Reporting to the Assistant Vice President & Senior Counsel, Individual Wealth, you will be a key member of the legal team providing support to our Canadian wealth and asset management businesses by providing practical and timely legal advice on strategic and tactical business issues related to securities law and investment fund manufacturing and distribution. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a highly accomplished team of legal professionals supporting one of Canada’s leading financial services companies.
Requirements
- Work collaboratively with business and functional partners to provide practical, risk-based legal advice on a wide range of matters impacting our wealth and asset management businesses
- Draft disclosure documents for the initial and continued offering of investment funds
- Draft and negotiate material contracts and exemptive relief applications for retail investment products
- Support new product development and existing product reorganizations
- Support institutional investment management activities
- Negotiate contracts (sub-advisor agreements, custodial agreements, trading documentation, service agreements, other corporate contracts)
- Research and advise on legal issues of substantial complexity and advise on regulatory requirements and developments, including securities laws and other applicable Canadian and foreign legislation
- Advise on individual and firm registrant regulation matters
- Develop legal structures for new and innovative investment products and services
- Review marketing materials
Benefits
- Flexible health and dental benefits
- $5,000 mental health benefit
- Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to $2,000 annually towards education reimbursement
- Company-matching pension plan
- share ownership program and additional investment options
- Employee recognition programs
- service milestone celebrations
- employee discounts and more!
- In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day
- Access to Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events
