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Senior Business and Corporate Lawyer

LATECOERE17 days ago
Hybrid
$130,000/year
Senior Level
Full-time

Top Benefits

Casual dress
Dental care
Disability insurance

About the role

Company Overview

LATECOERE is a Tier 1 supplier to the world’s leading OEMs in the aerospace industry, including Airbus, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin. With a commitment to sustainability and innovation, we operate across all segments of aerospace, providing advanced aerostructures and interconnection systems.

Summary

We are seeking a Senior Business and Corporate Lawyer to support our Americas Division.

This role can be based anywhere in the USA and/or Canada. In this role the main responsibilities are:

  • Will lead contract negotiation processes and build strong collaborative relationships internally and externally to drive strong, time-sensitive results.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate business contracts to support business objectives and policies of the firm; lead and collaborate throughout contracting processes by analyzing significant business, financial, and legal risks; develop and communicate creative solutions and mitigation strategies for key negotiation points.
  • Collaborate with department representatives and firm leaders to understand upcoming contract needs for new deals and renewals; prioritize deal support in planning process; implement legal strategy to focus on high value activities.
  • Support the Contract Manager in initiating, drafting, administering, negotiating, analyzing, revising, closing, and tracking contracts.
  • Supports the Contract Manager with the preparation, negotiation, and administration of commercial customer contracts.
  • Ensure proper contract fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications.
  • Maintain a strong working knowledge of the FAR/DFARS and accounting practices including audits, rates, and analysis of contract cost data.
  • Oversee guidance to project/program managers to ensure contractual compliance with all awarded contracts.
  • Provide support to executives by providing review of government solicitations to analyze protocols and resources needed to comply with proposed obligations.
  • Participate in proposal preparation, review, and bid/no bid analysis at a senior level
  • Ensure key contracts, firm procurement initiatives, and sourcing strategies are aligned with the overall priorities of the firm’s legal function, paying special attention to privacy/data security and risk management practices as they develop.
  • Provide legal advice on corporate matters and corporate governance,
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant laws and regulations applying to Latecoere Americas region with a main focus on Canada and USA.

Minimum qualifications:

Minimum 10 years of practice in USA/Canada

Experience support industrial manufacturing (Aerospace preferred)

Skilled with international trade: export control/compliance

Qualifications:

  • Excellent persuasion, negotiation, and judgement skills with speaking to C-Level stakeholders.
  • Excellent interpersonal, relationship management, and analytical skills.
  • Excellent critical thinking, business communication, and writing skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to prepare and deliver presentations.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects or initiatives.
  • Ability to work through technical and business details without losing focus on corporate goals and objectives.
  • Ability to manage a dual reporting both at local level (dotted line) and at group level in France (reporting line).

Competencies:

  • Excellent critical thinking, business communication, and writing skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to prepare and deliver presentations.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects or initiatives.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Casual dress
  • Dental care
  • Disability insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Extended health care
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking
  • Paid time off
  • RRSP match
  • Vision care

Flexible language requirement:

  • French not required

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

  • Have you supported a multi national manufacturing organization with global presence?
  • Are you qualified to practice law in both Canada and the USA?

Education:

  • Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Experience:

  • legal : 10 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • legal certification? (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Delta, BC V4G 1M7

About LATECOERE

1001-5000

Tier 1 to the world’s leading OEMs (Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault Aviation, Embraer, Honda Aircraft Company, Lockheed Martin, RTX, Thales), Latecoere serves aerospace with innovative solutions for a sustainable world.

The Group operates in all segments of the aerospace industry (commercial, regional, business, defense and space) in two business areas: • Aerostructures (61% of sales): doors, fuselage, wings and empennage, struts & rods and customer services; • Interconnection Systems (39% of sales): wiring, avionic racks, onboard equipment, electronic systems and customer services.

As of December 31, 2023, the Group employed 5,497 people in 14 countries.