Legal Assistant, Corporate

3 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada Dentons Full time

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA- Mar 8, 2024Dentons is designed to be different. Our firm leads the way in a rapidly changing legal marketplace. We challenge the status quo and deliver consistent results as well as uncompromising quality and value to our clients. Our global presence is renowned as a firm with over 21,000 individuals in more than 200 offices serving clients across 80+ countries.

Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2024); Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2024); Alberta Top 80 Employers (2024), and Canada’s Best Diversity Employers (2023).

This role is an opportunity for you to join the world’s largest law firm, a firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.

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The Vancouver office is currently seeking an intermediate Legal Assistant to join our Corporate group. The Legal Assistant will offer a blend of skills and experience providing corporate and practice support within a team where collegiality and collaboration are key elements of how we work at Dentons. The position will require a confident and reliable individual to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities. The successful applicant must be team-orientated and accustomed to working as a team with other corporate assistants. This is a fantastic opportunity for a legal assistant who is interested in taking their career to the next level.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Drafting, preparing and proofreading correspondence, accounts and various transactional documents and forms.
- Opening, organizing and maintaining files both electronic and hard copy as required
- Maintaining and organizing client contacts, files and various calendars
- Preparing forms such as cheque requisitions, wire transfers, trust deposits, and expense reports
- Prioritizing workflow to ensure completion of accurate work within established timelines
- Dealing with and responding to client inquiries expeditiously and conducting follow up
- General administrative duties such as scheduling appointments and meetings, preparing materials and working with other related Departments/services internally to provide documents and other materials on time to meet client needs
- Managing administrative tasks including time entry and monthly billing cycle, in connection with billing coordinator
- Updating and maintaining client/matter lists and current client contact records electronically to meet Dentons’ requirements
- Demonstrating a team approach, ensuring strict adherence to confidentiality; accountability in relation to both internal and external clients to achieve outputs and goals for the Department and the Firm
- Other legal administrative duties as assigned or required

**REQUIREMENTS**
- Minimum of three (3) years solid work experience in a legal environment with exposure to Corporate/Commercial work including transactions
- Legal Assistant diploma from an accredited institution
- Seasoned and proactive organizational/follow up skills; strong grammatical skills, including punctuation and proofreading, attention to detail and accuracy are required
- Professional client and telephone manner and a proven track record of working with confidential information
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Knowledge of accounting/docketing systems and document management systems (Elite and iManage) also an asset
- Able to work independently in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- Able to meet deadlines, work well under pressure and take initiative using sound judgment
- Professionalism demonstrated with colleagues, clients both in person and conversing by phone

**We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.**

The expected salary range for this role is $55,000 - $75,000. At Dentons we are committed to offering equitable and competitive pay, we achieve this by aligning internal salary ranges for specific roles to similar positions in the external market. In the normal course, our practice is to hire, transfer and promote employees within the entry part of our range, adjusting as needed based on the prior experience, skills and competencies required for the role along with any market differentials.

Recognizing our exceptional talent means providing a comprehensive total rewards package beyond a competitive salary. We have curated our employee benefits portfolio to offer inclusive and comprehensive wellbeing and developmental programs for our people. With extended benefits and mental health plans, paid time off, savings plans, fitness subsidy, parental leave top up and more, our benefits are flexible, aligned to our core values and supports the various needs of our people. Additionally, our personal and professional development progr

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