Legal Counsel – Canada

Job title:

Authorized Counsel – Canada

Firm

Epiroc

Job description

Authorized Counsel – Canada

Basic data:

Epiroc Canada has a gap for a Authorized Counsel primarily based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The function might be accountable to assist the rising enterprise wants of Epiroc throughout Canada as a part of Epiroc’s Group Authorized perform headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden which incorporates Group Compliance and Group Danger Administration & Insurance coverage. Our authorized staff at the moment contains legal professionals primarily based in Sweden, US, China, Russia and Australia. Reporting to our Vice President, Basic Counsel Americas and with sturdy dotted line reporting to Canadian senior administration, you may be chargeable for offering authorized recommendation and assist to present and bought companies within the nation and helping in regional and international authorized issues as assigned. Additionally, you will assist implement international technique inside the space of Group Authorized and Compliance. You’ll play a key function within the improvement and implementation of business- targeted authorized methods to drive enterprise and guarantee danger mitigation. You’ll information and counsel enterprise leaders to make sure understanding and implementation of needed authorized measures for profitable operation of the Firm’s companies.

Duties:

• Offers authorized recommendation and counsel to administration throughout a broad vary of authorized points.
• Contract negotiation: Assists with negotiation of body agreements, contracts, joint improvement agreements, provide agreements dealership association and different contractual phrases along with related enterprise managers.
• Authorized methods: Anticipates and identifies authorized problems with concern to administration and proactively contributes to efficient authorized methods and sensible options.
• Governance: Ensures good company governance and administration of all company filings and necessities, serving as company secretary and subsidiary company board director as wanted to make sure native authorized and governance necessities are met.
• Helps implementation of the Code of Conduct and on-going integrity coaching and assists in investigation and determination of any points that come up as directed.
• Firm tips and directions: Assists with the implementation of each native and Group insurance policies and directives and directions and displays on-going compliance.
• Exterior service suppliers: Manages and liaises with exterior authorized counsel.
• Coaching: Offers authorized coaching for managers and workers as wanted.
• Handle and assist the enterprise in cost-effective and well timed decision of enterprise disputes and litigation issues.
• Act with excessive diploma of initiative, independence and integrity to establish and suggest acceptable programs of motion, bringing to bear authorized steering and enterprise acumen.
• Offers recommendation to fulfill strategic objectives and to guard enterprise fame, pursuits and guarantee compliance with related legal guidelines and laws.
• Ongoing monitoring of relevant legal guidelines, laws and insurance policies and publication of and coaching on the identical to enterprise colleagues as wanted to assist the enterprise.

{Qualifications}:

• 5 to 10 years of related expertise in enterprise / industrial regulation (in-house or regulation agency)
• Particular expertise in and competence to work and advise on a variety of authorized areas together with:

• drafting and negotiating buyer and provider contracts
• advising human assets professionals on all elements of employment and labor issues
• company entity administration and governance
• mental property (software program licensing, patent points (not prosecution) and trademark issues)
• actual property and environmental points
• occupational and product security and regulatory compliance
• litigation and/or litigation administration
• insurance coverage protection and claims administration
• mergers and acquisitions and integration of acquired corporations
• compliance issues (anti-corruption, commerce, competitors, privateness, and so on.) and investigations
• Undergraduate college diploma
• Skilled graduate diploma in Legislation (JD)
• Licensed to observe in good standing within the Ontario Bar required; admission to different provincial Bars, specifically Quebec, useful
• Bilingual (English and French) each written and oral
• Sensible, business-minded, environment friendly and collegial
• Demonstrated means to work in a dynamic and quick paced setting successfully managing important and multi-faceted workload effectively
• Wonderful analytical, communication, analysis and writing expertise
• A results-oriented skilled with sturdy frequent sense, consideration to element and stable enterprise acumen
• Understanding of technical ideas and curiosity in expertise, expertise in assets industries (mining, oil and fuel, agriculture) useful
• Unbiased, autonomous, and authoritative with unbiased decision-making means

Life in Epiroc:

• We work in a fancy, matrixed, worldwide and multicultural group with over 113 completely different nationalities. Curiosity to study and develop on this setting is vital.
• Your willingness and talent to journey extensively all through Canada and North America and infrequently internationally might be vital as we’re a extremely cellular and globally lively firm and authorized perform.
• You can be part of a bunch of expert and useful colleagues who stay by our core values: Collaboration, Dedication, and Innovation.
• Life in Epiroc contains the chance for a hybrid office providing flexibility, work-life steadiness and valuing private well-being. We work exhausting however get pleasure from life and respect our colleagues private time and personal life. Particular work schedule and site is dependent upon the wants of the enterprise and requires supervisor approval with concurrence of inner purchasers to make sure Firm wants are met.

United. Impressed. Efficiency unites us, Innovation conjures up us, and dedication drives us to maintain shifting ahead.
Within the 150 nations the place you will discover Epiroc, we encourage our workers to take possession of their very own improvement and careers with the assist of their leaders.
We’re dedicated to supplying you with each alternative to reach a tradition of innovation, range, and collaboration, mixed with a caring ambiance.
Range and sustainability are key to rising recent and revolutionary concepts and options for our prospects. Epiroc is a number one producer for the mining and infrastructure industries. Be taught extra at

Anticipated wage

Location

Mississauga, ON

Job date

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:23:18 GMT

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