At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide legal counsel on financial services and negotiate complex agreements.
- Company: Join Axiom, a leader in alternative legal services with a global reach.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, flexible work arrangements, and professional development.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace committed to excellence and career growth.
- Why this job: Make an impact advising Fortune 500 clients while advancing your legal career.
- Qualifications: Licensed lawyer with 5+ years in financial services and strong negotiation skills.
The predicted salary is between 114000 - 250000 $ per year.
Join our legal support team and provide legal counsel to our Fortune 500 clients.
Responsibilities:
- Advise on a broad range of financial services, banking, investment management, capital markets, and securities-related matters.
- Draft, review, and negotiate financial and commercial agreements, including investment, trading, brokerage, derivatives, fund, lending, and related transactional documentation.
- Provide legal and regulatory guidance regarding financial products, investment activities, market practices, and applicable Canadian and international regulations.
- Support business, compliance, risk, and operational teams by identifying legal risks and developing practical solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Monitor regulatory developments and assist with regulatory inquiries, examinations, audits, and compliance initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Licensed to practice law in at least one Canadian province.
- 5+ years of experience in financial services, banking, capital markets, investment management, securities, derivatives, funds, brokerage, or related areas.
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex financial and commercial agreements.
- Familiarity with financial regulatory frameworks and the legal considerations affecting financial institutions, asset managers, investment firms, broker-dealers, or related organizations.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to provide practical, business-focused legal advice.
Compensation: The estimated total compensation for full-time Axiom attorney roles is $114,000-250,000 per year and for non-attorney roles is $64,000-201,000 per year. Compensation decisions are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, certifications, location, and business needs. Employees may be eligible for additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid holidays and PTO, flexible work arrangements, and professional development opportunities and tools.
About Axiom: For over 25 years, Axiom has pioneered the alternative legal services industry, now serving more than 1,500 legal departments globally with our unique blend of world-class legal talent and advanced AI tools, delivering innovative solutions. We tackle complex legal matters across 12 practice areas for clients ranging from Fortune 100 to SMBs, empowering our legal professionals to engage in meaningful work that advances their careers. Our Talent NPS score of +71% and our Client NPS score of +64% highlight our commitment to excellence.
Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.
Axiom respects your privacy. Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work.
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