Counsel, Customer Regulatory and Resolution

3 months ago

Dorval, Canada Air Canada Full time

**Description**

**Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.**

We are looking for a Counsel, Customer Resolution to join our team of professionals in Montreal. Reporting to the Manager, Customer Regulatory and Resolution, the Counsel, Customer Resolution will manage a high volume of Air Canada's litigated customer claims and implement strategies to enhance the effective resolution of claims.

Air Canada is Canada's largest airline, the country's flag carrier and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation network. Air Canada is the largest provider of scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, the Canada-U.S. transborder market, and in the international market to and from Canada. Its mission is connecting Canada and the world. Air Canada has been named Best Airline in North by Skytrax, having received this honour for the 8th time in 10 years. Air Canada's Aeroplan program is Canada's premier travel loyalty program, with active members totaling more than eight million in 2023, having doubled in size since 2019. Its freight division, Air Canada Cargo, provides air freight lift and connectivity to hundreds of destinations across six continents using Air Canada's passenger flights and cargo-only flights with its fleet of Boeing 767-300 freighters.

We have innovative Legal and Compliance teams whose members, more than 100 dedicated professionals, act as business partners to support Air Canada's strategic objectives. When you join Air Canada and its Law Branch, you will be part of a team of professionals that enable Air Canada to accomplish its mission of connecting Canada and the world.

**Responsibilities**:

- Manage and supervise litigation files in Canada, before the Canadian Transportation Agency and other tribunals in Canada and in various countries, in collaboration with paralegals and external counsel, including drafting and reviewing legal proceedings.
- Analyse legal basis of claims, analyse evidence on file, and determine defence strategy.
- Build out case strategy, set out documents needed as evidence, draft court proceedings and ensure all documents are ready for production in a timely and complete fashion.
- Review and oversee defences drafted by other lawyers and paralegals.
- Support the defence strategy process for CTA claims, to enhance success rates, reduce turnaround times.
- Manage case calendars and ensure that timelines are followed throughout all stages of the evidence gathering and defence drafting process.
- In collaboration with IT, optimize the use of technology to effectively manage high volumes of litigation claims.
- Analyse and maintain a database of successful and unsuccessful defenses in order to improve efficiency over time, as well as to improve Air Canada's overall success rate for CTA claims.
- Identify possible efficiencies in workflows and opportunities for systemic improvements in evidence gathering and defence drafting, for discussion and review.

**Qualifications**
- Hold a Bachelor's degree in or higher in law, and be a member of the bar in one of the Canadian provinces.
- 2-5 years' experience in litigation
- Experience in airline operation, airline management, project management, or claims management is an asset.
- Strong organizational skills, creative and strategic.
- Good analytical skills, ability to identify issues in workflows, develop thoughtful solutions and rally support to redefine approaches and achieve workable solutions.
- Good written and oral communication skills, and the ability to convey messages and thoughts clearly, and concisely.
- Enjoy working in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment alongside a very cohesive team of professionals.
- Strong desire to participate as part of a team, to collaborate, support, empower and guide the team (when appropriate), with an ability to contribute to a shared sense of direction.
- Inclination to take initiative and be proactive and resourceful.
- Be adaptable and flexible to work effectively in a context of rapid change and to grasp opportunities to learn and build knowledge.
- Demonstrate a high degree of tact, discretion and good judgment in handling sensitive and confidential information.

**Conditions of Employment**:
**Linguistic Requirements**

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees' unique contributions to our company's success.

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