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    Legal Counsel - Alberta, Canada - Apryse

    Apryse
    Apryse Alberta, Canada

    2 weeks ago

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    Full time
    Description

    The Role

    We are looking for a self-motivated, approachable, and business-savvy technology lawyer to join our in-house legal team and support Apryse's growing business.

    The ideal candidate learns quickly, thrives in a dynamic environment and is passionate about delivering exceptional legal work in an efficient and pragmatic manner. The candidate will play an important role in Apryse's legal department and business, supporting our sales efforts, strategic initiatives, compliance team, integration of acquired companies and other day-to-day legal matters across our global group of companies.

    Location

    This role will be remote-first (work from home), but the candidate must be based in British Columbia, Alberta, or Ontario.

    Key Responsibilities

  • Draft and negotiate software license agreements, vendor agreements, reseller agreements and other commercial contracts.
  • Provide day-to-day legal advice and pragmatically resolve issues that arise across the business.
  • Support compliance team with investigating and resolving suspected instances of misuse of our software.
  • Support contract administration team with drafting custom deal terms or other unique arrangements.
  • Work with legal and business stakeholders to develop and support processes for contracting and other legal matters to improve efficiency, scalability and productivity.
  • Assist with drafting, updating and maintaining template license agreements and terms of service for new and existing products and company policies.
  • Work collaboratively and efficiently with external legal counsel where required.

    • Requirements

  • Law degree from an accredited law school, licensed to practice law in Canada and a member in good standing with applicable bar association.
  • 4 to 7 years of relevant legal experience, in a major law firm and/or in-house (ideally at a B2B software company).
  • Experience working with software licensing and technology-related transactions.
  • Strong negotiation skills with the ability to understand the interplay of legal and business terms, and to advocate a strong position while maintaining a positive relationship with the other party.
  • Ability to grasp legal and business issues and provide tailored advice in plain language to non-legal stakeholders.
  • Creative problem-solver who can take a leadership role in transactions and resolve complex issues in creative, efficient, and practical ways.
  • Proactive, service-oriented attitude, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build collaborative business relationships at all levels of the organization.
  • impeccable attention to detail, organized and able to self-motivate and work well independently and as part of a team in a dynamic environment.

    • Nice to haves:

  • Fluency in another language.
  • Experience working with and supporting sales teams.
  • Experience supporting IP compliance and protection efforts.
  • Familiarity with open source software.
  • Experience with privacy regulations.
  • M&A experience.

    • Benefits

  • Competitive salary commensurate with experience & qualifications.
  • A comprehensive extended benefits package including health, dental and vision for you and your family that starts from day one.
  • A great team environment and resources, supporting you to do the best work of your life and providing unlimited career growth potential.
  • Highly autonomous and entrepreneurial environment.
  • Bi-weekly lunches and monthly socials.
  • Annual recurring WFH allowance for you to purchase items you need for your home office.
  • On going support for learning development so you can master your craft.
  • Work with the hardware you're most comfortable with (Windows or Mac)
  • Diverse and inclusive workplace where we all learn from each other.
  • Excellent work-life balance with a flexible remote work environment.

    • Company Description

    Apryse is the industry-leading provider of document software development (SDK) technology powering everything from traditional desktop software to innovative web and mobile applications. With a broad international portfolio of combined companies, products, and leading technologies, we are actively changing the way the world works with documents to make work better and life simpler.

    We are also a fast-growing company, chosen as one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers of 2022 by Mediacorp Canada Inc and selected among Canada's best employers for recent graduates with its addition to the 2022 Career Directory.

    Since having secured a $95M strategic growth investment in 2019, we have grown from approximately 50 employees to over 500, made fourteen acquisitions, and in 2021, Thoma Bravo, the top private investment firm in the world for software, came on board with another strategic growth investment.

    Customers like IBM, Autodesk, DocuSign, Boeing, Microsoft (and many more) come to us to realize their web and mobile strategies for document management, editing, and collaboration as the #1-ranked commercial document SDK of choice for companies worldwide. As a result, you can find our document technology in thousands of solutions, including those of household names, used by millions across virtually every industry. Our XODO app alone has 25M unique installs -- and counting -- and the highest ratings among PDF productivity apps on the largest online app marketplaces.

    Internally, we foster an atmosphere of opportunity, growth, and success for every individual amidst an exciting and challenging entrepreneurial culture. Career progression is based on merit, not tenure. Every member of our vibrant team is empowered to be a contributor, innovator, and successful leader.

    Ready to join our team?

    If you are interested in helping Apryse deliver on its commitments and taking your career to the next level, we invite you to apply online now.

    Please note that due to the high volume of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

    We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

    Thank you for your interest in Apryse

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