January 7, 2009
 

 
Toronto - Legal and Professional Positions
 
 

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP is one of Canada's leading business law firms. With over 235 lawyers conducting a national and international practice from our offices in Toronto, Montréal, New York and our affiliate office in Paris, Reinhart Marville Torre, we are consistently at the heart of the largest and most complex commercial and financial matters.
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Director, Knowledge Management
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP is an integrated firm of more than 250 lawyers with offices in Toronto, Montréal, New York and an affiliate in Paris. The firm is focused on business law and is consistently at the heart of the largest and most complex commercial and financial matters on behalf of its clients, regardless of borders.

We are looking for a Director of Knowledge Management to oversee and manage the knowledge management initiatives of the Toronto office and play a leading role in shaping our firmwide knowledge management strategy.

In this important role, you will oversee existing collections of precedents and research materials and develop new tools and initiatives for the continuous improvement of our knowledge management resources.  Davies takes a collaborative approach to knowledge management.  In this position, you will work closely with lawyers in all practice groups, with emphasis on the corporate practice group, and interact regularly with members of our Montréal and New York offices.

Qualified candidates will have experience as a knowledge management lawyer in a law firm, with a background in corporate law.  However, interested candidates with other relevant experience are also encouraged to apply.  If you are a self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and are interested in this unique opportunity, please apply in confidence with a résumé and copies of academic transcripts to:

Caron Levy
Human Resources Consultant
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
E-mail : recruitment@dwpv.com
www.dwpv.com
Fax : 416 367 7896


Lawyers
Our current and future success depends on the contribution and dedication of our people and we are proud of our strong team of highly motivated and well-trained lawyers.  We are committed to careful and deliberate growth and have no pre-determined hiring target.  We are always seeking to recruit talented lawyers who we believe will become partners of the firm.  If you have a record of outstanding academic achievement and are interested in joining our team, please forward your application, in confidence, to:
 
Frances Mahil or Jay Swartz
Email:    fmahil@dwpv.com or jswartz@dwpv.com
Fax:        416.863.0871



Paralegal/Other Professional Positions
If you are interested in career opportunities with Davies, please forward your cover letter and resume, in confidence, to:

Lynda Stewart Dame
Director, Human Resources
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
1 First Canadian Place, 44th Floor
Toronto ON Canada M5X 1B1

Telephone: 416.863.0900
Fax: 416.367.7896
Email: recruitment@dwpv.com