General Counsel jobs in Canada
JPMorgan Assistant General Counsel Vice President - Lawyer Asset Mana... Canada, Ontario, Toronto
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The Legal Department of JPMorgan Chase & Co. provides legal services and advice to the Firm globally. Legal is responsible for, among other things:
- Managing actual and potential litigation and enforcement matters, including internal reviews and investigations related to such matters
- Advising on products and services, including contract negotiation and documentation
- Advising on offering and marketing documents and new business initiatives
- Managing dispute resolution
- Interpreting existing laws, rules, and regulations and advising on changes thereto
- Advising on advocacy in connection with contemplated and proposed laws, rules, and regulations
- Providing legal advice to the Board of Directors, the business, and functions. Legal selects, engages, and manages outside counsel for the Firm on all matters in which outside counsel is engaged.
We're looking for an experienced attorney who will work independently and with outside counsel to represent the Firm in legal matters, as well as provide advice on a broad range of other matters and issues. The position involves independent contact with, and support of, senior management in the Firm.
- A minimum of five years of post-admission legal practicing experience
- JD degree. All candidates must be in compliance with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment
- Knowledge of, and experience with, complex financial products and services
- Ability to assume significant independent responsibility immediately
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Outstanding organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously
- Ability to think strategically
- Ability to write well and communicate effectively to both legal and non-legal professionals, including senior executives of the Firm
- Ability to build and maintain good client and colleague relationships
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Td Bank TD Insurance Counsel II Canada, Alberta, Calgary
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Job Description
Reporting to a Practice Leader in Alberta, Counsel II handles assigned insurance legal matters, represents TD Insurance or its policyholders in civil litigation matters involving claims for damages and compensation for personal injury or property damage of varying value with legal issues of ranging complexity.
Hybrid work model. This position will report out of the Calgary office.
Main Responsibilities
Develop and revise appropriate legal strategy for questioning, investigation, handling and trial of cases.
Communicate with TD Insurance analysts and insured clients, as appropriate.
Conduct necessary and appropriate Questionings, applications, trials, and mediations.
Research the law applicable to cases or matters.
Draft legal documents, pleadings, applications and legal factums as required.
Remain current with developments in the law.
Job Requirements
Completion of law school with LLB and admission to the bar in Alberta.
5+ years' experience as a lawyer with a background in insurance defense litigation or other litigation, including personal injury or general litigation.
Knowledge of legal and court documents and procedures.
Knowledge of standard office equipment and word processing.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to edit and proof legal documents.
Motivated self-starter with capability to work productively under pressure.
Strong interpersonal and client service skills, professional and positive demeanor.
Superior organizational and priority setting skills, strong work ethic and ability to multi-task.
Conceptual and creative problem solving skills
Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
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Td Bank Full Stack Architect General Insurance Canada, Ontario, Toronto
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DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
The Architect will design the solution architecture end-to-end, follow enterprise architecture guidelines, work primarily within projects/products, contribute to strategic plans as needed, and lead project/product architecture blueprints at high and low level.
CUSTOMER
- Apply a multi-disciplined expertise with database, application, client tiers, layering of software, build, test and deploy strategies to create the overall design of software (including applications, infrastructure, middleware) and guide how the sub-components are developed by different teams
- Elevate focus on applications and data as differentiators for the customer experience, anchored in sound foundational elements of Infrastructure and Platforms
- Advise on suitability of technology stacks todefine principles/ key constraints for solution components; rallies the team around these principles to determine security / scalability approach, and impact assessments for future design
- Monitor and report on progress and collaborate broadly with other practitioners, including designers, engineers, and other applicable business stakeholders to ensure the necessary features for the products and applications are developed within assigned portfolio
- Design tests that will be implemented to keep the software functional; supports issue analysis and fix activities during test phases, as well as production issue resolution
- Collaborate with Practices, actively driving capability creation; mentoring and training junior colleagues to be adaptive, staying on top of expanding technologies and engineering trends and creating highly visual and functional solutions
SHAREHOLDER
- Set service-level objectives (SLO) and exercise key decision rights of the FSA role
- Focus on reliability, scalability, and the development of the architectural infrastructure; including highly complex and scalable systems
- Develop observability standards to ensure that production systems operate under known conditions and transparently provides these measurements to anticipate when errors or failures can arise
- Lead interaction with governance and control groups, (e.g. regulatory / operational risk, compliance and audit) to provide subject matter expertise and consult on risk issues related to architectural technology and tools
- Lead or contribute to cross-functional / enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert helping to identify risk / provide guidance for significant and complex situations
- Monitor and report on the status of the products / projects and applications within assigned product, ensuring projects are compliant with technology domain architecture, and review in-progress activity against technology architecture and development standards
