Baker McKenzie Cross Border Transactions Staff Attorney

Role and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be an experienced corporate lawyer with 2-4 years of experience having demonstrated a track record of dealing with a variety of corporate legal issues and an ability to hit the ground running, offering pragmatic legal advice to a high standard and to challenging deadlines. You will work on reorganizations, integrations, corporate transactional matters, and other multijurisdictional projects that are often cross-border, high value, and complex in nature; and develop skills to deliver the highest quality service for our world-class clients across the globe.

This role is not limited to working on Canadian transactions but rather supporting our global network on various cross border transactions. 

The successful candidate will:

• Work closely with a variety of the Firm's practice groups including, for example, Reorganizations, Cross Border Transactions and Integrations, Corporate, and M&A.

• Assist the Firm's various global offices with a diverse range of matters, often across multiple jurisdictions, such as acting as a country or regional coordinator and drafting corporate documentation.

• Work as part of project teams with other Baker McKenzie lawyers, legal project managers, and members of the legal tech team from across the firm's global network of offices.

• Develop strong working relationships with partners and lawyers in various practice groups in a variety of jurisdictions.

• Assist with bespoke projects other than billable matters such as contributing to the identification of innovative services, methods, know-how, and platforms to assist in achieving efficiencies and continual process improvement.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Qualified as a solicitor with demonstrable corporate experience.

• Ability to review, organize and analyze documentary and factual evidence, advising on risk and practical mitigation measures.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work well in a team with others of various experience levels as well as individually.

• Sound commercial awareness and a "client first" service orientation.

• Ability to set high standards of performance and deliver desired results.

• A "self-starter" who is collaborative, pragmatic, commercial, and adaptable in their approach.

• Excellent writing and organization skills.

• Ability to balance work priorities and manage deadlines effectively.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and online research tools.