Legal Counsel / Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate Secretary

ZSA Legal Recruitment; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in property and casualty insurance is seeking a Lawyer to join its Corporate Services team. This role involves maintaining corporate structure, drafting legal documents, and advising on legal strategies to enhance operational efficiency. Ideal candidates are bilingual, detail-oriented professionals with a strong background in business law.

Qualifications

• Bilingual and a member of a Canadian provincial bar.
• Experience in business law with a major law firm or publicly traded company.

Responsibilities

• Maintains corporate structure and participates in corporate reorganizations.
• Drafts legal documents and prepares board meetings.
• Advises management on strategies to enhance operational efficiency.

Skills

Attention to detail

Sound judgment

Professionalism

Job description

Our client, Intact Financial Corporation (Intact), is the largest provider of property and casualty insurance in Canada and a leading provider of specialty insurance worldwide. Along with RSA, it is a market leader in the UK and Ireland. Listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the company employs over 29,000 people, serving more than five million individuals, businesses, public sector clients, and institutional clients from offices in Canada, the United States, the UK, Ireland, and Europe.

Intact is currently seeking a Lawyer to join its Corporate Services team within the Legal Affairs department.

In your role, you will be responsible for :

• Maintaining the corporate structure of the company.
• Participating in corporate reorganizations and required regulatory filings.
• Drafting the proxy solicitation circular.
• Preparing board of directors’ meetings and the annual general meeting.
• Drafting legal documents relevant to your expertise.
• Supervising the work of the team’s paralegals.
• Contributing to the development and improvement of policies and procedures related to the board of directors.
• Advising management on strategies to enhance operational efficiency while minimizing legal risks for the company.

Are you looking to join a growing company with both local and international presence? Do you practice business law in a major law firm or within a publicly traded company? Are you bilingual and a member of a Canadian provincial bar? If you are known for your attention to detail, sound judgment, and professionalism, we would like to speak with you. Ref. : #33209T

This mandate has been exclusively entrusted to ZSA. CVs sent directly to, or contacts made with Intact, will be redirected to ZSA for review.

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