L-curve reports
  • Maintenance of relevant Delegations of Authority,
  • Request for settlement authority and requests to commence litigation,
  • In conjunction with Legal Operations:
  • Establishing, maintaining, and releasing Legal Holds
  • Ensuring minimal scope in relation to legal holds,
  • Updating and maintaining litigation and serious issue registers,
  • In conjunction with Company Secretariat,
  • Issuance and tracking of Powers of Attorney
  • Assisting with the Subsidiaries, Incorporation and Maintenance Procedure submissions,
  • E stablish, update, and maintain an electronic filing system within the secure legal server. To include:
  • Establishing new and ongoing files , and potentially opening important historic file s and ensuring they are complete.
  • Separately f ile hard copy materials as required
  • Maintain and update, as required, the legal action tracker and initiate new files, as required.
  • Open the email files in Oasys (email filing system), u pdate and maintain Oasys
  • Ensure filing of supported lawyer emails within Oasys
  • Prepare correspondence, as required.
  • Maintain letter precedents
  • Maintain retainer/terms of engagement precedents
  • Maintain other precedents.
  • Familiarise self with the relevant, different, financial systems used to process payments to legal vendors, p rocess legal accounts and maintain a payment database.
  • Track legal spend on budgeted matters,
  • Book travel arrangements and prepare expenses,
  • Assist with registration and payment of L aw S ociety dues and other professional association costs and maintain professional files including CPD records.
  • Maintenance of supported lawyer outlook and BF systems;


Skills / Qualifications

  • Diploma or certificate as legal assistant
  • Minimum 5 years experience as a legal assistant in a litigation practice
  • Must be legally authorized to work in Canada at time of application


Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. We operate in more than 60 countries, employing around 60,000 people, with revenues of over $10 billion. We provide performance-driven solutions throughout the asset life cycle, from concept to decommissioning across a broad range of industrial markets, including the upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas, power & process, environment and infrastructure, clean energy, mining, nuclear, and general industrial sectors. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement (EEO)

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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