Description
Neo is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join its team in Calgary, AB. This is a unique opportunity to support a broad range of practice areas including Neo's corporate, commercial, regulatory, employment, and privacy matters.
Responsibilities
- Provide practical, clear, and accurate legal advice on a broad range of practice areas including corporate/commercial, regulatory, employment, and privacy matters
- Independently structure, draft, negotiate, and review financing, partnership, and customer-facing agreements, including identifying legal and business risks and collaborating with business and other lawyers on solutions to commercial and legal problems
- Anticipate, elucidate, and address legal issues to protect the interests of Neo and reduce exposure to legal risks
- Draft internal policies and guidelines to ensure compliance with legal requirements
- Support legal updates to all customer-facing disclosures and agreements
- Develop and maintain form agreements, contract management systems, and other databases
- Develop and implement processes for efficient and streamlined operations surrounding contract negotiation
- Conduct legal research and provide concise and fit-for-purpose legal advice to internal stakeholders, in a timely manner
- Manage external legal counsel, as required
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Law (L.L.B) or Juris Doctor (J.D.)
- A member of, or eligible for membership in, the Law Society of Alberta
- A minimum of 10 years experience in either private practice or in-house with experience in one or more of the following practice areas: banking/financial services, financial services regulatory, corporate/commercial, real estate financing, consumer protection, employment, and/or privacy law
- Preference may be given to candidates with experience in the banking, fintech, or financial services sectors or other highly regulated industry sectors, and/or those with in-house legal experience
- Proven ability to think strategically and provide business units with concise analysis and recommendations
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others, lawyers, and non-lawyers alike
- Strong organization and time management skills and the ability to meet short deadlines
Total Rewards
- Salary: Competitive, market-leading salary aligned with market ranges, along with the flexibility to tailor your mix of cash and equity to match your longer-term goals
- Equity Ownership (Where Eligible): Opportunity to share directly in Neo's momentum and meaningful long-term wealth-building potential tied to its success
- Short-term incentive plans (STIP)
- Flexible health benefits and life insurance
- 21 Days PTO + stat holidays, and personal leave
- Health and personal spending accounts
- Discounts through partner network
- Access to early use of products and discounts on fixed-term Neo mortgages
- Parental top-up and equity vesting during long-term leave