Legal Counsel, Commercial Services

TMX Group•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$150,000 - CA$165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Legal Counsel, Commercial Services is responsible for supporting TMX Group Limited and its affiliates on a variety of commercial and transactional matters across the enterprise, including TMX VettaFi, a leading US-based, indexing, digital distribution, and analytics company. This role involves drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, providing legal advice on commercial strategies, supporting new product launches, and handling matters related to acquisitions and divestitures. The position also requires close collaboration with business lines and strategic procurement teams on various agreements, including technology licensing, data licensing, SaaS, cloud, outsourcing, and professional services. Additionally, the counsel will advise on the development and commercialization of digital properties, including privacy, IP, and marketing compliance, as well as day-to-day commercial matters such as technology initiatives, information security, anti-spam, privacy, competition law, IP, and dispute resolution.

Requirements

Called to the Bar of Ontario with membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario
Qualified legal professional with at least 3 years of relevant, working experience
Knowledge and experience drafting, negotiating, structuring and advising on various types of commercial contracts and transactions, including relating to all aspects of information technology and procurement
Good overall understanding of intellectual property law and other technology-related legal principles
Knowledge of and experience providing advice on privacy law and antispam compliance, including in commercial contracting, digital advertising and marketing, and policy development.
Exceptional written and verbal communication, negotiation and drafting skills
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Team oriented and able to build relationships with all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in financial services industry is an asset
Experience working on mergers and acquisitions and integration of acquired businesses is an asset

Responsibilities

Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts and provide advice on commercial matters.
Support multi-faceted commercial transactions, including strategic projects and global business alliances, involving working with clients, suppliers and internal and external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
Provide legal advice and support for the development and execution of commercial strategies and initiatives, including support for the development and launch of new products/services (including data, indices and benchmarks), the procurement of new assets and technologies and outsourcing transactions.
Work with business lines, including TMX VettaFi, to develop and maintain standard form agreements for products and services offered by the company in support of strategic initiatives and in the ordinary course.
Support transaction and integration matters related to acquisitions, divestitures and reorganizations.
Work closely with the strategic procurement team and business lines on all types of contracts, including: technology and intellectual property licensing, third party data licensing and compliance, user engagement, consent management, and analytics platforms and other technology related to the company's digital properties, software development, SaaS, PaaS, cloud, outsourcing, professional services, support services and service levels, proof of concept, consulting services, leases, purchasing, distribution, revenue share and other commercial agreements.
Provide advice relating to the development and commercialization of the company’s digital properties across various geographies, including advising on privacy considerations, IP and technology matters, advertising and marketing compliance, website terms, and related matters.
Provide legal advice and support on a wide range of day to day commercial matters, including technology initiatives, information security, anti-spam and privacy-related matters, competition law, intellectual property, promotion and marketing materials, corporate policies, contract interpretation, commercial dispute resolution and litigation management.
Other duties, as assigned