Description
Position Summary
The Legal Counsel will provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to support organizational objectives and risk management across the business. Reporting to the General Counsel, the Legal Counsel will manage a broad range of corporate/commercial legal matters.
This role requires a lawyer with sound judgment, strong business acumen, and the ability to work independently while providing clear, practical legal advice to senior leaders, operational teams, and internal stakeholders.
This is a generalist in-house legal role requiring flexibility to advise on a broad range of corporate, commercial, governance, regulatory, employment, procurement, real estate, financing, dispute resolution, privacy, compliance, and risk management matters.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Legal Counsel will be responsible for:
- Providing legal advice and opinions to business units on a range of corporate, commercial, regulatory, governance, employment, and operational matters.
- Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and interpreting contracts, agreements, policies, and other legal documents.
- Supporting commercial transactions, procurement matters, financing arrangements, real estate matters, and contract management processes.
- Advising on corporate governance matters, including board and committee processes, resolutions, policy review, corporate records, and governance documentation.
- Monitoring and advising on legislative and regulatory developments affecting the organization.
- Conducting legal research and providing practical recommendations, risk assessments, and options to internal stakeholders.
- Supporting dispute resolution, litigation management, investigations, claims, and external counsel coordination.
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships with internal stakeholders, external counsel, regulators, suppliers, and business partners.
- Preparing legal updates, templates, training materials, policies, and guidance documents to support compliance and consistent legal practices.
- Performing other legal duties as assigned by the General Counsel.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:
- A Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.
- Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Manitoba, or membership in another Canadian jurisdiction with eligibility for admission to the Law Society of Manitoba.
- Five to seven years of post-call legal experience.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: corporate/commercial law, contracts, real estate, governance, employment, procurement, financing, and litigation management.
- Strong legal research, drafting, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to provide practical, risk-based legal advice in a business environment.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Sound legal judgment and strong business acumen.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Strong attention to detail and discretion when handling confidential matters.
- Ability to work independently while knowing when to escalate issues.
- Collaborative approach and ability to build effective relationships across the organization.
- Practical, solutions-oriented approach to legal advice and risk management.
