• Job Description

  Req#: JR-6916

  Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

  Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and passion. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

  We are a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager. We combine our capital with our capabilities to create real estate that strengthens economies and communities. By prioritizing people, partnerships and places, we generate meaningful returns for OMERS members, enhance value for our capital partners and create a brighter world for our customers.

  Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

  Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

  Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great! If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply.

  We are looking for a highly motivated summer student to join our legal team in Toronto. You will be a key member of an engaged, high-reaching team—part of a world-class, winning culture that prioritizes people development and focuses on long-term growth. We take great pride in leading the industry by earning respect through every interaction, every day. We go above and beyond to protect and grow relationships by anticipating needs, being honest and considerate, and valuing customers as genuine partners.

  
  As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:

  • Assist Corporate Legal transactions team with various matters on ongoing transactions (including, as needed, coordinating diligence workstreams, liaising with external counsel & various Oxford stakeholders (investment team, asset management & leasing teams, finance & capital markets team, accounting, etc.), analyzing various contracts and leases, organizing

  • deliverables, etc.)

  • Assist Insurance team with various insurance projects (including reviewing insurance provisions in leases, coordinating and tracking renewals, invoicing, claims coordination and liaising with insurance brokers)

  • Assist Legal Operations team with various legal operations initiatives

  • Contribute to the development of training materials for internal procedures and seek opportunities for process excellence

  • Supporting the regulatory tracking program by monitoring new regulations relevant to Oxford (on an as needed basis)

  • Maintain internal databases and filing systems

  To succeed in this role, you:

  • High level efficiency in Word, PowerPoint & Excel (with knowledge of iManage considered an asset)

  • Self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic and a high level of attention to detail

  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills

  • Strong written and verbal communications skills

  • Embrace collaborative sharing of knowledge within a teamwork environment

  Oxford's purpose is to strengthen economies and communities through real estate.

  Our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the customers we proudly serve.

  From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

• About the company

  The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is a Canadian pension fund created by Ontario provincial statute in 1962 to manage the retirement benefits of all local government employees in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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