In House Legal Counsel I

Intact FC • Mississauga, ON

1d • CA$101,800 - CA$124,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for an In-House Legal Counsel I within Intact's growing team. It offers a unique opportunity to focus on legal practice without the need for business development, providing work flexibility, support, and a sense of value. The position is part of Canada's largest in-house P&C insurance litigation team, where the counsel will manage and creatively resolve casualty, property, and accident benefits files, guided by company values. The role involves working autonomously within a collaborative environment with experienced legal professionals.

Requirements

• Strong organization, communication and negotiation skills that will help you manage a busy practice, including working effectively with legal support staff including legal assistants, law clerks, and administrative support employees.
• Strong interpersonal skills, a natural ability to work collaboratively with others and to build effective client relationships that will make you a great team player and contribute to the positive work environment.
• An ability to think outside the box, find novel solutions and be a pragmatic problem solver.
• A member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.
• Minimum of 2+ years of insurance litigation experience.
• Experience in legal research and writing, including authorship of legal opinions.
• Experience drafting pleadings, application documents, tribunal documents, mediation briefs and pre-hearing memoranda.
• Experience conducting case conferences, settlement conferences, discoveries, examinations under oath and mediations.
• Proficiency in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes.
• Proficiency in technologies, tools, and software programs to optimize operational efficiency and decision making, including but not limited to AI tools, iManage, ACL and the Microsoft Office package of programs.

Nice To Haves

• LAT hearing and trial experience, particularly independent hearing/trial experience, is a definite asset.

Responsibilities

• Work with autonomy in your practice and collaborate with a high-performing team of lawyers, paralegals, adjusters, and legal support professionals.
• Help Intact achieve strategic goals related to indemnity and expense control.
• Independently handle a variety of insurance defence files, including property, casualty and accident benefits disputes from beginning to end.
• Draft opinions, pleadings, affidavits, and other legal documents to support applications, mediations, judicial settlement conferences, case conferences, private arbitrations, trials and LAT hearings (both oral and written).
• Independently prepare and conduct applications, discoveries, examinations under oath, mediations, LAT hearings, arbitrations, pre-trial conferences and trials.
• Provide support to Intermediate and Senior Legal Counsel by second chairing, providing research, and other appropriate file related tasks.
• Report on and assess claims with a focus on controlling indemnity but, at the same time, be strategic and pragmatic with a view to proactive and efficient resolution.
• Share knowledge and coach your Intact colleagues both inside and outside your department.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model
• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year
• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more
• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more
• Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance)
• Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.
• Defined benefit pension plan offering guaranteed income for life.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed