Commercial Counsel Job Vancouver area,BC Canada,Business

In this role, you can expect to:

Key Accountabilities

Review, draft and negotiate commercial agreements:

Review, draft and negotiate a diverse range of commercial agreements, including technology and cloud services, professional services, marketing or advertising services, and other business agreements.

Manage corporate and business governance processes:

Develop and implement corporate governance best practices, including board communications, and corporate record-keeping

Maintain training for internal business partners on key aspects of contract lifecycle management

Developing and executing the company's overall legal policy and strategic direction, supporting the company's long term goals

Managing Regulatory Compliance:

Develop and manage organizational policies, frameworks and processes to ensure internal compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and business rules

Monitor, interpret, and advise on relevant federal, provincial, state, and local laws and regulations impacting the company's operations

Manage and respond to regulatory inquiries, investigations, and examination

Support business partners wide variety of legal questions and guidance:

Analyze issues, propose and communicate solutions to help business partners to mitigate risks.

Facilitate and provide guidance on cross-functional initiatives like SOX-readiness.

Management of legal and contractual aspects of all of company’s commercial activities

Analyzing risk management for the company by being the legal subject matter expert:

Identification and evaluation of potential risks to the company

Setting and prioritizing risk tolerance based on company’s business objectives (short, medium, and long term)

Educate and advise key business partners on mitigation of company risks

Managing Intellectual Property:

Management and protection of company’s IP portfolio, supporting company’s long term goals

Internal Control Relating to Financial Reporting Responsibilities:

Approve wire transfer and cheque payments

Consultation of Other Corporate Topics:

Merger and acquisition matters

Corporate governance (e.g. drafting board resolutions, maintaining companies)

Office space and sublease matters (construction and commercial real estate)

Employment/HR matters occasionally

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

A qualified lawyer and member in good standing with a provincial and/or state bar, BC or California preferred,

Exceptional integrity and the ability to work on a wide range of legal matters with a wide variety of internal clients.

Highly collaborative, intellectually curious, to learn from and grow with the business.

Detail-oriented with excellent judgment, to provide business-oriented advice while mitigating risks.

Strong prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple projects with complex and demanding deadlines, and comfortable working without administrative support.

Exceptional communications skills, both verbal and written, concisely and professionally with all levels of the organization

5+ years of corporate and commercial experience as a generalist effectively supporting business in an in-house role.

Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:

Extended Health Coverage: effective day one, no waiting period! Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as vision care, mental health practitioners, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and much more.

DEIB Benefits: DEIB is important to us and to our people - that’s why our benefits include gender-affirming care, fertility care, and other hormonal treatments and drugs.

Flexible Spending Accounts: our benefits are built on a flex credit model, so you’re able to choose the coverage levels that are right for you, and allocate the rest to a group RRSP/TFSA, Health Spending account, and/or Personal Spending Account.

RRSP Matching: everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program once you reach 90 days with us.

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