Senior Counsel, Specialized Finance

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About the role

  • Senior Counsel advising TD Canadian Commercial Banking on specialized finance, lending, leasing, and consumer protection law. Managing legal risk and guiding compliant product development across Canada.

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal advice and manage legal risk relating to specialized financing segments within TD Canadian Commercial Banking
  • Advise on personal and commercial lending, leasing and related financial services
  • Support commercial relationships with automotive and equipment dealer networks and manufacturers
  • Apply consumer protection laws across Canada to develop agreements, disclosures and processes
  • Negotiate complex commercial agreements with counterparties
  • Partner with product, technology, compliance, risk and control functions to structure innovative, compliant solutions
  • Guide product-related legal documentation, disclosures and customer terms
  • Provide risk-calibrated legal advice aligned with business objectives and risk appetite
  • Simplify complex and novel legal problems for colleagues
  • Identify issues and provide practical risk insights for decision-making
  • Mentor and guide legal team members on emerging product-related issues and best practices
  • Anticipate business partners' information needs
  • Establish systematic approaches to legal advice and communication
  • Escalate issues appropriately
  • Advise and support other counsel
  • Integrate legal and business needs to identify appropriate policies and procedures
  • Engage stakeholders and influence strategic initiatives and execution
  • Advise senior management as a subject matter expert
  • Lead complex projects and programs to ensure solutions meet business needs

Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree or relevant professional certifications, designations, or equivalent required (JD/LLB)
  • Admission to the Bar in good standing and licensed to practice law in a Canadian province
  • 10+ years relevant experience
  • Legal knowledge applied to business
  • Ability to simplify, problem solve, multitask and work effectively against deadlines
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Detail oriented with ability to see the bigger picture
  • Integrity and high moral standards
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment
  • Strong teamwork and client skills
  • Highly self-motivated, resilient and change-oriented
  • Innovative and optimistic
  • Ability to effectively supervise, develop and lead other team members
  • For Quebec roles: mastery of a language other than French to support or deal with employees or colleagues needing services in a language other than French

Benefits

  • Health and well-being benefits
  • Savings and retirement programs
  • Paid time off
  • Banking benefits and discounts
  • Career development
  • Reward and recognition programs
  • Regular development conversations
  • Training programs
  • Online learning platform
  • Mentoring programs
  • Training and onboarding sessions
  • Interview accommodations, including accessible meeting rooms and captioning for virtual interviews

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$165,000 - CA$210,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

OnsiteTorontoCanada

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