Dentons

Systems Engineer

• Administer and support Elite 3E and related financial applications
• Troubleshoot complex application, workflow, integration, data, and production-support issues
• Support financial processes including time entry, billing, rates, accounts receivable, cash receipts, collections, accounts payable, general ledger, and bank reconciliation
• Use SQL to research issues, validate data, and support approved corrections and business requests
• Support 3E configuration, workflows, templates, notifications, security, scheduled processes, and related settings
• Monitor and support integrations between Elite 3E and related time-entry, expense, collections, banking, HR, reporting, and matter-management applications
• Partner with business, application, integration, and technical teams to resolve cross-system issues and support system changes
• Support testing, implementation, deployment, and post-production validation for updates, patches, enhancements, upgrades, and Financial Systems projects
• Assist with source-data research, approved extracts, and reporting impacts in coordination with the reporting team
• Support month-end, year-end, billing, and other critical financial-processing periods, including occasional after-hours support
• Manage vendor support cases, document key changes and procedures, and identify opportunities to simplify or automate routine support activities
• Perform other duties as needed to fully meet the requirements of the role

Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Operations

• Manage the end-to-end employee lifecycle, including onboarding, probation, contractual changes, renewals, leave processes and offboarding for employees, contractors and contingent workers.
• Prepare and maintain employment contracts, consultancy agreements and HR documentation, ensuring compliance with local labour law and company policies.
• Coordinate monthly payroll administration, including payroll inputs, employee changes, sickness absence, tax documentation, annual reconciliation and resolution of payroll queries with the external provider.
• Administer time and attendance and leave processes, ensuring accurate records, timely monthly closing and appropriate documentation.
• Maintain accurate employee data across HR systems, including workforce/headcount information, cost centres, organisational charts and regular/ad hoc HR reporting.
• Coordinate employee benefits administration, including enrolments, changes, payroll deductions and liaison with external providers.
• Act as a first point of contact for employees and managers on day-to-day HR, employment, payroll, benefits and policy-related queries, escalating complex matters where appropriate.
• Support the maintenance and communication of local HR policies and compliance requirements, including changes resulting from employment legislation.
• Coordinate international workforce administration, including foreign employee reporting, work permit/visa documentation and relevant statutory notifications.
• Support employee communications, engagement activities and office events, including joining, leaving and organisational change announcements.
• Collaborate with the European Talent team and other stakeholders on regional HR initiatives, system implementations, process improvements and cross-border projects.

Talent Operations Specialist

Associate

• Join and contribute to Dentons Italy’s Corporate M&A group.
• Work on innovative legal issues within the Corporate M&A department.
• Collaborate with specialized lawyers recognized among the best in their areas of expertise.
• Participate in practice-oriented training in an international context.
• Gain broad, 360-degree work experience.
• Provide pro bono legal assistance.
• Participate in corporate events such as the annual Fee Earners Retreat.

Junior Associate – Corporate M&A

• Review and evaluate Elite 3E billing systems and processes supporting residential and commercial mortgage, secured lending and other high-volume Banking & Finance matters
• Analyse processes underpinning the preparation, review and finalisation of large volumes of invoices
• Design and modify matter and billing configurations for fixed-fee, transaction-based and volume-driven pricing arrangements
• Develop system specifications for proforma generation, invoice approval workflows, matter billing groups and client-specific billing requirements
• Investigate complex billing and system issues involving significant transaction volumes and multiple stakeholders
• Develop and implement functional solutions, system test plans, billing enhancements and process automation initiatives
• Analyse WIP, billing and financial reports to identify discrepancies, process issues, revenue trends and potential revenue leakage
• Manage billing adjustments, write-offs, write-ups, transfers and matter corrections within Elite 3E
• Identify opportunities to improve billing accuracy, workflow efficiency, system functionality and stakeholder service
• Create user documentation and deliver system and billing process training to fee earners, legal assistants, Finance personnel and other users
• Maintain accurate financial records and support compliance with firm policies and audit requirements
• Work closely with partners, lawyers, legal assistants, Finance, Accounts and IT

Billing Systems Analyst

• Provide banking legal services as an Associate in the CLREF practice
• Help organisations grow, protect, operate and finance their businesses through legal solutions
• Serve clients through Dentons’ global and locally focused legal practice

Analyst

• Review intake requests for completeness and accuracy of client and matter information
• Conduct internal and external conflicts checks using Dentons’ internal conflicts and external databases
• Investigate corporate structures and management profiles for conflict, sanctions, and AML analysis
• Identify and escalate potential legal, commercial, sanctions, or reputational conflicts
• Coordinate with Dentons offices in Europe and globally to obtain relevant clearances
• Complete new client onboarding and ongoing monitoring refreshes for non-AML-regulated mandates
• Assist with engagement letters, outside counsel guidelines, and confidentiality terms
• Maintain accurate records and manage data according to firm policies
• Implement information barriers and document security processes
• Coordinate with team members to meet deadlines and resolve challenges
• Serve as a point of contact for Europe and Global Regions regarding new business intake
• Coordinate with Europe New Business Intake sub-teams
• Ensure submissions comply with regional and global firm policies
• Support application of regional frameworks and requirements

