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Bilingual Legal Counsel Conseillère Juridique Bilingue

Bilingual Legal Counsel Conseillère Juridique Bilingue

CompanyAlliaxis
LocationMontreal, QC, Canada
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesJD
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • Law Degree (LLL and /or LLB)
  • 1 to 7++ years of Experience as an attorney
  • Facility to understand technical issues
  • Strong drafting and communication skills
  • Good knowledge of our products
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Bilingualism (French and English), both spoken and written
  • Critical thinking skills – displayed by the ability to find creative solutions to problems
  • Ability to evaluate situations independently using multiple sources of information
  • Strong Business acumen
  • Advanced Proficiency in Word and Outlook; proficiency in Excel, an asset
  • Advanced Communication skills and ability to collaborate with other departments within IPEX and external organizations

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a legal watch and provide legal opinions, strategic advice, guidance and practical solutions on a wide variety of commercial, regulatory, IT, construction, managed services, litigation/insurance/product warranty and employment, and compliance matters and activities, as well as general legal matters.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of legal opinions, and commercial agreements, including but not limited to construction, leasing, IT and purchase/supply chain matters.
  • Performing discovery and due diligence in preparation for, compliance audits or M&A transactions.
  • Counselling on all Canadian and US laws applicable to sales, risk management and mitigation, and work with external counsel as required.
  • Perform high volumes of junior level entry tasks and various organizational and administrative tasks to help organize the department.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficiency in Excel, an asset