Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel Position

The Legal Team propels Lightspeed's success, empowering our global stakeholders by navigating challenges, turning risks into opportunities, providing commercially-minded solutions, and championing integrity. We're looking for a Legal Counsel to join us in Montreal. You will partner and collaborate daily with our business teams, preparing and negotiating commercial agreements and helping the business navigate intricate and unprecedented challenges inherent in a rapidly evolving tech company.

What you'll be doing:

• Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts with customers, strategic partners, and vendors/suppliers across NOAM, EMEA and APAC.
• Delivering legal and general commercial advice to key stakeholders across all Lightspeed departments.
• Documenting legal know-how and delivering training to the wider Legal Team and business stakeholders.
• Identifying and advising on legal risks and compliance issues relating to the structuring, development and marketing of new products or features.
• Performing quick, focused legal research and analysis.
• Helping manage legal aspects of complex, cross-functional, multi-jurisdictional projects.
• Suggesting, building and improving upon the Legal Team's operations and processes.
• Monitoring changes to regulatory requirements and proactively handling regulatory developments.
• Supporting litigation and other disputes management.
• Managing investigations by and requests from regulatory bodies and government authorities.

What you need to bring:

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) or Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.
• Licensed to practice law in Canada and/or the United States.
• 2-4 years of post-qualification experience in a law firm and/or as in-house counsel, preferably with exposure to international, multi-jurisdictional matters.
• Broad commercial experience. Extensive background in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, terms and conditions, and other similar contracts is a must-have.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. French is a strong asset. As a global company with employees and clients outside of Quebec, fluency in English as a working language is required for this position.
• Ability to prioritize and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

Even better if you have, but not necessary:

• Experience working in different jurisdictions and languages; the technology, financial services, and/or SaaS industries.
• Bonus for specific experience with partnership agreements (referral, reseller and integration), SaaS contracts and procurement contracts.
• Knowledge of and experience with Privacy, IP, Fiscalization, and Corporate laws.

Be a changemaker

You'll enjoy:

• A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work (3 days a week in office)
• A culture that celebrates performance
• The chance to make an impact in a team that's big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard
• Career-defining opportunities

Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies
• Equity options, because this is your company too
• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
• Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams
• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook
• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families
• Etc…

Fuel your growth. Find your people.

At Lightspeed, your growth is our priority. We invest in you with continuous learning opportunities, global mobility and benefits designed to support you—all within a driven, diverse and inclusive team that's passionate about empowering our communities

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.