Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Aug 26, 2025
Dentons 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 (2025); Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2025), and Canada’s Best Diversity Employers (2025).
This role is an opportunity for you to join Canada’s global law firm, a firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking a dynamic, detail-oriented and professional Corporate Executive/Legal Assistant to join our corporate team. This role requires a confident, proactive, and business-minded individual who is highly reliable and adaptable to shifting priorities. The ideal candidate will possess strong administrative and organizational skills, along with the interest and initiative to contribute to business development efforts. A primary responsibility of this opportunity will be working closely with a senior partner on our Canada Regional Board, contributing to the firm’s growth strategy by helping to cultivate and maintain client relationships.
As a member of our team, you will play an essential role in managing the legal and administrative functions of the practice. You are a self-starter—personable, organized, and detail-oriented—with a strong client-first mindset. You bring a willingness to learn, grow, and take on new challenges, always striving for excellence in your work. Confident, reliable, and solution-oriented, you value frequent, open communication and understand that the best results come from collaboration. You thrive in a team environment where individual strengths come together to achieve shared success.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to broaden your skillset in an executive capacity, with a reduced focus on legal administrative tasks and greater emphasis on developing client relationship and business development skills.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 4+ years of legal administrative work experience
• Excellent technical proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and aptitude for learning new systems and technology
• Excellent organizational/follow up skills; attention to detail, proof reading and accuracy are required
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Passion for working in a team environment, willing to help others
• Ability to produce a high quality of work, occasionally under tight timelines
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Knowledge of accounting and data management systems (i.e. Elite and iManage) preferred but not required
• Strong grammatical skills, including punctuation and proofreading, attention to detail and accuracy are a must
• Demonstrated commitment to privacy and ethical conduct
• Legal Administration Certificate (preferred but not required)

• Support the partner with business development tasks, including scheduling meetings, travel agendas, coordinating client lunches and events, and arranging gift distributions.
• Provide client development support by managing and enhancing the partner’s LinkedIn presence, including drafting and scheduling posts, engaging with client and industry content, monitoring interactions, and identifying strategic networking opportunities to strengthen professional visibility and support business growth.
• Manage the client intake process including arranging conflict searches, drafting and proofreading engagement letters and routine correspondence
• Proactively support practice management initiatives including time entry oversight, managing the monthly billing cycle in collaboration with billing coordinator and implementing firm best practices in financial and client management
• Coordinate and facilitate administrative tasks, such as scheduling appointments and meetings, preparing materials for client interactions, and working with internal departments to deliver client-facing documents.
• Respond to client inquiries promptly and professionally, manage follow-up activities, and ensure lawyers are kept informed of client interactions during their absence.
• Maintain and regularly update client/matter lists, electronic files, and client contact records in compliance with Dentons’ documentation standards.
• Demonstrate a strong team approach, uphold strict confidentiality, and maintain accountability for both internal and external communications to support the goals of the corporate department and the firm.
• Perform other duties as assigned, with a proactive and positive attitude.