Corporate Counsel, Na - Montréal, Canada - Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers

Verified Company

Montréal, Canada

4 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another's experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world's well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises.

Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Position Description

Essential Job Functions

Support Vantage and be a strategic partner by providing practical, businessfocused and sound legal advice to the Canadian Design, Engineering & Construction, Finance, Human resources, Sales and Operations teams.
Provide proactive and strategic legal advice that enables Vantage to achieve its business and strategic objectives while fully and appropriately managing legal risk.
Manage the legal work for the Canadian team, including complex business transactions and agreements with consultants, contractors, and customers and oversight of outside counsel.
Responsible for supporting legal matters involving the Canadian Design, Engineering & Construction, Finance, Sales and Operations teams, including negotiating agreements, dispute resolution, governance and contract management, and assisting with the management of outside counsel.

Duties

Structure, review, draft and negotiate various vendor contracts, including construction agreements, call for tenders, supply contracts and other vendor agreements.
Negotiate complex commercial contracts, including but not limited to commercial lease agreements, colocation agreements, repeatable lease templates.
Support global legal strategy for commercial contracts with contractors and customers; including contract management and governance.
Responsible for legal work and supervision of outside counsel associated with development, engineering, and construction projects, including professional services agreements, supplier contracts, master agreements, and purchase orders.
Support the legal department in ongoing continuous improvement initiatives and standardization of working practices across the region.

Job Requirements

Member of Barreau du Quebec.
25 years of relevant legal experience.
Experience with commercial contracts, including construction agreements, supply contracts and other vendor agreements.
Working knowledge of real estate law.
Experience in supporting group compliance activities, including developing policies, providing training and monitoring.
Experience within the data center or telecommunications industry preferred, but not required.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Wellrounded corporate and commercial lawyer who is also a practical and businessminded executive.
Strong communication, negotiation and legal writing skills. Good interpersonal and management skills.
Selfmotivated with the ability to operate independently.
Ability to navigate seamlessly between being highly strategic and handson approach.
Proactive and solution oriented with the ability to identify opportunities for improvements within legal practices.
Impeccable integrity, credibility, character and ethics.
Bilingual ( French and English )

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance.

We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other's strengths and respecting each other's weaknesses.

We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard an efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Safety and security always matter.

During COVID, all positions that can work remotely have been, and appropriate steps have been taken to ensure the safety of employees in any position essential to be on site.

Regardless of where you are working, technology to work effectively is provided on or in advance of your first day of employment.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer