Wills and Estates Associate Lawyer at MLT Aikins LLP

Wills and Estates Associate Lawyer

Location: Edmonton, AB

Competition Number: MLTA-EDM-202512-087

About our Firm

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 the Globe 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.

MLT Aikins is seeking an associate lawyer with a minimum of two years of relevant experience to join our thriving Edmonton trusts and estates team. This role provides legal advice and services in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, trusts and incapacity planning as well as corporate succession planning and wealth management.

This is an opportunity to join a top tier law firm with a growing presence in Edmonton, to work on diverse and complex files in a collaborative environment and to learn from skilled lawyers who have experience working at leading national and international firms.

Qualifications include:

• A minimum of two years of relevant estates experience
• Strong work ethic and strong professional and academic credentials.
• Effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and client service skills
• Good computer skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines with excellent problem solving skills

Our diversity statement

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 (disability, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, individual of diverse gender or sexual orientation) to apply to our job postings when they become available.

If you’re interested in joining MLT Aikins, please submit your cover letter and résumé to [email protected]. We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.