Our client, a growing national healthcare organization, is seeking an experienced Senior Law Clerk - Corporate & Commercial to join its in-house legal team. The organization operates across a diverse healthcare platform, including pharmacy, patient support, distribution and clinical services.
Reporting directly to the senior legal executive, this is a broad, hands-on role offering significant autonomy and exposure across commercial contracts, corporate matters, real estate/leases and legal operations. The successful candidate will join a small, collaborative legal team and work closely with business stakeholders across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft, review, negotiate and mark up a broad range of commercial agreements, including MSAs, SLAs, SOWs, NDAs, supplier agreements and other business contracts.
- Manage and support the full contract lifecycle, working directly with internal stakeholders and escalating more complex matters as appropriate.
- Support commercial lease and real estate matters, including lease reviews, renewals, terminations and critical-date management.
- Assist with corporate governance and entity management, including corporate records, minute books, resolutions, filings and board materials.
- Support legal operations initiatives, including contract and document management, templates, file organization, systems and process improvements.
- Provide practical legal support to various internal business functions.
- Assist with transaction-related due diligence and documentation as required.
- Provide general administrative and document-management support as part of a small, hands-on legal team.
- At least 5+ years of corporate/commercial law clerk or paralegal experience.
- Strong substantive experience drafting, reviewing and marking up commercial contracts.
- Able to work independently and exercise sound judgment with limited supervision.
- Practical, organized and business-minded, with strong drafting and communication skills.
- Experience may come from either private practice or an in-house legal department.
- Commercial leasing / real estate experience is an asset.
- Corporate governance, minute book and board support experience is an asset.
- Legal operations and contract management systems experience is an asset.
- Healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences or another regulated-industry background would be an asset but is not required.
- Law Clerk Diploma, Paralegal Licence or equivalent legal training preferred.