Legal counsel

Main responsibilities

• Corporate documentation: write resolutions in English (shareholders and directors);

• Contracts: analyze, prepare and draft various types of agreements requested by Engineers in common law provinces;

• Litigation: management of cases in common law provinces with insurers and external lawyers;
• Translation and adaptation: translation of French legal documents to English and adaptation from civil law to common law.
• Legal research in common law.

Profile required

• Bachelor’s degree in common law;
• Registered attorney in a common law province;
• Knowledge of business laws and in particular corporate laws and contracts;

• At least five (3) years of relevant experience (in-house or in a law firm);

• Excellent ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization in English and French;

• Ability to manage priorities, perform under pressure and multi-task;

• Strong customer service skills and results-oriented;
• Hybrid schedule;