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About the Role
Air Canada is seeking a Counsel, Loyalty to join its innovative legal team in Toronto. This role is crucial for supporting General Counsel, Loyalty and contributing to the strategic objectives of Air Canada and Aeroplan by providing expert legal advice on commercial transactions, contractual matters, and program terms.
Responsibilities
- Support General Counsel, Loyalty on a variety of matters.
- Work on commercial transactions and initiatives supporting loyalty business and operations.
- Provide advice on contractual matters, program terms, and other legal issues.
- Draft, review, and comment on complex commercial agreements and documentation.
- Negotiate and support clients through all phases of a project, from conception to launch.
- Assist in maintaining and enhancing the organization's governance framework, policies, and procedures.
- Support compliance with applicable corporate legislation review and control.
- Conduct research and benchmarking activities.
Requirements
- Law Degree.
- Membership in the Bar of a Canadian Province is essential.
- Common and civil law training is an asset.
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a leading law firm or an established in-house legal department.
- Strong commercial law background and experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
- Experience in marketing, payments, or privacy law is an asset.
- Solid academic credentials and a proven track record.
- Strong knowledge of consumer and marketing law.
- A passion for learning and understanding the business.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Good business judgment and ability to be strategic, pragmatic, and thorough.
- Solid ability to assess legal and business risk.
- Strong drafting, negotiating, and analytical skills.
- Ability to be a leader, self-motivated, task and detail oriented.
- Ability to thrive on challenges and responsibility.
- Enjoy working in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment.
- Understanding of governance principles and procedures.
- Strong attention to detail and a rigorous approach to legal work.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
- Strong time management skills, including the ability to work independently and on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with others at all levels of the organization and with internal or external counsel.
- Drive for results and urgency towards achievement of goals.
- Ability to understand, anticipate, and meet client needs, communicating effectively and remaining cognizant of risks.
- Strong desire to participate as part of a team and contribute to a shared sense of direction.
- Strategic, creative, and analytical ability to achieve workable solutions.
- Inclination to take initiative and be proactive and resourceful.
- Supportive of innovation and adaptable in a context of rapid change.
- Desire and ability to grasp opportunities to learn and build knowledge.
- Thoroughness, tenacity, and resilience to persevere towards goals.
- Punctuality and dependability to support overall team success.
- Willingness to go beyond a defined role and consider the broad context.
- Ability to consider financial, operational, or strategic impact of actions and decisions.
- Ability to convey messages clearly, concisely, persuasively, and in a focused manner.
- Ability to listen and question appropriately.
- Ability to tailor messages to listeners.
- Ability to share information, ideas, and feedback in a timely manner.
- Integrity, including a strong work ethic, high personal standards, discretion, dedication to follow through, openness, honesty, and a respectful demeanor.
- Pride in the role as a representative of Canada’s flag carrier.
- Must be eligible to work in the country of interest at the time of offer.
- Responsible for obtaining any required work permits, visas, or other authorizations.
- Must provide proof of eligibility to work prior to start date.
Skills
- Commercial transactions
- Contractual matters
- Drafting commercial agreements
- Reviewing commercial agreements
- Negotiating commercial agreements
- Project support
- Governance framework
- Policies and procedures
- Corporate legislation compliance
- Research
- Benchmarking
- Commercial law
- Marketing law
- Payments law
- Privacy law
- Consumer law
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Business judgment
- Strategic thinking
- Pragmatism
- Thoroughness
- Risk assessment
- Analytical skills
- Leadership
- Self-motivation
- Task orientation
- Detail orientation
- Time management
- Organizational skills
- Prioritization
- Working independently
- Teamwork
- Client needs assessment
- Interpersonal skills
- Initiative
- Proactiveness
- Resourcefulness
- Adaptability
- Learning agility
- Tenacity
- Resilience
- Punctuality
- Dependability
- Financial impact assessment
- Operational impact assessment
- Strategic impact assessment
- Clear communication
- Concise communication
- Persuasive communication
- Focused communication
- Active listening
- Effective questioning
- Message tailoring
- Information sharing
- Idea sharing
- Feedback provision
- Integrity
- Work ethic
- Discretion
- Follow-through
- Openness
- Honesty
- Respectful demeanor
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
Education Level
- Law Degree
- Membership in the Bar of a Canadian Province
About the Company
- Air Canada is an iconic Canadian symbol and the best Airline in North America.
- It is Canada's largest airline, the country’s flag carrier, and a founding member of Star Alliance.
- Air Canada provides scheduled service directly to more than 180 airports in Canada, the United States, and internationally on six continents.
- It holds a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax.
- Aeroplan is Canada’s premier travel loyalty program.
- Air Canada Vacations offers more travel choices than any other Canadian tour operator.
- Air Canada Cargo provides air freight lift and connectivity across six continents.
- Air Canada's climate-related ambition includes a long-term aspirational goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
- The Legal Department is an innovative team that earns respect and confidence, acting as true business partners to support strategic objectives.
Equal Opportunity
- Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment.
- As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.