Commercial Counsel - Vancouver, Canada - Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Commercial Counsel
EA's Canadian Legal Team is looking for a junior lawyer to join us as Commercial Counsel.

You will support EA's corporate groups, managing commercial agreements, creating and reviewing company policies, conducting research, and working with EA lawyers and legal professionals around the world.

You will report to the Commercial Counsel Lead.

Responsibilities

You will be the initial point of contact within the Canada Legal Team and provide counsel on technology, commercial and corporate matters, among others.
Assist the Canada Legal Team in supporting EA's corporate departments, including drafting, reviewing, and implementing contracts through the full lifecycle, providing training on corporate policies, and managing contingent worker issues.
Communicate corporate and legal department policies to internal partners, conduct legal research, act to limit EA's legal liabilities, and work with other attorneys, senior management, and representatives of thirdparty companies.
Review, draft and negotiate various types of contracts, including consulting agreements, technology agreements, software license and other license agreements, and master services agreements.

Qualifications

Member in good standing of a Canadian Law Society required.
Common law experience required.
3+ years of experience with a law firm providing services for technology clients and/or relevant inhouse experience with companies in the technology industry.
Demonstrated experience in employment law.
Experience with the negotiation and preparation of a wide range of sophisticated commercial agreements.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, with high ethics and integrity, in a fast paced, matrixed environment with crossfunctional business and legal teams.
Ability to prioritize a highvolume workload efficiently and effectively.
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and able to provide collaborative, serviceoriented advice to business partners, while mitigating legal and business risk to the company

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.