- Foresee architectural issues / gaps and identify emerging industry trends to recommend value-added architectural improvements that will alleviate technology debt and build resilient solutions
- Map processes and sub-processes that bridge the gap between business problems and technology solutions
- Collaborate within practices, platforms or journeys comprised of diverse and complementary skills; inspiring the team to embrace changes and continually advance collective knowledge of technical tools / trends
- Protect the interests of the organization – identify and manage risks, and escalate non-standard, high risk activities as necessary
- Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
- Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
EMPLOYEE / TEAM
- Participate fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
- Provide thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for quality engineering best practices and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit
- Keep current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques
- Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
- Keep others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
- Contribute to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices
- Work collaboratively with the team and leadership to proactively identify and resolve issues related to product quality
- Lead, motivate and develop relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders to develop productive working relationships
- Contribute to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
- Act as a brand ambassador for Architecture and the bank, both internally and/or externally
BREADTH & DEPTH
- Seasoned individual contributor role with expert knowledge of specific enterprise and/or functional domain(s) and a demonstrated track record working with a broad range of architecture frameworks, technology, tools, processes and procedures
- Exceptional collaboration, communication, negotiation and client-facing skills (written and verbal)
- Big-picture thinker, with ability to anticipate architectural gaps and identify emerging trends through both advanced business acumen and highly specialized technical knowledge of TD and its applications, programming languages, industry best practices, Bank standards, infrastructure and architectural design / solutions
- Architect assigned to work autonomously on high profile, complex and/or high-risk technology projects with significant impact to the organization
EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
- Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate (Graduate degree preferred)
- 10+ years relevant experience developing a variety of platforms
- 7+ years of solution architecture experience ideally in the Insurance industry
- Demonstrated experience with owning and leading architectural solutions in a complex environment
- Strong knowledge of Guidewire Suite, including Guidewire Cloud Platform, Policy Center, Billing Center, ideally with relevant certifications with prior experience integrating with Guidewire
- Understanding of DevSecOps and experience with Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Pair programming and / or Test-Driven Development is an asset (i.e., ability to review or provide feedback to Unit, Integration and Functional Tests)
- Familiarity with SAFe agile methodology an asset
- Knowledge of AWS/Azure an asset
Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
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JPMorgan Assistant General Counsel - VP Canada, Ontario, Toronto
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Responsibilities
- Drafting and negotiating various agreements
- Advising on products and services, including contract negotiation and documentation
- Advising on marketing documents and new business initiatives
- Interpreting existing laws, rules and regulations and advising on changes thereto
- Coordinating with Legal Department members in other lines of business on a variety of legal, regulatory and business matters
- Providing legal advice to the business and corporate functions on a broad range of issues.
- Collaborating with other functional partners to ensure appropriate awareness and escalation of issues as they arise
- Participating in cross line of business initiatives/practice groups as a subject matter expert.
- Managing outside counsel
Required qualifications
- Approximately 5 – 8 years of experience in a law firm or in-house
- LL.B./J.D. or educational equivalent required. Candidates must be in compliance with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment.
- Strong legal and technical drafting skills
- Transactional and negotiating experience
- Ability to assume significant independent responsibility immediately
- A proven ability to comfortably operate in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to think strategically
- Ability to write well and communicate effectively to both legal and non-legal professionals, including senior executives
- Ability to build and maintain good client and colleague relationships.
- Outstanding organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously
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EY Legal Counsel Canada, Ontario, Toronto
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Key Responsibilities
- Claims management: supporting Claims Partner and Director in liaising with insured member firms for updates, strategy discussions, reviewing reimbursement requests for appropriateness under policy terms, and report writing for insurer’s claims committees and reinsurers on professional indemnity, property & casualty and cyber insurance claims.
- Identifying potential insurance coverage issues in all insurance programs.
- Advising on coverage disputes, including working with outside counsel.
- Supporting management with advice on and management of corporate governance, company secretarial, and identifying and creating necessary documents for recording of corporate matters.
- Legal advice on operations issues including sanctions and anti-money laundering regulations.
- Supporting incumbent legal counsel and underwriting team with the management of insurance renewal, including preparation of local policy documentation, tracking of document issuance, review of signed policies, and creation of additional required local documentation.
- Supporting incumbent legal counsel with other contract reviews, including inter-captive reinsurance policies, contracts with member firms for specific services, and other vendor/supplier contracts.
- Dealing with ad hoc queries from insured firms regarding insurance coverage, insurance certificates, and contracting issues relating to insurance.
