In-house Attorney
3 days ago
FinSANA is a global fintech company that specializes in catering to underserved and underbanked consumers. Our organization has a passion for helping people financially through our technology solutions which has allowed us to serve millions of consumers globally.
Headquartered in Montreal, Canada with offices in the United States and Latin America, we encourage personal and professional growth in equal measures. To create the best possible experience for our employees, we continuously invest in our teams and provide opportunities for growth.
We are seeking an **In-house attorney **to assist the General Counsel and other staff with analysis for ongoing legal cases and issues in a variety of practice areas in financial services.
**DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Provide analysis for ongoing legal cases and issues including Federal law, Business Transactions, Finance, Government Affairs, Litigation, Legal Research, and High-cost lending.
- Act as legal counsel to provide primary legal support for the development of for financial service products.
- Stays current and provide research on all laws, statues, emerging trends, court decisions or other developments that may affect the Company specifically in the lending and finance sector, its departments and entities.
- Provides vendor oversight for compliance with governing laws and regulations.
- Communicate with vendors to respond to compliance requests, reviews and audits.
- Identify, raise and elevate coverage issues that may impact company business units, including issues that may give rise to litigation, reputational, claims or regulatory risks.
- Provides reports as requested by the General Counsel.
**REQUIREMENTS**:
- Juris Doctorate Degree from an accredited Canadian law school required.
- At least 3 years of experience, Canada Bar required (additional USA State Bar a big plus)
- Knowledge and understanding of a variety of issues, including but not limited to matters of federal and provincial law, consumer lending law, business law, tax law, corporate law, finance law, contract law.
- Strong governmental and administrative skills, knowledge, and abilities (license filing and regulatory processes).
- Strong oral and written communication and people skills.
**BENEFITS**
- Competitive salary
- Paid personal/sick days
- Health, Dental, Life Insurance for you and your family
- RRSP Matching Program
- Work-life balance
- Hybrid work style
- Casual dress code
- Employee Referral Program
**LOCATION**:Canada - Montreal Office
**REPORTS TO**:General Counsel
**SCHEDULE**: Day shift - Flexible
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FinSANA est une entreprise mondiale de fintech qui se spécialise dans la restauration des consommateurs mal desservis et sous-bancarisés. Notre organisation a la passion d'aider les gens financièrement grâce à nos solutions technologiques, ce qui nous a permis de servir des millions de consommateurs dans le monde entier.
Basée à Montréal, au Canada, avec des bureaux aux États-Unis et en Amérique latine, nous encourageons le développement personnel et professionnel à parts égales. Afin de créer la meilleure expérience possible pour nos employés, nous investissons continuellement dans nos équipes et leur offrons des opportunités de croissance.
Nous sommes à la recherche d'un **avocat interne** pour aider le directeur juridique et d'autres membres du personnel à analyser les affaires et les questions juridiques en cours dans divers domaines d'activité des services financiers.
**FONCTIONS ET RESPONSABILITÉS**
- Fournir une analyse des affaires et des questions juridiques en cours, notamment en ce qui concerne le droit fédéral, les transactions commerciales, la finance, les affaires gouvernementales, les litiges, la recherche juridique et les prêts à taux élevé.
- Agir en tant que conseiller juridique afin de fournir un soutien juridique de premier plan pour le développement de produits de services financiers.
- Aider à la négociation des contrats, y compris la rédaction et l'édition des accords, des demandes, des affaires courantes de l'entreprise, et toute autre tâche demandée par le directeur juridique.
- Se tenir informé et effectuer des recherches sur l'ensemble des lois, statuts, tendances émergentes, décisions de justice ou autres développements susceptibles d'affecter l'entreprise, en particulier dans le secteur du crédit et de la finance, ses départements et ses entités.
- Assurer la surveillance des fournisseurs afin de garantir la conformité avec les lois et réglementations en vigueur.
- Communiquer avec les fournisseurs pour répondre aux demandes de conformité, aux examens et aux audits.
- Identifier, soulever et mettre en avant les questions de couverture susceptibles d'avoir un impact sur les unités opérationnelles de l'entreprise, y compris les questions pouvant donner lieu à des litiges, à des risques de réputation, à des réclamations ou à des risques réglementaires
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