Description
This opportunity may be an excellent fit for a lawyer who is considering leaving fee earning for work-life balance and is considering an in-house role at a reputable international law firm.
The unique in-house opportunity
An exciting business services role within the Office of the General Counsel of Dentons Canada, headed by Rob Roth: Rob Roth's profile
We are seeking talented lawyers who are looking to move away from client-facing / billing roles to join our growing team of conflicts lawyers. The work is intellectually rigorous and stimulating, fast paced, and offers stable working hours (generally 0900-1700 with some occasional after hours work if urgent). This is a 100% remote role so you can work from anywhere in Canada. Alternatively, you may choose to spend time at a Dentons Canada office if you are based nearby.
All Canada time zones will be considered.
What we do
Conflicts lawyers perform a critical risk role for the Firm. We assess, amongst other things, whether new mandates present any legal or commercial conflicts, and facilitate appropriate risk based solutions. We also play a key role in the Firm’s participation in high-profile Requests for Proposals, and we review conflicts provisions of client terms. We are an integral part of the Firm’s new business strategy and we protect it, and our clients, from undue risk. This requires an excellent educational background, a high-level understanding of a variety of practice areas, and a commercially astute, sophisticated approach. This role is unique in that there is frequent interaction with senior partners in Canada and globally, the General Counsel, and other stakeholders in the Firm, without the demands of billing and fee earner hours. We value talent and there are ample growth opportunities for the right person.
You do not need any prior conflicts experience, rather you will be joining a pioneering team consisting of other ex fee earners. Training in the applicable Canadian professional rules will be provided.
The salary range is $125,000 -145,000 per year depending on interview performance, aptitude and location, with the possibility of a signing-on bonus. This role offers a significantly improved work-life balance in contrast to a fee-earning role.
What you bring
The ideal candidate will:
- Be a practicing member in good standing of any Canadian law society;
- Bring minimum of 3 years of fee earning experience in one of the following practice areas: corporate and commercial/ financing / insolvency / disputes /insurance. Also has strong high level knowledge of a variety of practice areas to understand where possible conflicts issues may arise within them;
- Seek an intellectual challenge and thrive in a fast paced environment;
- Have an exceptional eye for detail, be intellectually curious and interested in the Firm’s business development/ strategy;
- Have the ability to quickly analyze significant amounts of complex data and convey this with the commercial context in mind;
- Possess commercial acumen and be solutions orientated, pragmatic, proactive and preemptive;
- Be comfortable with legal and commercial ambiguity, and able to make defensible risk-based decisions under often significant time constraints and with limited information;
- Be resilient, confident, able to work well under pressure and interact comfortably with senior partners; and
- Be able to work independently and is also receptive to learning and guidance.
We are open to discussing how the right candidate's experience could align with what we are seeking.
Dentons
Dentons is one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2026. Read our press release to learn more about our exceptional workplace culture, community involvement, and commitment to wellbeing, inclusion, diversity and equity: Dentons press release
We have offices in all six of Canada’s key economic centers—Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver—we provide our clients with leading and seamless legal services in common and civil law, in English and French.
We also have offices across the globe including, but not limited to, London, New York, all the major cities in Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and South America.
Dentons Canada is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for eligible candidates.
