Description
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help companies with their legal needs around the world. Our mission is to be the leading global business law firm. DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is one of Canada’s leading law firms with a team of innovative, proactive and dedicated lawyers, administrative and support staff who serve our clients in Canada and around the world. As one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People from 2022 to 2025 and as one of British Columbia’s Top Employers from 2007 to 2025, we offer competitive salaries and benefits including a generous, top-rated employee pension plan.
If you are talented in providing unprecedented service, are enthusiastic and a team player, we are looking for you. We are currently looking for a Legal Administrative Assistant to join our firm and invite you to review the job description.
The Legal Administrative Assistant will support a team of lawyers practicing mainly in Real Estate and Corporate Commercial practices who are involved in a variety of transactions spanning multiple industries. This position is ideal for a Legal Assistant comfortable with managing a high volume of work, who enjoys variety, who takes pride in providing a high level of support and organization, who takes an enthusiastic approach to their work and who has a solution-orientation when confronted with challenges.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Prepare and revise various legal documents, forms and correspondence including lengthy documents with multiple versions and blacklines;
• Interact professionally with clients, counsel, experts and other stakeholders via telephone and written communications, dealing with issues directly as appropriate and escalating to lawyer as needed;
• Coordinate file opening and closing including running conflicts checks;
• Prepare forms and cheques for banking and administrative purposes;
• Conduct real estate title and corporate searches;
• Manage the billing cycle including regular entry of lawyer timesheets, drafting of bills and accounts receivable follow-up;
• Maintain established filing and bring forward systems in either manual or electronic form;
• Coordinate parties, schedule and organize various meetings;
• Complete electronic and/or manual filing; and
• Other duties as required.
Knowledge, Qualities & Experience Required
• 4 – 6 years Legal Administrative experience required and experience in Real Estate and/or Corporate Commercial practice is considered an asset;
• Strong MS Word skills preferred including advanced word processing skills;
• Excel, PowerPoint, IManage, Nuance, Elite/Webview skills considered an asset;
• Excellent organizational and time management required to prioritize a high volume of tasks and manage competing priorities;
• Dedicated to providing service beyond expectation;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; and
• Ability to manage multiple internal clients and be adaptable to the needs of each.
We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process, for example as a result of a disability, please let us know.
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