Senior Legal Specialist

1 day ago


Montreal, Quebec, Canada Poka Inc. Full time

Role Overview: We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Legal Specialist to join our legal team at Poka Inc. The successful candidate will assist in a range of legal tasks, primarily supporting the Legal Manager with projects and tasks of the Legal department.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contract Support: Contribute to reviewing a broad range of agreements, including non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), customer agreements, and vendor agreements under the guidance of the Senior Legal Counsel.
  • Legal Research: Conduct legal research on various issues, including commercial law, data privacy regulations, and employment law, and summarize findings for the Senior Legal Counsel.
  • Legal Operations: Help prepare legal documents and correspondence, including letters, agreements, policies, notices, internal playbooks, and training.
  • Compliance Monitoring: Support the Legal team in ensuring the company complies with relevant regulations, including helping with documentation for data privacy and corporate governance.
  • Internal Collaboration: Under the direction of the Legal Manager, provide support to different departments (sales, HR, operations) on legal matters.

Requirements:

  • Education: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), or Juris Doctor (J.D.), or an equivalent law degree, with eligibility to practice law in your location.
  • Experience: 1-3 years of experience in commercial or corporate practice, or recent graduates with relevant internship experience in corporate or commercial law.
  • Skills: Strong legal research and writing skills, a solid understanding of contract law principles, excellent attention to detail and organizational skills, ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, and great communication skills, both in written and spoken, in English and French.
  • Preferred Qualifications: Prior in-house experience within the SaaS industry, ideally advising internal stakeholders on contractual documents, ability to adopt a risk-based approach and provide pragmatic, solution-oriented advice, and privacy, security, or other relevant certifications.

About Us:

Poka Inc. is a fast-paced tech environment, and we are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our legal team.


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