Senior Legal Counsel

TELUS Health; Toronto; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services provider is seeking a transactional and commercial lawyer to support M&A activities and daily commercial legal needs. Responsibilities include leading complex transactions, negotiating agreements, and engaging with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of experience and strong legal and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting M&A transactions.
• Experience in structuring and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Strong capacity to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead TELUS Health through complex M&A transactions including due diligence.
• Negotiate and draft transaction documents.
• Provide proactive legal solutions to stakeholders.

Skills

Experience supporting M&A transactions

Experience advising on commercial agreements

Strong analytical skills

Effective communication of legal advice

Business acumen

Education

Called to the Bar 5 or more years ago

Member in good standing with Law Society

Job description

TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health. As a global-leading health and well-being provider encompassing physical mental and financial health TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers patients healthcare professionals employers and employees.

Join our team

As part of the TELUS Legal and Regulatory Affairs team supporting TELUS Health you will be delivering world-class innovative and timely legal solutions to improve the health and well-being of citizens in Canada and around the world. As a global-leading health and well-being provider encompassing physical mental and financial health TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers patients healthcare professionals employers and employees.

TEMPORARY POSITION - 13 months

LI-REMOTE

Heres the impact youll make and what well accomplish together

We are looking for a transactional and commercial lawyer to support TELUS Health with its global M&A activity while also supporting our Canadian Employer Solutions business with its day-to-day commercial legal needs. As a business-oriented lawyer the successful candidate will lead TELUS Health through complex M&A transactions including due diligence structuring negotiating and drafting transaction documents and will also be engaged in a variety of other legal matters including commercial contract negotiations strategic partnerships and alliances requests for proposals and support with product launches.

Heres how

• Strengthening relationships with key stakeholders and sophisticated clients by cultivating a deep understanding of their business and providing proactive solution-oriented advice.
• Striving continuously to advance legal and business practices by driving new approaches and process improvements while balancing a high volume of matters in a timely and effective manner.

Youre the missing piece of the puzzle

Experience supporting M&A transactions.

Experience advising clients in structuring drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.

Respected for your legal skills business acumen initiative creativity learning-oriented mindset and collaborative style.

Confident at engaging and interacting with sophisticated stakeholders internally and externally.

Valued for strong analytical skills that help you resolve client and legal concerns practically and efficiently.

Noted for your ability to effectively communicate legal advice (including written) to a diverse range of stakeholders.

Recognized for your record of successfully managing multiple concurrent files and priorities and delivering on commitments.

Called 5 or more years ago to the Bar.

Member in good standing with the Law Society of one of the Canadian Provinces.

Great-to-haves

Experience negotiating technology-focused contracts (including Software as a Service offerings).

Privacy law expertise.

LI-REMOTE

A bit about us

Were a people-focused customer-first purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities as required during the recruitment process.

Disclaimer : In accordance with the TELUS Health Solutions Data Center Security Policy as a condition of employment all team members whose job functions require they work at a Data Center and / or have access to detailed knowledge of technology related to client service delivery are subject to a Personnel Security Screening conducted through the Government of Canada.

The health and safety of our team customers and communities is paramount to TELUS. Accordingly we require anyone joining our TELUS Health Care Centres to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Note for Quebec candidates : if knowledge of English is required for this position it is because the team member will be asked on a regular basis to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

By applying to this role you understand and agree that your information will be shared with the TELUS Group of Companies Talent Acquisition team(s) and / or any leader(s) who will be part of the selection process.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

HR Development,Delivery,Flooring,Irrigation,ACCA,Document Management

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1