Bilingual Legal Counsel

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Burlington, ON
Hybrid
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Business Intelligence • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Big Data Analytics
The Role
The Bilingual Legal Counsel at TransUnion will provide legal services, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing legal risks, and counseling management on complex legal matters. Responsibilities include drafting and reviewing contracts, offering practical legal advice, and keeping abreast of legislative developments, while fostering positive relationships within the organization.
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What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we are dedicated to finding ways information can be used to help people make better and smarter decisions. As a trusted provider of global information solutions, our mission is to help people around the world access the opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life, by helping organizations optimize their risk-based decisions and enabling consumers to understand and manage their personal information. Because when people have access to more complete and multidimensional information, they can make more informed decisions and achieve great things.
Every day TransUnion offers our employees the tools and resources they need to find ways information can be used in diverse ways. Whether it is helping businesses better manage risk, providing better insights so a consumer can qualify for his first mortgage or working with law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer, we are improving the quality of life for individuals, families, communities, and local economies around the world

What You'll Bring:

  • Bachelor of civil and/or common law.
  • At least 4-7 years of experience as a lawyer.
  • Bilingual (English/French). Ability to communicate orally and vernally in French is required.
  • Must be a member of the local law society and be fully licensed to practice in the country.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the following areas of law are recommended: administrative law, consumer reporting legislation and other privacy legislation, litigation, and general corporate commercial knowledge.
  • Ability to work in a team environment and interact at all levels of the organization
  • Strong organizational and advocacy skills.
  • Ability to support multiple, complex, and often conflicting and quickly changing priorities.
  • Strong analytic and problem solving skills.
  • Technologically adept and proficiency with the tools of the profession.
  • Strong negotiation skills.
  • This position requires some travel.

Impact You'll Make:

With limited guidance, the incumbent provides legal services to TransUnion Canada ensuring that business practices, policies and dealings of the corporation meet regulatory requirements and that its operations are within the scope established by law, inclusive of PIPEDA and consumer reporting legislation.

The incumbent provides counseling to management regarding changes to the law, interprets and/or prepares legal documents and renders opinions regarding issues faced by TransUnion and its new or existing subsidiaries. The successful candidate must have a broad-based knowledge of business-at-large and must rapidly learn the issues they face in order to legally protect the company. Responsible for foreseeing and protecting the company against legal risks and compliance with corporate policies.

Role & Responsibilities:

  • Provides counsel, legal support to business units on a variety of complex legal matters and matters having a potentially significant impact on the company’s business and operations.
  • Acts as counsel to company in all contractual matters requiring legal review and assistance and provides liaison with senior management when appropriate. 
  •  Provides prompt and practical advice to senior management on complex contractual matters involving the transfer of personal information and/or technology.
  • Reviews and drafts complex commercial contracts, certificates and related documents and represents the company in contract negotiations.
  • Responsible for keeping abreast of current legislative developments, particularly with such developments that may have an impact upon company operations.
  • Works with the other departments on commercial matters, corporate risk analysis and other matters as appropriate. 
  •   Provides formal and informal training for internal clients (sales meeting presentations, operations, one-on-one discussions). 
  •  Maintains and develops positive and professional working relationships with members of the legal team, internal and external clients and management. 
  • Ensures Assistant General Counsel is fully briefed on major issues that arise in relevant business areas and major legislative, business, contractual or operational issues that may arise. 
  • Provides support to team initiatives.

This is a remote position which may require occasional in-person attendance at work-related events at the discretion of management.

Accommodation is available, including for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable laws.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title:

Advisor, Legal Counsel

Top Skills

Civil Law
Common Law

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
13,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1968

What We Do

TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible by ensuring that each consumer is reliably and safely represented in the marketplace.

We do this by having an accurate and comprehensive picture of each person.

This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world.

Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn their trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in the opportunities they deserve.

We make trust possible, so businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.

Why Work With Us

Our culture is welcoming, energetic and innovative. There’s an overall synergy that flows throughout TransUnion, creating a sense of unity in knowing that we’re all working to achieve the same overall goal. We’re dedicated to providing opportunities for our people to get involved and stay connected with their colleagues across the globe.

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