Senior Legal Counsel, Capital Markets Risk

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Wealthsimple Full time

About the Role

Wealthsimple is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel, Capital Markets Risk to help improve our strong capital markets risk management program. As a key partner to R&D and Enabling Function teams across Wealthsimple, you will actively identify opportunities to improve our product and client experience while effectively managing our biggest risks.

Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate business decisions and provide advice to senior business leaders on potential legal risk issues, taking into account both legal and business perspectives.
  • Lead the response to all disputes and third-party investigations, with the exception of employment disputes.
  • Provide legal guidance to Wealthsimple's marketing team, including drafting promotional terms and conditions, and providing risk assessments on creative products and marketing copy.
  • Handle complex business and legal issues in a fast-paced, agile, and evolving technology-driven business environment.
  • Provide advice and support on emerging legal issues and risks, including securities intermediary risks, debtor/creditor risks, and consumer protection risks.
  • Proactively identify and resolve emerging business risks that Wealthsimple may face across its product offering.
  • Contribute actively to innovative ideas for quality and scalability within our rapidly growing brokerage.
  • Implement AI and other innovative technology to increase the quality and effectiveness of our risk management program.

Requirements:

  • A law degree and minimum 5-8 years' experience in disputes, gained at a major Canadian law firm, highly regarded litigation boutique, or an in-house corporate legal department.
  • Experience with independently running and resolving complex commercial disputes.
  • Expertise in regulatory investigations and enforcement actions in the capital markets context.
  • Familiarity with Canadian financial infrastructure and intermediaries, including regulated intermediaries, data providers, cloud infrastructure, and security providers.
  • Rigorous analytical skills and ability to proactively issue spot and problem solve.
  • Ability to effectively apply risk-based frameworks to ambiguous problems.
  • Skills to effectively communicate complex legal concepts to non-legal audiences.
  • Project management and organizational skills that can be used to balance competing priorities.

Why Wealthsimple?

We're a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions.

We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation.

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