Conflicts Analyst

• Review intake requests for completeness and accuracy of client and matter information
• Conduct internal and external conflicts checks using Dentons' internal conflicts and external databases
• Investigate corporate structures and management profiles for conflict, sanctions, and AML analysis
• Identify and escalate legal, commercial, sanctions, or reputational conflicts under firm policies
• Coordinate with Dentons offices in Europe and globally to obtain relevant clearances
• Complete new client onboarding and ongoing monitoring refreshes for non-AML-regulated mandates
• Assist with engagement letters, outside counsel guidelines, and confidentiality terms
• Maintain accurate records and manage data according to firm policies
• Implement information barriers and document security processes
• Coordinate with team members to meet deadlines and resolve challenges
• Serve as a point of contact for Europe and Global Regions regarding new business intake
• Coordinate with Europe New Business Intake sub-teams for appropriate assessment
• Ensure submissions are reviewed and processed according to regional and global policies
• Support application of regional frameworks and requirements

• Advise clients on corporate law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, directors' duties, shareholder arrangements, and general company law issues
• Take ownership of complex corporate matters and transactions
• Work directly with clients and partners to deliver practical, commercially focused outcomes
• Build and strengthen client relationships
• Contribute to business development initiatives
• Contribute to the growth of the Christchurch Corporate and Commercial practice
• Develop expertise across a diverse client base, from private businesses and founders to larger corporate organisations
• Work as part of a high-performing local and national team
• Take a lead role on significant transactions and advisory engagements
• Mentor and support junior team members

Senior Associate, Corporate and Commercial

Financial Crime

• Support the AML Operations Manager and Global Head of AML and Sanctions Compliance in implementing the firm-wide AML and sanctions programme
• Undertake and handle all types of Client Due Diligence (CDD)
• Review and assess new clients and matters for AML, sanctions and reputational risks
• Conduct client and matter risk assessments
• Undertake sanctions screening updates
• Assist with ongoing monitoring of clients and matters
• Advise on sanctions, professional ethical obligations, matter and billing structures, engagement terms and inter-office working arrangements
• Liaise directly with clients on AML and sanctions issues on behalf of partners
• Manage all stages of the matter opening process and escalate issues as necessary
• Assist with internal audit processes
• Handle basic data protection queries relevant to AML
• Assist with AML and Sanctions training
• Review and update internal compliance policies and procedures
• Assist with projects and ad hoc assignments

AML Analyst

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Support the Financial Services Team in the Banking & Finance Department
• Participate in work groups
• Support the designated lawyer in regulatory and jurisprudential research related to the practice area
• Gain practical understanding of how a law firm works, particularly the Banking & Finance Team
• Work closely with legal professionals in an international environment

Curricular Internship – Financial Services, Banking and Finance

Attorney

• Support senior Partners and the legal team within the Dispute Resolution (commercial litigation) practice
• Provide exceptional legal administrative support and identify opportunities to enhance processes and deliver outstanding service
• Manage financial processes and the full life cycle of legal matters, including opening matters, conflict checking, high volume end of month billing, trust payments and disbursements, write offs, file closing, and archiving
• Edit and prepare correspondence and legal documents
• Prepare and update spreadsheets, reports, and presentations
• Prepare and collate Briefs to Counsel, chronologies, and court materials
• Coordinate meetings and travel arrangements
• Liaise with chambers, government agencies, clients, counsel, third parties, and internal stakeholders
• Provide day-to-day administrative support, including answering calls, managing mail, printing, scanning, and document handling

Legal Practice Assistant

• Administer and support Elite 3E and related financial applications
• Troubleshoot complex application, workflow, integration, data, and production-support issues
• Support core financial processes, including time entry, billing, rates, accounts receivable, cash receipts, collections, accounts payable, general ledger, and bank reconciliation
• Use SQL to research issues, validate data, and support approved corrections and business requests
• Support 3E configuration, workflows, templates, notifications, security, scheduled processes, and related settings
• Monitor and support integrations between Elite 3E and related time-entry, expense, collections, banking, HR, reporting, and matter-management applications
• Partner with business, application, integration, and technical teams to resolve cross-system issues and support system changes
• Support testing, implementation, deployment, and post-production validation for updates, patches, enhancements, upgrades, and Financial Systems projects
• Assist with source-data research, approved extracts, and reporting impacts in coordination with the reporting team
• Support month-end, year-end, billing, and other critical financial-processing periods, including occasional after-hours support
• Manage vendor support cases, document key changes and procedures, and identify opportunities to simplify or automate routine support activities
• Perform other duties as needed to fully meet the requirements of the role

Senior Financial Analyst

• Advising domestic and international clients on all aspects and stages of restructuring and insolvency, particularly debtor-in-possession proceedings
• Handling challenging and diverse matters with a high degree of autonomy and close client contact
• Advising companies, entrepreneurs, customers, and creditors in connection with restructuring cases
• Drafting contracts
• Advising on corporate transactions, particularly distressed M&A
• Establishing processes in close cooperation with our clients, in some cases on-site at the company
• Direct involvement in client advisory work
• Working with national and international clients and team members within a global network

Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Talent Operations Specialist

Junior Associate – Corporate M&A

Billing Systems Analyst

Associate

Conflicts Analyst

Conflicts Analyst

Senior Associate, Corporate and Commercial

AML Analyst

Curricular Internship – Financial Services, Banking and Finance

Legal Practice Assistant

Senior Financial Analyst

Attorney – Insolvency, Restructuring