**Job Title:**Real Estate/Financial Services Legal Assistant

**Location:**Vancouver, BC

**Closing date:**April 3, 2026

**Competition Number:**MLTA-VAN-202603-019

Base Salary:$60,000 - $75,000. Compensation based on skills and experience

Who we are

MLT Aikins is a full-service law firm of more than 350 lawyers across the four western provinces. Named one of Canada’s best law firms by theGlobe and Mail, MLT Aikins is the only law firm to have offices in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Regina and Winnipeg. As one of the largest firms in Canada, we have the bench strength and geographic scope to meet the increasingly complex needs of clients.

Job summary

Our Vancouver office is currently looking for an experienced legal assistant in the area of real estate and financial services. The successful candidate will support a busy real estate and financial services practice on a wide range of residential, commercial and financial services transactions including acquisitions and sales of properties, real estate and land developments, and financing transactions.

Responsibilities include:

• Administering files, from open to close, supporting a team of lawyers and collaborating with other team members, ensuring timeliness, accuracy and consistent follow-up
• Performing various administrative tasks including billing and following up on outstanding accounts
• Coordinating and facilitating document preparation
• Communicating with clients on file matters
• Making electronic inquiries and document filings with agencies such as BC Registries and Online Services and Land Title and Survey Authority (myLTSA)
• Prioritizing and diarizing workflow to ensure completion of accurate work to meet external and internal deadlines
• Supporting the learning and mentoring of team members
• Assisting teams members and taking on additional duties as required to support the overall team success

Qualifications include:

• Graduate of a recognized legal assistant or equivalent
• Five or more years of real estate development/subdivision and/or financial services experience considered a key asset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and as a team
• Strong work ethic, with initiative and capable of multitasking and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced and often changing environment
• Experience in BC Registries and Online Services, Land Title and Survey Authority (myLTSA)
• Skilled in the areas of attention to detail, accuracy, confidentiality, dependability, and organization

We offer:

• A competitive salary including individual performance bonus
• Comprehensive coverage for health and wellness benefits
• Access to group savings plans and investment options
• Growth and development opportunities
• A positive and inclusive work environment

Our diversity statement

MLT Aikins is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building an inclusive and diverse work environment. Our principles of diversity, equity and inclusion create a space for everyone to collaborate, allowing us to deliver excellent and increasingly innovative legal service to our clients. We encourage individuals of a diverse group to apply to our job postings.

If this sounds like you, please submit your resumé and cover letter using the Apply button. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.