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About the Role
TD Legal provides industry-leading advice and counsel to all TD business segments and corporate functions. In this Senior Counsel, Insurance Litigation role, you will join a dynamic and collegial team of legal professionals who provide advice in respect of a range of litigation risks for the enterprise. The role is intended to be dynamic, with the successful candidate offering support to teams within the Legal Department and insurance business on a variety of issues. The role provides an opportunity to work in an exciting, important, and busy area, while gaining exposure to a range of stakeholders and leaders, both within TD Legal and across the enterprise.
Responsibilities
- Oversight of litigated claims involving TD Insurance, including managing active litigation, and reviewing and providing advice on matters proceeding to trial, appeal or posing significant risk to TD Insurance or its insureds.
- Directly instructing external counsel in respect of litigation at all levels of court; note, however, that this role does not involve in-court advocacy.
- Providing legal advice to TD Insurance on matters such as class actions, first-party claims, underwriting, investigations and internal processes.
- Preparing and providing coverage opinions on complex or disputed claims, including interpreting policy language, assessing coverage obligations and exclusions, evaluating legal and litigation risk, and recommending clear, practical and consistent positions.
- Performing an audit function for internal and external counsel handling claims-related litigation matters to ensure compliance with established standards and processes.
- Identifying and proactively communicating key legal risks and mitigation strategies, while ensuring awareness among relevant stakeholders and other members of the TD Legal team.
- Provide best in class litigation advice that is integrated with the strategies and objectives of the business, the Legal Department and consistent with enterprise-wide risk policy.
- Provide advice to other members of the Legal Department and TD Insurance with respect to contractual interpretation, pre-litigation dispute resolution and litigation risk analysis.
- Provide regular oral and written reporting to senior members of TD Insurance and the Litigation Department, as well as other control groups, business executives and various risk committees.
- Provide guidance and training to business and legal partners through presentations on best practices, privilege, developments in the law, and emerging risk areas.
- Support development and/or implementation of policies, procedures, and solutions that mitigate risk and enable the achievement of business/enterprise priorities.
- Work closely with other control groups. Build and maintain positive working relationships by effectively communicating and regularly sharing information, learnings, and knowledge with internal and external business partners.
- Contribute to high priority special projects and other Legal Department initiatives.
Requirements
- Law degree from an accredited law school and qualified to practice law in Ontario.
- Possess 7+ years of post-call litigation experience working within a law firm, in-house or insurance regulator, with a solid background in insurance litigation.
- Experience litigating large, complex matters.
- Experience providing coverage opinions or otherwise advising on complex coverage issues.
- Advanced ability to identify problems and barriers and effectively implement solutions to further business strategy.
- Advanced ability to operate with creativity and innovation and a desire to seek different perspectives and new ideas.
- Demonstrated excellence in judgment, leadership, and relationship management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Solid collaboration and teambuilding skills.
- Flexibility to quickly adapt to changing and ambiguous initiatives or requirements.
- Ability to work effectively across and throughout the enterprise, with teams and independently.
- Ability to multi-task and operate on a day-to-day basis with limited supervision is critical.
- Advanced ability to communicate complicated legal issues in a clear, succinct, and effective manner to business clients and other professionals, both verbally and in writing.
- Strong technology aptitude including (i) proficiency with standard office software and ability to learn and apply new technologies in work environment and (ii) capacity to understand current and emerging technologies in the industry and how they affect business objectives.
Skills
- Insurance litigation
- Litigating large, complex matters
- Providing coverage opinions
- Advising on complex coverage issues
- Problem identification and solution implementation
- Creativity and innovation
- Judgment
- Leadership
- Relationship management
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Collaboration
- Teambuilding
- Adaptability
- Effective communication (verbal and written)
- Technology aptitude
- Proficiency with standard office software
- Ability to learn and apply new technologies
- Understanding of current and emerging technologies in the industry
Location
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 7+ years of post-call litigation experience
Education Level
- Law degree from an accredited law school
- Qualified to practice law in Ontario
Salary/Compensations
- $165,000 - $210,000 CAD
Benefits
- Health and well-being benefits
- Savings and retirement programs
- Paid time off
- Banking benefits and discounts
- Career development
- Reward and recognition programs
- Training programs
- Mentoring programs
About the Company
- TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores.
- Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world.
- More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience.
- TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing.
- Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.
Equal Opportunity
- We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals.
- Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.