Top Benefits
About the role
As Legal Counsel, you will be a key player in achieving the company’s strategic objectives by delivering prompt and pragmatic legal services, including advising the company of its legal obligations, identifying legal risks and proposing mitigations, as well as negotiating complex terms and conditions to ensure the protection of company interests. This means using a results-oriented approach in advising senior stakeholders and acting as a valued facilitator to a growing and dynamic business. More specifically, you will:
- Prepare and negotiate commercial agreements across functional areas; utilizing outstanding analytical, drafting and negotiation skills;
- Demonstrate the ability to learn quickly and apply technical skills to a wide range of business initiatives;
- Monitor risks, escalate issues and propose action plans or solutions;
- Provide legal risk assessments and assist in the preparation of bids and proposals packages;
- Develop, draft and update legal templates, standard operating procedures and recommend process improvements for the legal department;
- Direct and support the Contract Management and Supply Chain teams to ensure the appropriate flow-down of terms and conditions to subcontractors;
- Partner with internal stakeholders and external counsel, as appropriate, to support business opportunities while ensuring compliance with legislation, industry guidelines and internal policies;
- Provide timely practical legal advice on a wide range of proposed business initiatives, in the areas of government contracting, procurement, construction, regulatory affairs, sales and marketing, and competition;
- Respond to requests for access to information and various governmental filings and requirements as they arise; and
- Conduct legal and compliance training sessions for colleagues across the various internal departments.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor/Bachelor of Law;
- Minimum of three years of experience practising commercial law for a law firm, government or corporation;
- Membership in a provincial bar association required.
- Bilingual (French and English). Proficiency in English is required for this position, as the incumbent will be required to interact with our English-speaking clients, partners, and suppliers;
- Successfully complete the investigation and security clearance process required by the federal government’s Contract Security Program.
Job Types: Temps plein, Permanent
Pay: From $100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Assurance Dentaire
- Assurance Invalidité
- Assurance Maladie Complémentaire
- Congés payés
- Événements d'Entreprise
- Heures d’arrivée et de départ flexibles
- Régime de retraite
- Stationnement sur place
Schedule:
- Du Lundi au Vendredi
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON
About Davie
Davie is more than just Canada’s largest shipbuilder; in fact it is more than just a shipbuilder. Davie provides a wide range of products and services to a number of different industries where it leverages on its high-capacity fabrication capabilities for complex, engineered solutions. The capability to provide end-to-end turnkey solutions and its strategic location makes Davie an ideal partner for a range of industries from oil & gas to defence.
Chantier Davie est le plus gros chantier maritime au Canada, mais ses activités commerciales ne se résument pas à la construction de navires. Chantier Davie offre un large éventail de produits et de services à différents secteurs d'activité. Il imagine pour eux des solutions techniques complexes qu’il réalise en mettant à contribution ses équipements de fabrication extrêmement productifs. Des solutions globales clés en main, un emplacement stratégique, deux facteurs qui font de Chantier Davie le partenaire idéal pour une multitude de secteurs, de l’industrie du gaz et du pétrole à la défense.
Top Benefits
About the role
As Legal Counsel, you will be a key player in achieving the company’s strategic objectives by delivering prompt and pragmatic legal services, including advising the company of its legal obligations, identifying legal risks and proposing mitigations, as well as negotiating complex terms and conditions to ensure the protection of company interests. This means using a results-oriented approach in advising senior stakeholders and acting as a valued facilitator to a growing and dynamic business. More specifically, you will:
- Prepare and negotiate commercial agreements across functional areas; utilizing outstanding analytical, drafting and negotiation skills;
- Demonstrate the ability to learn quickly and apply technical skills to a wide range of business initiatives;
- Monitor risks, escalate issues and propose action plans or solutions;
- Provide legal risk assessments and assist in the preparation of bids and proposals packages;
- Develop, draft and update legal templates, standard operating procedures and recommend process improvements for the legal department;
- Direct and support the Contract Management and Supply Chain teams to ensure the appropriate flow-down of terms and conditions to subcontractors;
- Partner with internal stakeholders and external counsel, as appropriate, to support business opportunities while ensuring compliance with legislation, industry guidelines and internal policies;
- Provide timely practical legal advice on a wide range of proposed business initiatives, in the areas of government contracting, procurement, construction, regulatory affairs, sales and marketing, and competition;
- Respond to requests for access to information and various governmental filings and requirements as they arise; and
- Conduct legal and compliance training sessions for colleagues across the various internal departments.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor/Bachelor of Law;
- Minimum of three years of experience practising commercial law for a law firm, government or corporation;
- Membership in a provincial bar association required.
- Bilingual (French and English). Proficiency in English is required for this position, as the incumbent will be required to interact with our English-speaking clients, partners, and suppliers;
- Successfully complete the investigation and security clearance process required by the federal government’s Contract Security Program.
Job Types: Temps plein, Permanent
Pay: From $100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Assurance Dentaire
- Assurance Invalidité
- Assurance Maladie Complémentaire
- Congés payés
- Événements d'Entreprise
- Heures d’arrivée et de départ flexibles
- Régime de retraite
- Stationnement sur place
Schedule:
- Du Lundi au Vendredi
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON
About Davie
Davie is more than just Canada’s largest shipbuilder; in fact it is more than just a shipbuilder. Davie provides a wide range of products and services to a number of different industries where it leverages on its high-capacity fabrication capabilities for complex, engineered solutions. The capability to provide end-to-end turnkey solutions and its strategic location makes Davie an ideal partner for a range of industries from oil & gas to defence.
Chantier Davie est le plus gros chantier maritime au Canada, mais ses activités commerciales ne se résument pas à la construction de navires. Chantier Davie offre un large éventail de produits et de services à différents secteurs d'activité. Il imagine pour eux des solutions techniques complexes qu’il réalise en mettant à contribution ses équipements de fabrication extrêmement productifs. Des solutions globales clés en main, un emplacement stratégique, deux facteurs qui font de Chantier Davie le partenaire idéal pour une multitude de secteurs, de l’industrie du gaz et du pétrole à la défense.