Careers

Our “city in the country” is British Columbia’s 5th largest city and growing, and offers both urban amenities and rural comfort. From challenging mountain biking and breathtaking skiing to some of the best golf courses in the province, Abbotsford is uniquely positioned central to all of these activities. It boasts the lower mainland’s only other international airport, and is still only a one-hour’s drive from downtown Vancouver. Linley Welwood has been an active part of Abbotsford’s growth and diversity, and continues to serve our city and all of our surrounding communities.

Linley Welwood is always looking to add to its exceptional team of Lawyers, Paralegals and Legal Assistants. Our “open door” environment provides a healthy, positive and friendly atmosphere to work. We believe in work-life balance, and promote teamwork and excellence, always fully committed to providing the best solutions for our clients. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and a tremendous opportunity for growth and career development.

CORPORATE LEGAL ASSISTANT

As the successful candidate for this opportunity, you are the graduate of an accredited Legal Administrative Assistant program and have a keen interest in working in corporate records. In this position, your responsibilities will include, but not limited to record-keeping, filing, billing, minute book reviews and incorporations. You are self-motivated, you have excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

Qualifications and Requirements:
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Ability to organize the workload effectively
• Ability to maintain excellent attention to detail
• Ability to multitask
• Positive work ethic
• Ability to meet deadlines and to work under pressure

CORPORATE PARALEGAL

Our firm is seeking an intermediate to Senior Corporate Paralegal to join our team!

The successful candidate for this position will have a minimum of 4 years of Corporate Law experience, and be a graduate of an accredited Paralegal program. As the successful candidate for this opportunity, your responsibilities will include, but not limited to managing a variety of commercial transactions from start to finish including asset and share transactions. The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal skills, strong attention to detail and a positive, proactive attitude with the ability to handle competing priorities.

Our firm provides competitive salary and benefits, positive and friendly atmosphere; offering our staff a healthy, dynamic and close-knit working environment.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit applications to personnel@linleywelwood.com.  Preference may be given to those applicants applying in person.  We thank all applicants for their interest in our positions; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.