Skills and Abilities
- Degree from a recognized law school
- Valid admission to practice in a recognized jurisdiction (admission in Canada, Bermuda, UK or US preferred).
- 5+ years post qualifying experience as a lawyer in private or in house practice.
- Strong commercial and/or insurance litigation background, ideally with some experience of contract review and negotiation.
- Strong analytical capabilities.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal skills – this role requires integration into a small team and building relationships with insureds in multiple different countries.
- Flexible attitude – prepared to tackle any issue and prepared to work across time zones.
- Insurance background helpful but not mandatory.
- Curious mindset and ability to assimilate sometimes complex technical issues quickly are critical.
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Teva Senior Legal Counsel Canada, Ontario, Toronto
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Legal Business Partner Support:
- Manage and oversee a diverse portfolio of legal matters impacting the Canadian organization, including but not limited to purchase and/or divestment of assets, alliance management, agreement negotiation and drafting, advising on local laws, legal counselling, litigation matters, regulations, and company policies.
- Act as a strong and reliable business partner interfacing with cross-functional units and attending various business meetings to provide legal input.
- Oversee external legal counsel, manage legal spend, and connect issues and opportunities across the business to drive the company's success.
- Support the Executive Counsel as needed and provide legal advice and support to the Company's various business units in the Canadian business.
- All other Business Partner duties as required.
Non-IP Litigation and Regulatory Compliance:
- Manage important non-IP litigation including but not limited to HR and employee matters, mediations, employment and labour standard issues.
- Participate in business meetings and provide training on issues related to rebate and customer contracting, formulary placement, and payer agreements.
- Review and update all organization policies and procedures annually.
- Support audits of customer utilization and compliance with rebate agreements.
- Ensure that the company follows all applicable laws, rules, and regulations; monitor compliance and make recommendations regarding changes to policies or operations.
- Provide guidance on Access to Information requests and related regulatory obligations.
- All other duties as assigned.
Contracting and Negotiation:
- Lead and support the drafting, review, and negotiation of a wide range of commercial agreements.
- Provide strategic legal advice on contract structure, risk mitigation, and compliance with applicable laws and internal policies.
- Education Required: Juris Doctorate
- Experience Required: Minimum of 12+ years of experience in private practice and/or in-house setting experience in a related industry
- Experience Preferred: Work experience in a firm or legal experience in a pharmaceutical/ Healthcare/ Life sciences matrix-based organization is a preferred
- Experience managing and resolving complex/sensitive problems
- The ability to work effectively on unclear, ambiguous, or contradictory problems
- The ability to strongly influence or convince others outside a direct span of control of a particular position to obtain concurrence or buy-in
- Exceptional knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to prescription
- Experience reviewing advertising and promotional materials of pharmaceutical products
- Diverse scope of legal experiences (e.g. litigation, M&A, regulatory / administrative law, IP, etc.), as well as strong contract drafting and negotiation skills
- Be able to multi-task and work under pressure
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills; solid project management skills
- Proven judgment and ability to counsel senior management and influence executives
- Ability to work independently as well as within a cross functional dynamic team environment
- Travel Requirements: 10-15% of the time
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Amazon Sr Software Development Engineer Artificial General Intellig... Canada, Ontario, Old Toronto
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Key job responsibilities
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of key platform services interfacing with large language models required for building conversational agents.- Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against tight schedules.As a member of the team you will be responsible for leading the development and launch of core product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.A day in the life
- 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 7+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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The Legal Department of JPMorgan Chase & Co. provides legal services and advice to the Firm globally. Legal is responsible for, among other things:
- Managing actual and potential litigation and enforcement matters, including internal reviews and investigations related to such matters
- Advising on products and services, including contract negotiation and documentation
- Advising on offering and marketing documents and new business initiatives
- Managing dispute resolution
- Interpreting existing laws, rules, and regulations and advising on changes thereto
- Advising on advocacy in connection with contemplated and proposed laws, rules, and regulations
- Providing legal advice to the Board of Directors, the business, and functions. Legal selects, engages, and manages outside counsel for the Firm on all matters in which outside counsel is engaged.
We're looking for an experienced attorney who will work independently and with outside counsel to represent the Firm in legal matters, as well as provide advice on a broad range of other matters and issues. The position involves independent contact with, and support of, senior management in the Firm.
- A minimum of five years of post-admission legal practicing experience
- JD degree. All candidates must be in compliance with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment
- Knowledge of, and experience with, complex financial products and services
- Ability to assume significant independent responsibility immediately
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Outstanding organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously
- Ability to think strategically
- Ability to write well and communicate effectively to both legal and non-legal professionals, including senior executives of the Firm
- Ability to build and maintain good client and colleague relationships
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