Stikeman Elliott LLP, one of Canada's pre-eminent business law firms, is seeking an experienced
Corporate Associate for its Calgary office. Stikeman Elliott prides itself on providing excellent learning and development opportunities and support for its Associates. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collegial and leading group of lawyers in our Calgary office.
The successful candidate will have
2 to 6 years of experience working on a general variety of Canadian and cross-border corporate matters, with experience in public markets, securities, and energy.
You will have mentorship and sponsorship at the Partner and Associate levels, as well as a team of Junior Associates to support your practice. This is an excellent role for someone seeking a long-term career opportunity.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with a collegial team and hone your skills in a broad range of corporate transactions, securities and corporate matters, including mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of both private and public companies; corporate governance matters; corporate restructuring and recapitalization; corporate and intercorporate arrangements including takeover bids, reverse takeovers, and asset acquisitions and divestitures; private debt and equity financings, strategic investments, joint ventures, start-ups, share purchases and dispositions, plans of arrangement, spin-outs and other forms of business combination and corporate activity.
The successful candidate will have:- a law degree and membership in good standing with the Law Society of Alberta;
- a desire to do excellent work;
- excellent academic credentials;
- a breadth and depth of technical legal knowledge, excellent business judgment, and strong analytical and drafting skills;
- excellent interpersonal and client service skills, strong initiative, and the ability to work well on a variety of teams; and
- excellent organizational, project management and leadership skills, and the ability to handle multiple time sensitive priorities.
Interested candidates are asked to submit the following materials:- cover letter;
- resume;
- copies of official academic transcripts; and
- summary and description of relevant experience.
To apply please send your application materials to Aleksandra (Ola) Tundak, Director, Professional Resources at [redacted].
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
