Associate Counsel, Canada - Toronto, Canada - Uber

Uber

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

About the Role
We are searching for an Associate Counsel to help manage our commercial needs in Canada.

This is a rare opportunity for a lawyer to join an innovative and exciting tech company and gain substantive, hands-on experience with business clients and external partners.

You will be based at Uber's Toronto office.

What You'll Do

Work closely with our Canada legal team and other members of the legal department globally on commercial contracts, marketing, corporate, and product matters.
Negotiate and draft commercial contracts such as B2B deals with merchants for Uber Eats, promotional agreements, and thirdparty partnerships.
Be an active partner and ensure the provision of timely businessfocused advice to a variety of areas, including Uber's Delivery and Mobility businesses.
Act as a point of contact on issues for the business in Canada as well as for teams at our HQ in San Francisco.
Provide legal review of communications and marketing materials and advise on new and existing products.
Instruct outside counsel on corporate matters like resolutions and annual returns, with a view to taking on that work directly.
Practice groundbreaking law as you work on deals for a cuttingedge industry.
You'll take responsibility for ensuring we have the right processes and tools available to enable the team's capability to scale as the business does.
Provide strategic and proactive legal advice to internal business groups. It's our job to peer around corners for the business and ensure that we are wellpositioned for the future.

Basic Qualifications

Minimum of three (3) years of relevant legal experience gained inhouse, in private practice, or a combination of those.
J.D. or LL.B and license to practice law in at least one Canadian province.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience gained at an inhouse environment, particularly at a company that offers consumerfacing products.
Broadbased experience where transactional, consumer protection, competition, marketing, and corporate law were all major areas of focus.
Experience negotiating commercial contracts, ideally including technology agreements.
Confidence operating in a fastpaced, highfunctioning environment where the law is still developing.
Inquisitiveness, along with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of a matter, and articulate plans to address them.
Collaborative approach with both business and legal groups, with ability to build relationships, gain credibility, find compromise, and partner with others.
Embody the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and accountability.
Enthusiastic about Uber's values and mission