Legal Assistant, Real Estate

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 junior to intermediate Legal Assistant to join our real estate team supporting the commercial/development scope of our practice. This role requires a self-starter—proactive, personable, organized, and detail-oriented—with a strong client-first mindset. They bring a willingness to learn, grow, and take on new challenges and are adaptable to shifting priorities. Confident, reliable, and solution-oriented, they value frequent, open communication and understand that the best results come from collaboration. They thrive in a team environment where individual strengths come together to achieve shared success. 

As a member of our real estate commercial/development team, your primary responsibility will be supporting our paraprofessionals with opportunity to support the broader team as needs arise.  This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has a keen interest in real estate to learn from an experienced team and further develop their legal assistant and future paraprofessional skills. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducting title search and due diligence searches including tax, rural tax searches, BC Assessment, PPSA searches, etc.
• Sourcing (electronically) and providing corporate documents (like CSR, Register of Director, etc.) for lawyers/paralegals
• Supporting file and document organization processes including diarizing of dates, saving documents and correspondence in iManage, compiling documents
• Filing of basic electronic documents with the Land Title office
• Photocopying, scanning, compiling arranging for closing documentation
• Preparing document packages for execution
• Performing comparison of documents (using software)
• Preparing internal accounting related documents in relation to real estate transactions including trust reconciliation
• Assembly of closing books (electronic) and supporting with reporting to clients
• Providing other administrative support to the real estate group, as required
• Providing team overflow support as required

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Legal Administrative Assistant or conveyancer within a law firm, with a focus on residential and/or commercial real estate transactions.
• Keen interest in expanding commercial real estate skillset
• Proficient in document production, with competency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel)
• Working knowledge of myLTSA and BC Registry Services.
• Strong administrative capabilities paired with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly detail-oriented and committed to accuracy in all tasks.
• Proven ability to prioritize, multi-task, and manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced, and at times, high-volume environment.
• Demonstrated capacity to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as collaboratively within a team setting.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, and take initiative when appropriate.

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 $54,000 - $64,000, commensurate with experience. 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 programs include people networks, mentorships, and leadership series programming to help people grow their career.

Note: Availability of the benefits and perks may be subject to your location and employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements. Dentons reserves the right to alter these programs and offerings in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Dentons Canada, inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) are not just ancillary values, they are foundational to our business. We believe that IDEA is essential to the shared success of our team and our clients. Our forward-thinking and inclusive culture supports the professional development of all our people, enhances the leading services we offer to our clients, and informs our commitment to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. As a testament to our commitment to IDEA, we have been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employer’s for 15 consecutive years (2011-2025), as well as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2025) for the eighth time.

Dentons Canada is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome your application. All employment decisions, including hiring, will be made without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, colour, creed, disability, ethnic origin, family status, gender identity, marital status, place of origin, race, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable human rights legislation.

We are committed to providing you with an inclusive, barrier-free, and accessible workplace to support your success. Should you require accommodation during the recruitment process, for example as a result of a disability, please contact us at careers.canada@dentons.com.