Drafting Associate / Drafting Associate

Position: Drafting Associate

• Location: Montreal

About Us

The Maples Group is a global leader in financial services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and international corporations.

Our side-by-side financial and legal teams consistently deliver award-winning services to a global client base, offering unrivalled learning and career opportunities to our 2,500 colleagues worldwide.

What’s it like to work here?

We are driven to excel, and collaboration is key to our continued success. We can go further for our clients because we go further for each other too. Our inclusive culture creates an environment where people can be themselves at work while doing their best work. No matter where you work in the Maples Group, you will be part of a global team.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an accomplished Drafting Associate to join our Corporate Secretarial team as part of our financial services business in Montreal.

Consistently recognised as one of Montreal’s Top Employers, the Maples Group established our operations in the central downtown area in 2009. Our Montreal office exemplifies our culturally rich and entrepreneurial organisation, with over 300 colleagues from 50 countries collaborating to deliver best-in-class solutions to clients worldwide.

As part of our Montreal team you will:

• drafting detailed minutes of board meetings from hand written notes and/or meeting recordings. Minutes must be drafted to a meticulous standard and the candidate will be expected to ensure all matters arising from such meetings are appropriately captured.
• successful candidates may also be asked to perform other administrative tasks. Progressing candidates may be asked to attend client board meetings, telephonically, in due course.
• candidate must work well within a local and global team environment and be committed to meeting team and client deliverables, which may occasionally require overtime and weekends.

What You Bring

In addition to indisputably high ethical standards and autonomy, the ideal candidate possesses the following:

• university or college degree,
• previous minute drafting experience, or experience with corporate structures is preferable for this position but not a pre-requisite,
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook are a must.
• knowledge of international corporate structures, investment funds, other offshore vehicles and Cayman Islands and Irish regulatory landscape are beneficial

You can learn more about the Maples Group on our corporate website. Experience our culture and our people on our Careers Page or on LinkedIn.

Disclaimer: All personal information collected during the application process will be used for recruitment-related purposes only. Please refer to our Job Applicant Privacy Notice at maples.com/privacy for details on how we handle personal information relating to job applicants.

*“Please note that it is the Maples Group standard policy to undertake various background screening checks on all applicants to whom a conditional job offer is made. Except for roles based in the Republic of Ireland, the background checks will include criminal records checks when a conditional job offer is made. If you have a criminal record, it does not mean that your job offer will be automatically withdrawn. The Maples Group will make all job offer decisions on a case-by-case basis and will take a number of factors into account, such as the role that you are applying for and the nature and circumstances of the past offence. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before a decision is made. Further details will be provided at the time any conditional job offer is made.*

Position: Drafting Associate

• Location: Montreal, Canada

About Us

The Maples Group is a global leader in financial services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and international corporations.

Our side-by-side financial and legal teams consistently deliver award-winning services to a global client base, offering unrivalled learning and career opportunities to our 2,500 colleagues worldwide.

What’s it like to work here?

We are driven to excel, and collaboration is key to our continued success. We can go further for our clients because we go further for each other too. Our inclusive culture creates an environment where people can be themselves at work while doing their best work. No matter where you work in the Maples Group, you will be part of a global team.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an accomplished Drafting Associate to join our Corporate Secretarial team as part of our financial services business in Montreal.

Consistently recognised as one of Montreal’s Top Employers, the Maples Group established our operations in the central downtown area in 2009. Our Montreal office exemplifies our culturally rich and entrepreneurial organisation, with over 300 colleagues from 50 countries collaborating to deliver best-in-class solutions to clients worldwide.

As part of our Montreal team you will:

• drafting detailed minutes of board meetings from hand written notes and/or meeting recordings. Minutes must be drafted to a meticulous standard and the candidate will be expected to ensure all matters arising from such meetings are appropriately captured;
• successful candidates may also be asked to perform other administrative tasks. Progressing candidates may be asked to attend client board meetings, telephonically, in due course;
• candidate must work well within a local and global team environment and be committed to meeting team and client deliverables, which may occasionally require overtime and weekends.

What You Bring

In addition to indisputably high ethical standards and autonomy, the ideal candidate possesses the following:

• university or college degree;
• previous minute drafting experience, or experience with corporate structures is preferable for this position but not a pre-requisite;
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook are a must;
• knowledge of international corporate structures, investment funds, other offshore vehicles, and Cayman Islands and Irish regulatory landscape are beneficial

You can learn more about the Maples Group on our corporate website. Experience our culture and our people on our Careers Page or on LinkedIn.

Disclaimer: All personal information collected during the application process will be used for recruitment-related purposes only. Please refer to our Job Applicant Privacy Notice at maples.com/privacy for details on how we handle personal information relating to job applicants.

*“Please note that it is the Maples Group standard policy to undertake various background screening checks on all applicants to whom a conditional job offer is made. Except for roles based in the Republic of Ireland, the background checks will include criminal records checks when a conditional job offer is made. If you have a criminal record, it does not mean that your job offer will be automatically withdrawn. The Maples Group will make all job offer decisions on a case-by-case basis and will take a number of factors into account, such as the role that you are applying for and the nature and circumstances of the past offence. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before a decision is made. Further details will be provided at the time any conditional job offer is made.*