Legal Counsel

7 months ago


Montréal, Canada International Air Transport Association (IATA) Full time

Employment Type: Permanent
Contract Duration:
At IATA, we speak for the airlines of the world, serving and supporting over 300 of them across all continents. We are passionate and knowledgeable about the aviation industry, and we strive to make it safer, smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive. We celebrate diversity and inclusion in our workforce, and we respect and value the different backgrounds, perspectives and skills of our employees. We also care about our employees’ wellbeing, and we provide flexible work arrangements, travel benefits, family-friendly policies, equal pay and a day off on your birthday. We believe in giving back to the community and encourage our staff to participate in volunteering activities that support causes they care about. We encourage you to join our global community of aviation enthusiasts, and we will do our best to make you feel comfortable during the interview process. IATA is more than a trade association; it is a vision of a better future for air travel.

About the team you are joining

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

What your day would be like
- 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

You are an effective, confident communicator and a team player and have:
Advanced University degree in law, (LLB, JD, LLM) from an internationally recognized university,
Admission to practice law in a relevant jurisdiction, preferably the UK, EU member state, Canada, US, Australia or New Zealand.
Minimum five years post qualification experience in an organization, government department 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.
Strong technical 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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