The Baku office Dentons is currently seeking an enthusiastic full-time Office & Marketing and Business Development Assistant (MBD), to join our team. You will be a part of the Baku team and work together with Dentons Europe offices to contribute to the success of Dentons in Azerbaijan as well as internationally. The purpose of your role will be to provide administrative and commercial support to the team, consisting of approximately 15 colleagues. The role will include some marketing and business development tasks as defined below. You will contribute to smooth operations in the office and hands-on MBD activities such as events and coordinating marketing materials and submissions, as well as general projects for the office.

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of the role (50% MBD / 50% office administration), including:

• Supporting lawyers in organizing client conferences and meetings; scheduling couriers, interfacing with consultants, expert witnesses, and other special functions.
• Maintaining attorneys' calendars by planning and scheduling conferences, teleconferences, dispositions, and travel.
• Supporting attorneys by communicating and obtaining information; following up on delegated assignments; knowing when to act and when to refer matters to attorney.
• Editing legal and business documents, drafting letters - consistent with the Firm's guidelines.
• Making travel arrangements.
• Photocopying, printing, scanning and archiving documents.
• Preparing engagement agreements with the clients / conducting onboarding process based on Dentons' guidelines.
• Supporting the development of client opportunities by working with our Europe proposals team, Europe creative team and the Baku lawyers, coordinating international pitches/proposals with the proposals team, providing credentials, capability statements, CVs, brochures and presentations when needed by the Baku team.
• Supporting the office and working with our Europe communications team in coordinating profile raising initiatives, (newsletters, alerts), for client events, etc.
• Managing submissions for international legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, IFRLR1000, and The Legal 500.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field is preferred
• 2-3 years of experience in a similar role within an international law, accounting, or consulting firm
• Professional level of English and Azerbaijani (written and spoken); strong command of Russian or other languages is an advantage
• Strong computer literacy (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Enthusiastic, proactive, and solution‑oriented
• High level of professionalism and discretion
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative, team‑oriented approach
• Ability to adapt to an international environment and eagerness to grow both professionally and personally with us

Benefits

Remuneration and benefits package will reflect the successful candidates experience and competencies.