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Vanessa Caton Talabalo

Montreal,QC

Summary

Motivated business professional bringing over 15 years of combined corporate and entrepreneurial experience. Dedicated and personable with extensive experience in managing administrative and sales operations and personnel. Well-versed in training, educating, motivating and supporting staff members. An organized and dependable candidate who excels in managing multiple priorities while maintaining a positive outlook. Willing to embrace additional responsibilities in order to achieve team objectives. Possessing a cumulative Bachelor's degree specialized in law, labor relations, and administration, allowing the integration of professional experiences with academic pursuits. Throughout the career, the ability to deliver legal services within cross-functional teams, resolve disputes, and engage in specialized projects has been demonstrated. Over time, expertise has expanded across various domains and skills developed to provide technical guidance and counsel to diverse departments. Demonstrating versatility and adaptability through seamless integration into varied teams and assuming diverse project leadership roles. Skill refinement lies in analysis and solution-driven approaches, nurtured by adept active listening for better comprehension of operational requirements, compliance, and avenues for process enhancement. A positive, resourceful, and dynamic professional known for analytical prowess, teamwork, impactful communication, interpersonal dexterity, and adeptness in varied settings.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Franchise Owner

Caton & Company Inc
05.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for gasoline station operations
  • Oversee business development, partnerships, and supply contracts
  • Implement gasoline and product supply strategies
  • Develop new products and services
  • Integrate green technology and eco-friendly concepts.

Legal Analyst-Technician

Palais des Congrès de Montréal
03.2020 - 12.2021
  • Research in national and international business registries
  • Search for titles in land registries, jurisprudential databases
  • Draft legal opinions, interpret laws, apply rules and regulations
  • Create, design, and update procedures and policies, standardizing procedures
  • Manage client accounts and customer relations, legal simplification
  • Draft commercial contracts (leases, agreements, amendments, letters, etc.), draft clauses
  • Legal translation of contracts and clauses between English and French
  • Act as expert technical support, guide, train, and support internal and external clients
  • Create and implement information access request management tool for internal use, manage requests
  • Establish information access request registry for publication and public dissemination
  • Analyst Aspect:
  • Project management of COVID-related cases – design and development of COVID case management tools and transactional registers, report production for internal distribution, presentation to legal, accounting, sales teams, executive committee, board of directors, and the auditor general
  • Project management for continuous improvement and optimization: formulate recommendations, write memos and activity reports, integrate special clauses, incorporate new technologies, create Legal Affairs SharePoint, data migration, procedure writing, employee training
  • Analysis and synthesis of client cases, develop action plans for each client account considering current policies; draft event cancellation and amendment letters, perform follow-up.

Corporate Leasing Advisor

Tremblant Gateway Partnership
01.2019
  • Negotiation and drafting of leases, and monitoring of contract closures and signings
  • Management of leasing and renewal of commercial spaces
  • Drafting of commercial contracts and project management of transactions
  • Development of business opportunities (B2B) and tenant recruitment (B2C)
  • Creation and implementation of marketing and promotional strategies and recruitment
  • Organization of promotional events and management of corporate partnerships.

Lease Administrator, Legal Technician

Desjardins, Gestion Immobilières Desjardins, des Caisses Desjardins
01.2017 - 01.2020
  • Draft commercial leases (landlord and tenant), legal translation, subleases, assignments, purchase offers, sales agreements, and related documents including amendments, sublease or assignment agreements, renewals, expansions, notices, conditions waivers, correspondence, resolutions, notices, lease publication, rent validation, legal issues
  • Analyze leases during due diligence process for acquisitions
  • Process signed documents and send them to internal lease administrator
  • Provide front-line legal services, manage commercial and office portfolios
  • Conduct various legal and title searches, draft reports and legal opinions
  • Prepare documentation for buyer due diligence during sales
  • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders
  • Perform various legal and title searches
  • Perform or verify publication of deeds and ensure follow-up of transactions and their closure.

Leases, and Franchise Administrator, Legal Technician

McMahon Distributeur pharmaceutique Inc
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Draft contracts and various legal documents
  • Collect and transmit transactional documents to relevant parties
  • Research and gather data for procurement, draft related documents
  • Manage and transmit license and permit renewals required by regulatory authorities (Pharmacy Act, Labor Law, Drug and Health Product Laws and Regulations, AQPP, OPQ, RAMQ, Telus, etc.)
  • Act as primary liaison point for franchisees and business partners
  • Meetings with franchisees, legal simplification, signing of various contracts and affidavits, mediate between franchisees, represent McMahon to stakeholders, provide professional customer service, interact with internal and external clients, follow up on closures and signatures
  • Manage franchise and real estate projects, legal research, lease publication.
  • Assisted prospective tenants in paperwork completion and other logistics to facilitate smooth move-in processes.
  • Distributed and followed up on tenant renewal notices.

Real Estate and Franchise Law Paralegal

Tim Hortons
01.2014 - 12.2016
  • Drafting all legal documents related to real estate and franchise transactions, drafting and analyzing precedent documents for all transactions, monitoring closures and signatures.
  • Analyzing and drafting all legal documents, acting as a liaison, signing documents, legal simplification, intermediary between franchisee client and bank representatives, assisting in franchise purchase financing process, tracking signatures and payments, closure monitoring, customer service.
  • Organized contracts and closing documents for rentals and purchases.
  • Prepared legal property descriptions for use in transactions.
  • Tracked and processed easement documents in accordance with policies and applicable laws.
  • Reviewed and interpreted site plans, maps and blueprints.

Lease Administrator, Real Estate Law

Couche-Tard
01.2012 - 12.2013


  • Negotiating lease renewals, petroleum agreement renewals, drafting negotiated contracts, sale and management of franchises, managing and monitoring document signatures and transaction closures.
  • Providing legal support to business units, legal research and analysis, lease publication, acting as intermediary between stakeholders.
  • Managing portfolio of real estate assets, leasing of premises, sales or purchases of buildings and land, exercising rights under leases, analyzing site financial reports, building maintenance management; real estate redevelopment and renovation projects, intervention in disputes.
  • Inspected properties before and after new tenant move-ins to schedule maintenance, cleaners, and other services.


Education

Bachelor of Science - Law, Labour Relations And Management

Université De Montréal
Montreal
04.2021

College Degree -

Collège Jean De Brébeuf
Montreal, QC
2003

High School Diploma -

Collège Marie De France
Montreal, QC
2001

Skills

  • Attention to Detail
  • PPE Compliance
  • Good Telephone Etiquette
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Organization and Time Management
  • Problem-Solving
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • MS Office
  • Excellent Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Training and Development
  • Team building
  • Decision-Making
  • Dependable and Responsible
  • Written Communication

Timeline

Franchise Owner

Caton & Company Inc
05.2021 - Current

Legal Analyst-Technician

Palais des Congrès de Montréal
03.2020 - 12.2021

Corporate Leasing Advisor

Tremblant Gateway Partnership
01.2019

Lease Administrator, Legal Technician

Desjardins, Gestion Immobilières Desjardins, des Caisses Desjardins
01.2017 - 01.2020

Leases, and Franchise Administrator, Legal Technician

McMahon Distributeur pharmaceutique Inc
01.2016 - 01.2017

Real Estate and Franchise Law Paralegal

Tim Hortons
01.2014 - 12.2016

Lease Administrator, Real Estate Law

Couche-Tard
01.2012 - 12.2013

Bachelor of Science - Law, Labour Relations And Management

Université De Montréal

College Degree -

Collège Jean De Brébeuf

High School Diploma -

Collège Marie De France
Vanessa Caton Talabalo