Kuehne + Nagel

Paralegal

Kuehne + Nagel$80K — $100K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in a corporate legal department or law firm focusing on commercial contracts and legal operations.
  • Proven skills in drafting, reviewing, and structuring commercial agreements.
  • Knowledge of the transportation, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, or logistics industries is an asset.
  • A Paralegal License from the Law Society of Ontario or equivalent legal qualification is required.
  • Experience with contract management processes and workflow systems, preferably with CLM platforms.
  • Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent attention to detail with a disciplined approach to legal documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, and manage routine commercial agreements, escalating non-standard matters as needed.
  • Support contract lifecycle management, including intake, execution, and tracking of renewals and expirations.
  • Maintain accuracy in contract repositories and legal documentation for compliance and audit readiness.
  • Coordinate corporate governance activities and filings in collaboration with external legal advisors.
  • Manage legal workflows, ensuring timely completion and effective communication.
  • Enhance legal operations by improving processes and standardizing documentation.
  • Conduct legal research and provide analyses to support business decisions.

Benefits

  • Dynamic global work environment with opportunities for professional development.
  • Excellent training programs for skill enhancement.
  • Long-term career growth potential within a leading logistics organization.
  • Health and dental benefits for employee well-being.
  • Retirement savings plan to secure financial future.
  • Tuition reimbursement to support continued education and training.
Full Job Description
Paralegal

As a Paralegal, you will play a key role in supporting Kuehne+Nagel Canada's Legal team across commercial contracting, legal operations, corporate governance, and compliance activities. Working as a trusted member of the Legal team, you will help ensure efficient, consistent, and compliant legal processes while partnering with internal stakeholders across the business. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced corporate paralegal to contribute to a dynamic and growing legal function supporting one of the world's leading logistics organizations.

How you create impact

  • Draft, review, and manage routine commercial agreements while identifying and escalating non-standard legal matters where appropriate.
  • Support contract intake, review, execution, and lifecycle management, including approvals, signatures, renewals, and expiry tracking.
  • Maintain contract repositories, corporate records, and legal documentation to ensure accuracy, compliance, and audit readiness.
  • Coordinate corporate governance activities, including resolutions, approvals, minute book updates, and related corporate filings in partnership with external legal advisors.
  • Manage legal workflows and requests, ensuring timely completion and effective communication with internal stakeholders.
  • Support legal operations initiatives by improving processes, standardizing documentation, and enhancing workflow efficiency.
  • Partner with internal business teams and external stakeholders to facilitate legal documentation and commercial contracting activities.
  • Assist with legal compliance requirements, governance initiatives, and regulatory record keeping.
  • Conduct legal research, analyze findings, and provide recommendations to support business decisions and legal matters.
  • Provide day-to-day legal administrative support, including document preparation, correspondence, tracking critical dates, and responding to routine legal inquiries.


What we would like you to bring

  • 3+ years of experience working within a corporate legal department or law firm supporting commercial contracts and legal operations.
  • Experience drafting, reviewing, and structuring commercial agreements.
  • Knowledge of transportation, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, or logistics industries would be considered a strong asset.
  • A Paralegal Licence from the Law Society of Ontario, completion of an accredited Law Clerk program, or an equivalent legal qualification.
  • Experience supporting contract management processes and legal workflow systems; exposure to Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platforms is an asset.
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong attention to detail and a highly disciplined approach to legal documentation and process management.
  • The ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and recognize when matters require escalation.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
  • A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with high levels of professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality.


What's in it for you

At Kuehne+Nagel, we strive every day to inspire, empower, and deliver not only for our customers, but also for our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for professional development, excellent training programs, and long-term career growth within one of the world's leading logistics organizations.

The target base salary range for this position is between CAD $80 000 and $100 000. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and dental benefits, a retirement savings plan, and tuition reimbursement. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data.

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About Kuehne + Nagel

Kuehne + Nagel is a global transportation and logistics company that provides airfreight, sea freight, and contract logistics services. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Lachen, Switzerland. Kuehne + Nagel operates in over 100 countries and has a workforce of over 83,000 employees. The company's customers include companies in the automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, and retail industries.
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