Senior Legal Counsel

What are your contributions to the team?

• Report into the Director, Legal Services for Aftermarket Services & Corporate Strategy
• Partner with business units to help lead strategic files related to the aviation aftermarket business, including in relation to large scale construction & development projects, M&A projects, digital innovations and supply chain, such as agreements for lease, leases, asset or share purchase agreements, support services agreements, authorized service facility agreements, maintenance contracts, agreements for new products and services and supply chain agreements. Such support will include drafting and reviewing documents, proactively engaging with stakeholders in order to develop and implement action plans as well as managing the support of external counsels
• Manage claims and potentially litigious matters independently or in collaboration with other teams in Legal Services
• Play a key role in proactively managing risk through training and coaching, as well as through the creation and implementation of efficient contract governance processes
• Be solicited by your stakeholders regularly in order to ensure compliance with contracts and to obtain an interpretation on different contractual provisions. Your recommendations will impact the day-to-day relationships with our customers and our service providers
• Be relied upon for your ability to identify and anticipate commercial and contractual risks by ensuring efficient communication between your stakeholders and other business units such as Legal, Tax, Risk Management and Export Control
• Anticipate the needs of your stakeholder and proactively develop solutions to meet them
• Serve as a key resource on complex and critical issues.

How to thrive in this role?

• You are a member in good standing of the Ontario or Québec Bar. Having a business degree would be considered an asset
• You have a minimum of 15 years of experience practicing commercial/contractual or transactional law. Experience in intellectual property law would be considered an asset
• You show great leadership, are autonomous and have excellent legal and business acumen, enabling you to take quick decisions and provide strategic advice in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• You are at ease to work in an environment where technical questions are discussed
• You can easily manage a busy schedule
• You have strong negotiations, drafting and communication skills as well as a strong capacity to convince people
• You have sound business judgment, coupled with good business sense, allowing you to provide efficient and value-added advice and solutions
• You demonstrate strong organizational skills
• You are perfectly bilingual (French and English), both verbally and in writing
• You have good knowledge of MS-Office environment (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• This role may require travel occasionally.