Legal Counsel

Info-Tech Research Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Info-Tech Research Group’s Legal Group provides timely advice on commercial transactions and legal issues to support a rapidly growing business. This role emphasizes customer service, business enablement, and practical legal judgment across a range of contracting matters.

The successful candidate will review and negotiate contracts, collaborate with Sales, Public Sector, and internal teams, and offer counsel on employment, privacy, data security, and policy issues to help Infotech achieve its

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school and admission to a Canadian provincial bar in good standing.
• 2-4 years' experience post call drafting and negotiating a wide array of contracts.
• Experience with privacy and data security requirements globally is asset.
• Self-starter and business enabler by helping create solutions to allow the business to achieve its goals.
• Ability to demonstrate high level of intelligence, independent reasoning, analytical skills and business acumen.
• Curiosity to understand every aspect of the business and a strong desire to learn.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and superior organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Review, negotiate as needed, and sign sales contracts, purchase orders and modifications based on Infotech templates or clients' paperwork.
• Maintain a close working relationship with Sales and Consulting teams during client negotiations.
• Collaborate with Public Sector team to secure contract vehicles across North America and globally.
• Provide advice on public sector contracting, risks, approval processes, and internal policies.
• Draft and negotiate master agreements, SOWs, addenda, NDAs, and client-specific contracting requirements.
• Manage contract negotiation processes internally with sales/service teams and with clients.
• Develop relationships with internal stakeholders to support business initiatives while ensuring compliance.
• Advise on employment, immigration, marketing, property, insurance, privacy, data security, and litigation aspects.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Legal advisory

Privacy & data security

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Juris Doctorate

Bar admission in Canada

Job description

Info-Tech’s Legal Group services the Info-Tech Research Group of Companies ("Infotech") by providing timely advice on all facets of the business. Infotech’s Legal Counsel is responsible for partnering with and advising business teams on a variety of commercial transactions and legal issues to support our rapidly growing business. This is an excellent opportunity to make substantial contributions to a dynamic and thriving business. The successful candidate will be customer service focused, keen to participate directly in the business and a creative problem solver, applying sound business and legal judgment to a wide variety of commercial transactions and relationships.

You will work for a rapidly growing company that understands the importance of supporting employees through flexibility, inclusiveness, learning and development, internal career mobility, measurement of the Employee Experience and actioning on employee feedback, and building strong relationships.

What You Will Do

• Review, negotiate as needed, and ultimately sign sales contracts, purchase orders and modifications based on either standard Infotech agreement templates or clients’ own paperwork.
• Maintain a close working relationship with Sales and Consulting associates in relation to client sales contract negotiations.
• Work closely with the Public Sector team to secure contract vehicles throughout North America and globally, working collaboratively with Infotech's Chief Legal Officer and the Public Sector Lead.
• Provide advice and counsel on public sector contracting and legal issues and risks, approval processes, company policies and procedures.
• Draft and negotiate contracts of all types, including master agreements, SOWs and other project-specific addenda, non-disclosure agreements, and customer-specific contracting requirements.
• Manage contract negotiation processes, both internally with the sales and service teams and internal stakeholders, and externally with clients.
• Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with internal stakeholders to support business initiatives, while ensuring compliance with legislation and internal policies.
• Advise internal stakeholders on all facets of Infotech’s business, including but not limited to matters related to employment, immigration, marketing, property, insurance, privacy, data security and litigation.

Qualifications

• A Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and admission to a Canadian provincial bar, in good standing to practice law in Canada.
• 2-4 years' experience post call in a law firm or in-house corporate legal department with hands-on experience drafting and negotiating a wide array of contracts.
• Experience with privacy and data security requirements globally is considered as asset.
• A keen desire to be a \"self-starter\" and business enabler by helping create solutions to allow the business to achieve its goals.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of intelligence, independent reasoning, excellent analytical skills and judgment and a strong business acumen.
• Intellectually curious with a desire to understand every aspect of the business and a strong desire to learn.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiation and presentation skills with the ability to effectively interact with numerous business teams.
• Meticulous attention to detail and superior organizational skills.

Infotech is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic including Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants. To that end, upon request, Infotech will ensure, to the extent possible, that accommodation be made available to applicants throughout the recruitment and hiring process.