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Corporate General Counsel Part Time (20 hours / week)

Corporate General Counsel Part Time (20 hours / week)

Mircom Group of CompaniesVaughan, York Region, Canada
20 days ago
Job description

Corporate General Counsel Part Time (20 hours / week)

Pay Competitive

Location Vaughan / Ontario

Employment type Other

Job Description

Req# : 154090

Corporate General Counsel Part Time (20 hours / week)

What You’ll Be Doing :

  • Audits : Provide support to internal and external parties for audits, including annual and other one-time audits.
  • Commercial Transactions : Support during the due diligence, planning and execution of transactions, liaise with external counsel, facilitate completion of closing checklist, support internally with drafting corporate documents, create consolidated closing binders.
  • Draft and review contracts.
  • Managing corporate legal affairs.
  • Crisis Management : Act as an as-needed resource in case of crises (COVID, Cyber Breach, etc.), ranging in responsibility from long-term project management to ad hoc responsiveness, depending on organization needs.
  • Dispute Resolution : Provide counselling or attend to pre-litigation dispute management activities, including negotiation of settlement and guidance on litigation avoidance, on a case-by-case basis.
  • Insurance and Risk Management : Provide support on an annual basis, and as needed to internal and broker teams.
  • Intellectual Property : Provide as needed support for inquiries, including registrations, infringements and risk management.
  • Litigation (Insured) : Work with insurance appointed counsel and claims representative at insurance company.
  • Litigation (Uninsured) : Manage all aspects of pre-suit and litigated cases in all areas of law such as commercial, product liability, employment.
  • Real Estate (Commercial) : Oversee and provide support in all areas relating to ownership’s real estate portfolio management.
  • Templates : Draft and upkeep templates.
  • Terms and Conditions : Draft and upkeep terms and conditions for products and services provided to external stakeholders.

How You’ll Be Spending Your Time :

  • Dispute and litigation management 50%
  • Standardization activities (policies, templates, etc.) 20%
  • Real estate related activities (leases, external advisor support) 15%
  • Corporate affairs and templates 10%
  • Inter-departmental activities (contract reviews, IP, insurance) 5%

    • What You Need To Be Successful :

  • LL.B. or J.D.
  • Member in Good Standing of the Law Society of Ontario.
  • 5 years of broad range (full-service) experience.
  • Commercial transactional experience is more valuable than litigation experience.
  • Quick learner.
  • Adaptable.
  • Issue identifier.
  • Creative problem solver.
  • Confidence in experience and capabilities.

    • About the company

    Mircom Technologies Ltd. is a manufacturer and distributor of life safety and communications systems including fire detection & alarm, voice evacuation, controlled access and security solutions.

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