About Gowling Wlg
At Gowling WLG, our commitment to excellence begins with our people. As an international law firm with offices in Canada, the U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, we’re proud to recruit and retain top talent who bring energy, insight, and a singular focus on delivering exceptional experiences – for our clients and each other.
We’re intentional about building a workplace that’s both high-performing and supportive, ensuring that everyone is empowered to do their best work and reach their full potential. Our culture is grounded in our shared values: Raise the Bar, Embrace Differences, and Thrive Together. These values shape how we collaborate, lead, and succeed – across teams, time zones, and career paths.
Whether you’re pursuing a role in law or business services, explore what’s possible and make your mark with Gowling WLG.
PROFILE
Gowling WLG’s Vancouver office is currently seeking a Corporate Paralegal for our Business Law Corporate Services group with eight to ten years of experience.
The successful candidate(s) will be supporting a key national project with the digitization of our corporate services process. The corporate clerk will help with data integrity for the corporate records for various clients. This individual will have the exciting opportunity to work alongside a great team of corporate clerks and lawyers in a challenging professional services environment.
Responsibilities
- Independently complete a minute book review of various entity types (corporation, not-for-profit, LLPs) in electronic format.
- Identify corporate data issues to ensure that the minute book and other corporate records are complete in the electronic database.
- Exercising discretion and judgement when reviewing and organizing documents and materials within iManage, ALF and Athennian.
- Ensuring the validity and integrity of the corporate materials saved in iManage, ALF Closing Folders and Athennian.
Qualifications
- A minimum of eight to ten years legal experience as a Corporate Law Clerk/Paralegal in the Province of British Columbia.
- Demonstrates initiative and capacity to work proactively and independently, as well as in a team environment, including training junior clerks and new team members.
- Possesses excellent organizational skills and the ability to redefine priorities when necessary.
- Has strong attention to detail, with the ability to analyze legal documents for accuracy.
- Ability to work efficiently and effectively with technology.
- Curiosity of corporate law and ability and willingness to continuously learn and develop new skills.
- Strong time management skills, ability to meet deadlines, proven effectiveness in delivering fast and accurate client service.
- Ability to communicate effectively with Firm members, verbally and in writing in a professional and courteous manner.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, iManage and KOFAX or Adobe Acrobat.
- Experience with ALF and Athennian.
The starting range for this role is $80,000.00 to $100,000.00. Starting salary will be determined based on an applicant’s individual skills, competencies and unique qualifications. Gowling WLG employees have the potential to exceed this range based on tenure and performance.
This position is currently vacant and is open to both internal and external candidates. Gowling WLG is recruiting for this role to support ongoing firm needs and team operations.
This employer may use tools within our applicant tracking system that include artificial intelligence–supported features, such as automated candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all screening, assessments, and selections are reviewed and completed by human recruiters and hiring managers.
Gowling WLG is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are in need of accommodation or support at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know.
