Senior Law Clerk Jobs

Group Description

At Magna, we create technology that disrupts the industry and solves big problems for consumers, our customers, and the world around us. We’re the only mobility technology company and supplier with complete expertise across the entire vehicle.

We are committed to quality and continuous improvement because our products impact millions of people every day. But we’re more than what we make. We are a group of entrepreneurial-minded people whose collective expertise gives us a competitive advantage. World Class Manufacturing is a journey and it’s our talented people who lead us on this journey.

Role Summary

The Senior Law Clerk will administer and maintain corporate records/minute books for Magna International Inc. as well as multiple corporate subsidiaries in North and South America.

Key Responsibilities

• Other duties as required
• Preparing resolutions, minutes and other corporate documents for subsidiaries
• Reviewing tax structuring step memos, identifying legal issues, determining legal steps required and preparing applicable documentation to implement the steps
• Overseeing banking clerk re: subsidiary banking resolutions and banking certificates
• Preparation and filing (where applicable) of documents relating to incorporations, amalgamations/mergers, amendments to share capital, name changes, dissolutions, business name registrations, dividends, share issuances or transfers, changes of directors and officers
• Reviewing, maintaining and updating precedents
• Filing of provincial and state annual filings and notices of change, as well as UCC and PPSA registrations
• Tracking and summarizing corporate subsidiary changes for purposes of quarterly change memo reporting and biannual corporate chart updating
• Liaising with Legal, Tax, Finance, Treasury and Operating Group Legal teams, as well as Operating Divisions, as needed

Key Qualifications/Requirements

Knowledge and Education

• Completion of Community College diploma/certificate
• Certified by the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario

Work Experience

• 5+ years of work-related experience
• Sophisticated law firm and/or in-house legal department experience required

Skills And Competencies

• Time management and ability to prioritize multiple projects simultaneously
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Computer literacy
• Familiarity with Computershare’s GEMS database preferred
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills

Additional Information

Accommodations for disabilities in relation to the job selection process are available upon request.

Candidates will be required to complete a Criminal Records Check and, if deemed necessary, a Credit Check as part of the candidate selection process.

Awareness. Unity. Empowerment.

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.