Legal Counsel

4 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada Refinitiv Full time

# **Our Privacy Statement & Cookie Policy**Manager, Corporate Secretarial page is loaded## Manager, Corporate Secretarialremote type: Remote Job: Hybridlocations: CAN-Toronto-19 Duncan Streettime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JREQ194565We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated **Manager, Corporate Secretarial** to lead our global Corporate Secretarial function. This role involves managing a team of Corporate Secretarial professionals and reports directly to the Deputy General Counsel, Corporate & Securities. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience as a company secretary or corporate paralegal.Thomson Reuters has approximately 250 subsidiaries, representative offices and branches around the world. Several of these entities are in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).**About the role**In this role as Manager, Corporate Secretarial, you will:* Lead and coordinate corporate secretarial projects across multiple countries, ensuring timely and efficient execution* Oversee and manage daily corporate secretarial activities for EMEA and other global entities, ensuring compliance with local regulations and corporate governance standards* Draft and review corporate agreements, resolutions, and documentation. Coordinate subsidiary board meetings and support internal corporate restructurings and reorganizations* Collaborate with various Corporate Departments (Tax, Treasury, HR, Accounting) and liaise with external legal counsel, advisors, and agents* Respond to information requests, manage corporate history records, and address other related inquiries* Support lawyers and legal professionals in M&A transactions, customer contracts, and compliance matters, both within the Thomson Reuters Legal Department and with external counsel* Monitor changes in applicable laws, regulations and corporate governance requirements* Participate in various Thomson Reuters Legal Department special projects, including technology-related initiatives to increase automation, collaboration and knowledge sharing* Conduct online research and due diligence* Perform additional duties as required**About You**You’re a fit for the role of Manager, Corporate Secretarial if your background includes:* Bachelor’s degree* Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a corporate secretarial role or as a Corporate Paralegal in a law firm or in-house* Experience managing corporate secretarial activities across multiple countries, ensuring compliance with local regulations and corporate governance standards* Proven leadership skills with the ability to inspire and build a cohesive, high-performing team* Excellent organizational skills with a keen attention to detail* Excellent verbal and written communication skills* Able to work independently and part of a global team* Experience using Blueprint OneWorld or similar company secretarial software* Excellent PC skills (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint); knowledge of Microsoft Teams, electronic signature software and document assembly software#LI-JK4* **Hybrid Work Model:** We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.* **Flexibility & Work-Life Balance:** Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.* **Career Development and Growth:** By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.* **Industry Competitive Benefits:** We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.* **Culture:** Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.* **Social Impact:** Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.* **Making a Real-World Impact:**We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation .Learn more on how to protect yourself from fraudulent job postings .More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on
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