Legal Counsel

Solink

7d•Remote

About The Position

Solink is seeking a Legal Counsel to join its legal team and support enterprise deals while helping build its privacy, AI governance, and compliance programs. The role advises on commercial contracts, privacy and AI, employment, and corporate matters for a hardware-enabled SaaS business, often with significant independence. It is a P3-level position reporting to the Associate General Counsel. The Legal Counsel independently manages assigned contracts, advisory matters, and compliance initiatives, applying practical judgment and escalating matters when complexity or risk requires it. The role partners with Sales, Finance, HR, Product, and Engineering to provide clear, actionable guidance, and develops scalable tools and processes that help teams address routine legal matters confidently.

Requirements

JD from an accredited Canadian law school.
Member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario.
3–7 years of post-call experience at a law firm, in-house, or both.
Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, ideally SaaS or technology contracts.
Working knowledge of privacy law.
Strong attention to detail and clear, concise writing.
Sound judgment about when to make a decision independently and when to escalate.
Ability to manage several urgent matters at once without losing quality.
A builder’s mindset and comfort creating processes and templates where none exist.
Based in the Toronto or Ottawa/National Capital regions.
Must undergo a criminal records check upon hire.
Must be a Canadian citizen, including dual citizens, or eligible to work in Canada.
Must be willing to comply with Solink’s security policies and standards.

Nice To Haves

In-house experience at a SaaS or technology company, ideally one with both hardware and software products.
Law firm experience.
Experience with US and EU privacy laws, including CCPA and GDPR, biometrics, or AI regulation such as the EU AI Act.
Ontario employment law experience.
Experience with Ironclad or another contract management system.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate enterprise agreements, including Master Services Agreements, Terms of Service, Data Processing Addenda, AI Addenda, Reseller Agreements, and vendor contracts.
Serve as Sales’ first point of contact for routine contract questions and customer redlines.
Apply contract standards and fallback positions, and escalate deviations outside approved thresholds.
Help update and maintain contract templates in the contract management system.
Support compliance with Canadian, US, and EU privacy laws, including Quebec’s privacy law, PIPEDA, CCPA, and GDPR.
Help run Solink’s privacy program, including its policies, procedures, and regular compliance reviews.
Help update internal privacy policies, including data retention and access request procedures.
Help run Solink’s AI governance framework and track new privacy and AI laws, including the EU AI Act, to assess their effect on products.
Support privacy incident response and respond to customer and regulator privacy inquiries.
Answer employment questions under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act and other applicable laws.
Draft and review internal policies, including commission and HR policies.
Manage outside counsel on assigned matters and support other legal and compliance projects as needed.
Work with Sales, Finance, HR, Product, and Engineering to provide clear, practical advice and explain legal and technical issues in plain language.
Turn legal analysis into short, actionable guidance for the business.
Help build self-serve tools, such as playbooks, FAQs, and talk tracks, so teams can handle routine questions independently.
Promote privacy and security awareness across the company.
Own legal matters from start to finish, identify issues and process gaps, recommend improvements, and manage competing priorities while delivering accurate, high-quality work.