Junior Claims Legal Counsel defending auto, bodily injury, property, and commercial insurance claims for Desjardins. Managing litigation files from start to finish across Ontario.
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- Associate Counsel negotiating international commercial contracts for OpenTable, a restaurant reservation technology company. Advising product, payment, vendor, and cross-functional business initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate international commercial agreements, including partner, vendor, SaaS, service agreements, non-disclosure agreements, real estate leases, and ancillary agreements
- Develop and maintain contracting playbooks, workflows, and optimized legal processes
- Enable business teams to self-serve on routine legal matters
- Provide practical legal advice on commercial product initiatives, payment-related matters, and customer support inquiries
- Assess and communicate legal and business risks and recommend mitigation tactics
- Advise on contractual disputes and guide cross-functional teams toward favorable resolutions
- Collaborate with cross-functional business units, global procurement, external stakeholders, and Booking Holdings legal teams
Requirements
- J.D. or equivalent degree from an accredited law school
- Active bar admission and good standing in at least one state or province
- Minimum 3 years of experience drafting, redlining, and negotiating commercial contracts across multiple jurisdictions, including the United States
- Strong attention to detail and experience applying standard playbooks, spotting critical issues, assessing risk, and making sound decisions under tight deadlines
- Experience managing multiple legal matters independently and adapting to changing business priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborative mindset, excellent judgment, high integrity, strong interpersonal skills, and a “can-do” attitude
- Prior in-house legal experience preferred
- Experience with contract lifecycle management platforms and document management tools preferred
- Fluency or working proficiency in additional languages preferred
- Openness and adaptability to expanding expertise into new or emerging areas of law preferred
Benefits
- Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
- Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
- Company-paid subscription to Headspace
- Annual company-wide week off a year
- Paid parental leave
- Generous paid vacation and time off for your birthday
- Paid volunteer time
- Development Dollars
- Leadership development
- Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
- Travel Discounts
- Employee Resource Groups
- 20 days of paid time off
- Private health and dental insurance
- Life and Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Retirement benefits
- Paid sick leave
- Medical leave
- Bereavement leave
- Floating holidays
- Paid holidays
- Annual bonus eligibility
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