Senior Legal Counsel, Thomson Reuters
CA$126-176k
Financial news and financial data provider
Be an early applicant
Financial news and financial data provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$126-176k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help professionals advance their businesses and gain competitive advantage with the trusted answers only we can provide.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for an experienced, hands-on commercial lawyer with a problem-solving approach to providing commercial legal services in a technology-enabled, data-driven corporate, legal department
- The successful candidate should have advanced legal skills and be able to provide sound legal and business advice to sales professionals in North America, product management, and other internal customers, on a broad range of legal and compliance matters, particularly in relation to software (including SaaS), information licensing and partnerships
- 6-8+ years post qualification experience in private practice and/or as in-house legal counsel advising a sales organization on customers (rather than procurement)
- A desire to build a legal career within a large corporate setting
- Excellent technical legal knowledge in contract and commercial law, particularly with SaaS products and solutions, including Generative and Agentic AI products and solutions
- Experience and knowledge of software/technology contracting
- Excellent negotiation and drafting skills
- An ability to think strategically, creatively and practically, to identify and resolve legal issues
- A desire and ability to quickly learn about Thomson Reuters products and services, and its internal processes and organizational structure
- Authorized to practice law
What the job involves
- Replacement: This position is open due to an existing vacancy to support our evolving business needs
- This opportunity is with Thomson Reuters and based in Dallas, Toronto or Minneapolis-Saint Paul. The role sits within the Customers & Commercial team of the Thomson Reuters General Counsel’s Office, a highly collaborative international team focused on enabling business growth and mitigating risk for the customer-centric commercial group
- Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of customer facing and partner facing agreements, primarily complex software (including SaaS) and information licensing agreements, re-distribution, reseller, referral and other channel partnership agreements, integration, hosting, content acquisition, consulting and professional services agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other commercial agreements relating to sales of Thomson Reuters products and services
- Provide strategic legal advice to business leaders and partner with multiple stakeholders to drive strategy and growth
- Experience advising on the licensing of, as well as using, AI tools and other legal technology
Our take
Thomson Reuters is reinventing the way professionals work. The multinational media conglomerate provides answers that help professionals make better decisions to run smarter businesses. It targets those in complicated sectors that move society forward; tax, law, compliance, government, and media.
Founded over 165 years ago, the company is now powered by thousands of international journalists. This bandwidth guarantees speed, impartiality, and insight that have helped Thomson Reuters retain its position a market leader. To stay competitive with companies founded in the digital era, Thomson Reuters places emphasis on helping clients reinvent themselves for the newly disruptive digital age.
As well as investing in the coverage of growth markets India and China, and embarking on a number of fintech acquisitions, Thomson Reuters announced an expansion of its long-term partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group in 2023. Together, they plan to enhance the value of financial and market news services to LSEG customers, whilst delivering a superior experience to professionals around the world.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Wellington Place, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Steve Hasker
(CEO & President)Previously served as Senior Advisor for TPG, CEO for Creative Artists Agency, Global President & Chief Operating Office for Nielsen, and as a Partner for McKinsey & Company.
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