Lynne Myers
Summary
Accomplished Corporate Legal Assistant with extensive experience in successfully supporting high-level executives and senior lawyers. Highly qualified with a thorough knowledge of office and administrative support functions. Exceptionally organized with a keen attention to detail. Able to use superior communication, interpersonal, and time management skills to work well under pressure and manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines, while ensuring optimal results.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Corporate Legal Assistant
Global Business
03.2018
- Supported members of the legal and compliance team with broad range of administrative and legal responsibilities to ensure organization was compliant with internal policies and procedures and Canadian and U.S laws and regulations.
- Managed the licensing and annual reporting processes of 19 U.S
- Corporate entities and two tribal entities to ensure compliance with federal and state reporting requirements
- Assisted legal and compliance team to develop a new vendor contract review policy to promote a more streamlined, transparent, and accountable review process for key stakeholders
- Led the vendor contract review process from contract intake to final signed contract, including tracking contract timelines, and preparing termination letters
- Assisted legal and compliance team with recommended improvements to internal policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements
- Maintained corporate minute books for the Canadian and U.S
- Corporate entities, including tracking of annual filings
- Collaborated with project management team to develop and implement a new Covid-19 Safety Plan and Policy
- Prepared and submitted all legal documentation to U.S
- State regulatory agencies to dissolve and close 19 U.S
- Corporate entities
- Developed and executed a project plan by coordinating with property owner, contractors, and suppliers to close one office location, sell inventory, and vacate the premises., to Franchising Analyst by holding key responsibilities to manage new store development, resales, and renovations
- Provided significant administrative, clerical, and legal support to Senior Lawyer, Franchising Department, and members of legal franchise team
- Coordinated with internal business partners to manage the process for completing 90-100 franchise transactions per year
- Managed high-volume workload of head lease reviews, legal document preparation, store license renewals, and accounting functions to ensure franchise department achieved its goal for restaurants opened on time
- Assisted GBS team with development of new policies and procedures to ensure end-to-end process flows across departments within organization
- Provided diverse training and mentoring to new franchise team members to ensure the process for completing franchise documents was done correctly and on time in accordance with the franchise department's key performance metrics.
- Organized documents to manage paper and electronic filing systems of clients
- Monitored changes in relevant laws to stay abreast of procedures and provide legal updates to clients
- Created weekly, monthly and quarterly expense reports
Licensing Specialist
AS 4finance Ltd
03.2017 - 06.2023
- Promoted from Corporate Legal Assistant to
Franchising Analyst
Restaurant Brands International, Tim Hortons
01.2014 - 01.2017
Corporate Legal Assistant
The TDL Group Corp
02.2008 - 01.2014
- Supported Senior Legal Counsel and legal team members by performing general corporate, administrative, and clerical functions to maximize legal department's overall performance.
- Consistently managed high volume workload of word processing while meeting tight deadlines.
- Coordinated planning and document preparation for organization's quarterly board and committee meetings and annual shareholders' meetings.
- Collaborated with legal team to define new improved workflows for reducing inefficiencies in pre- and post-planning stages of quarterly board and committee meetings.
- Assisted with preparation of documentation for organization's annual and quarterly financial reports filed with the U.S
- And Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
Education
Legal Administration Diploma - Legal Administration
Sheridan College
Oakville, ON06.1988
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Ministry of Labour: Worker Health and Safety Awareness -
2023
Outlook: Efficient Email - undefined
2023
SharePoint Online Essential Training - undefined
2023
LinkedIn Learning: Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365) - undefined
2023
Skills
- Legal Terminology
- Contract Management
- File Maintenance
- Process Improvements
- Report and Document Preparation
- Problem-Solving
- Computer Literacy
- Remote Communication Planning
- Advanced word processing
- Scheduling/Planning
- Organizational Efficiency
- Administrative support
Certification
Completed Certificates (online courses):
· Ministry of Labour: Worker Health and Safety Awareness 2023
· LinkedIn Learning: Outlook: Efficient Email Management 2023
· LinkedIn Learning: SharePoint Online Essential Training 2023
· LinkedIn Learning: Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365) 2023
Timeline
Corporate Legal Assistant
Global Business
03.2018
Licensing Specialist
AS 4finance Ltd
03.2017 - 06.2023
Franchising Analyst
Restaurant Brands International, Tim Hortons
01.2014 - 01.2017
Corporate Legal Assistant
The TDL Group Corp
02.2008 - 01.2014
Legal Administration Diploma - Legal Administration
Sheridan College
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Ministry of Labour: Worker Health and Safety Awareness -
Outlook: Efficient Email - undefined
SharePoint Online Essential Training - undefined
LinkedIn Learning: Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365) - undefined
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