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Law Clerk, Corporate & Securities
Thomson Reuters (TSX/Nasdaq: TRI) is a global content and technology company. Our Legal Department is seeking an experienced Corporate & Securities Law Clerk with a strong background in Canadian securities law to provide support for our global group of subsidiaries.
This position is located at our global headquarters at 19 Duncan Street, Toronto, and offers exposure to stakeholders and leaders within the General Counsel’s Office and across the company.
About the Role
In this opportunity as a Law Clerk, Corporate & Securities, you will:
- Coordinate continuous disclosure, insider reporting and other filings with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities (SEDAR and SEDI) and Toronto Stock Exchange and assist other filings with the Nasdaq Stock Market and U.S. SEC (EDGAR).
- Assist with day-to-day corporate matters, including annual/periodic filings and registrations, drafting resolutions and various other types of corporate documentation, coordinating subsidiary board meetings, and supporting internal corporate restructurings and reorganizations.
- Provide support/back-up to other Thomson Reuters Paralegals, Law Clerks and Company Secretaries around the world.
- Assist with information requests, corporate history matters and other questions.
- Conduct online research and due diligence.
- Coordinate with other departments, such as Tax, Treasury, HR and Accounting, as well as outside legal counsel and other external advisors and agents.
- Assist lawyers and other legal professionals in the Thomson Reuters General Counsel’s Office and outside counsel with aspects of corporate, securities and/or M&A transactions.
- Participate in various Thomson Reuters General Counsel’s Office special projects and initiatives.
- Oversee the updating of global legal entity records in the company’s Diligent Entities database and work with others to update and maintain Thomson Reuters’ global group structure charts.
About You
You're a fit for the role of Law Clerk, Corporate & Securities if your background includes:
- 5+ years of experience at a law firm or corporate legal department.
- Law Clerk certification/diploma from a recognized Law Clerk program.
- Strong knowledge of Canadian corporate and securities laws, rules and regulations; familiarity with LatAm matters, a plus.
- Experience with SEDAR and SEDI filings; experience with EDGAR filings, a plus.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Customer service and continuous improvement oriented.
- Ability to work independently and across boundaries as part of a global team.
- Ability and confidence to interact at all levels of the organization, including senior executives.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment and manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
- Experience using Diligent Entities, Diligent Boards or similar systems .
- Excellent PC skills (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint); knowledge of Microsoft Teams, electronic signature software and document assembly software.
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What’s in it For You?
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
Our use of AI within the recruitment process Thomson Reuters utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our global recruitment process. Unless you opt-out, our AI system will assess the information provided by you and compare it to the requirements listed for the role, and present the result to our recruitment personnel for further review. The AI system acts as a supporting tool, but there is always a human making the decision if you will be considered for the role
Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. For Ontario, Canada, the base compensation range for this role is $125,000 CAD - $175,000 CAD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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