Legal Counsel

3 weeks ago

Canada IATA Consulting Full time

Employment Type: Permanent
Contract Duration:

At IATA, we speak for the airlines of theworld, serving and supporting over 300 of them across all continents. Weare passionate and knowledgeable about the aviation industry, and we strive tomake it safer, smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive. We celebratediversity and inclusion in our workforce, and we respect and value thedifferent backgrounds, perspectives and skills of our employees. We also careabout our employees’ wellbeing, and we provide flexible work arrangements,travel benefits, family-friendly policies, equal pay and a day off on yourbirthday. We believe in giving back to the community and encourage our staff toparticipate in volunteering activities that support causes they care about. Weencourage you to join our global community of aviation enthusiasts, and we willdo our best to make you feel comfortable during the interview process. IATA ismore than a trade association; it is a vision of a better future for airtravel.

About the team you are joining

TheIATA Legal Team is part of the Legal Services and Corporate Secretary (LSCS) group and is made up of legal professionals qualified in various jurisdictions, providinglegal support across IATA's operations, business activities and advocacystrategies. The team is divided into three workstreams reflecting IATA'score activities, Standards, Advocacy and Commercial, Products & Services(CPS Legal)


TheLegal Counsel is a junior but experienced legal professional responsible forproviding legal advice, support, and research on diverse subject areas tosupport IATA’s business activities, both internally and externally and the workof the CPS Legal Workstream. The Legal Counsel reports to theDirector Legal Services (DLS).

What your day would be like

The Legal Counsel providesindependent legal advice on diverse substantive and procedural questions ofconsiderable complexity, which may include those related to productsand services, administration, procurement and contracts, at timesindependently and in some circumstances depending on the subject matter andcomplexity under the oversight of the DLS, through the following activities:
- Prepares legal opinions, memoranda and information papers on questions concerning the interpretation or application of law, legal instruments, or legal principles in relation to IATA’s or airline member activities across multiple jurisdictions;
- Drafts appropriate responses to correspondence and communication raising legal issues or having legal implications;
- Drafts and advises on agreements, contracts, instruments, governance documents, and policies in the context of IATA's business activities;
- Overseeing the update and enhancement of standard contract templates;
- Drafts appropriate responses to correspondence and communication raising legal issues or having legal implications;
- Provides substantive legal advice in and undertakes commercial negotiations (including leading on negotiations and dispute resolution);
- Responds to requests for legal assistance from clients and receives work assignments from DLS;
- Undertakes negotiations under the oversight of the DLS;
- Provides support and assistance to senior lawyers including legal research, drafting opinions, and liaising with internal clients and external counsel;
- Develops training and guidance material for IATA staff on various legal topics;
- Delivers training to IATA staff;
- Participates and in some circumstances leads projects within the CPS Legal Workstreams;
- Collaborates with other team members on the work of the Legal Services team;
- Maintains strong relationships with relevant external legal communities; and
- Actively administers and supports the IATA contract management system.

We would love to hear from you if

Youare an effective, confident communicator and a team player and have:
Advanced University degree in law, (LLB, JD, LLM) from an internationallyrecognized university,
Admission to practice law in a relevant jurisdiction, preferably the UK, EUmember state, Canada, US, Australia or New Zealand.
Minimum five years post qualification experience in an organization, governmentdepartment or law firm with demonstrable commercial contracting experience.
Professional client relationship skills.
Excellent command of English.
Superior written and oral communication skills.
Strong legal research skills.
Strongtechnical skills.

Travel Required: Y: 0-5

Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at iata/careers/ . We are looking forward to hearing from you

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