Associate General Counsel

Softchoice; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Softchoice, a World Wide Technology company, is seeking an Associate General Counsel to support outbound licensing and sales transactions for Canadian public sector customers. You will advise executives, negotiate strategic agreements, and help ensure compliance with Canadian and international laws.

You'll partner with Sales and leadership to structure transactions, manage risk, and train teams on contracting policies in a fast-paced IT solutions environment.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (or equivalent) required.
• Combination of education, training and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Negotiates and drives strategic transactions and sales/revenue agreements for public sector customers.
• Supports compliance with Canadian and international contracting laws, rules, and regulations.
• Creates company policies related to contracting and trains employees.
• Works directly with the business, providing day to day advice for senior executives and other business members on contracting issues.
• Applies seasoned legal and business judgment to complex public sector transactions, balancing commercial objectives with procurement, compliance, and risk considerations.
• Brings deep knowledge of Canadian public sector contracting practices, market norms, and negotiation dynamics to support practical decision-making.
• Leads negotiation of high value strategic technology and services agreements with public sector customers.
• Partners with Sales and leadership to structure transactions, anticipate issues, navigate ambiguity and resolve contracting issues and matters with sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.

Education

Juris Doctor (or equivalent)

A combination of education, training and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Job description

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At Softchoice, a World Wide Technology (WWT) company, we work together to make a new world happen. As an IT solutions provider serving U.S. commercial and SMB organizations, as well as the entire Canadian market, we help organizations turn ambition into real-world outcomes. We do this through the delivery of secure cloud, AI, software and digital workplace solutions that enable agility, innovation and growth.

With a highly engaged, high-performing team, we are certified as a Great Place to Work® in both Canada and the United States, and have been recognized as a Best Workplace in Canada for more than 20 years. We stand proudly for our people and their success through career development and advancement, and continuously strive to do what's good for our people and communities.

As part of WWT, we connect customers to the global scale, advanced innovation, world-class partnerships, and deep expertise of a leader in AI and digital transformation. This includes access to WWT's Advanced Technology Center (ATC), a collaborative ecosystem featuring state-of-the-art hardware and software that enables customers and partners to conceptualize, test, and validate innovative solutions before deploying them at scale.

The impact you'll have:

The Associate General Counsel works within the legal department of a fast-paced IT systems integrator, supporting outbound licensing and sales transactions for the company's Canadian public sector customers. This position reports directly to the Chief Counsel - Public Sector. This position negotiates and drives strategic transactions and a significant volume of sales/revenue agreements while supporting compliance with Canadian and international laws, rules, and regulations, and creates and trains employees on company policies related to contracting. The Associate General Counsel works directly with the business, providing day-to-day advice for senior executives and other business members on government contracting issues, resolving issues that arise in existing relationships, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.

What you'll do:

• Negotiates and drives strategic transactions and sales/revenue agreements for public sector customers.
• Supports compliance with Canadian and international contracting laws, rules, and regulations
• Creates company policies related to contracting and trains employees
• Works directly with the business, providing day to day advice for senior executives and other business members on contracting issues and focuses that legal analysis and advice on assisting business leaders as they evaluate and manage risk.
• Applies seasoned legal and business judgment to complex public sector transactions, balancing commercial objectives with procurement, compliance, and risk considerations.
• Brings deep knowledge of Canadian public sector contracting practices, market norms, and negotiation dynamics to support practical decision-making.
• Leads negotiation of high value strategic technology and services agreements with public sector customers.
• Partners with Sales and leadership to structure transactions, anticipate issues, navigate ambiguity and resolve contracting issues and matters with sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.

What you'll bring to the table:

Education

• Juris Doctor (or equivalent)
• A combination of education, training and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Work Experience