Top Legal Jobs in Montreal

Provide strategic legal support for international last-mile logistics operations: draft, review and negotiate commercial and technology agreements; advise on privacy, cybersecurity, and pre-litigation dispute resolution; manage external counsel; monitor regulatory developments; improve legal processes and implement AI tools.

Lead and mature the Legal Operations function across Canada and the U.S.: drive process improvement, automation, governance, KPI reporting, vendor and budget management, cross-functional initiatives, risk and business continuity planning, and support strategic planning and talent development for Legal Services.

Provide pragmatic legal advice across commercial matters: draft and negotiate contracts, support internal approvals and risk assessments, lead negotiations, manage external counsel, improve templates/tools, promote governance, and help resolve commercial disputes to enable business growth across Canada.

Support management of international entity portfolios by coordinating annual compliance, corporate filings, and ad hoc legal transactions. Liaise with internal teams and global vendors, maintain entity records, research jurisdictional requirements, use Salesforce and entity management systems, and assist Global Subsidiary Coordinators on projects while ensuring timely, accurate client deliverables.

As a Senior Specialist in Legal Operations, you'll enhance in-house legal functions through process improvement, technology adoption, and stakeholder engagement, while aligning legal strategy with business needs.

Designs, implements and monitors legal and regulatory compliance programs; analyzes issues, recommends solutions, prepares action plans, trains staff, oversees business-line activities, and represents the unit to stakeholders and committees to ensure ethics and regulatory adherence.

The Director of Corporate Legal Affairs leads corporate governance functions, advises on securities law, manages the legal team, and ensures compliance with regulatory frameworks. Responsibilities include overseeing board meetings, corporate reorganizations, and continuous disclosure documentation while fostering a collaborative work environment.

Provide full administrative support to multiple litigation attorneys, including drafting and formatting legal documents, e-filing in state and federal courts, managing calendars and deadlines, preparing litigation materials, coordinating service and filings, and performing expense reports, time entry, travel arrangements, and general office duties.

Provide legal guidance and marketing compliance review: approve marketing materials for regulatory compliance, draft policies, monitor regulatory changes, perform risk assessments, and deliver compliance training. Support contracts and vendor agreements and report findings to leadership.

Lead and coordinate the legal and regulatory compliance framework, advise senior management, develop policies and programs, lead complex cross-sector initiatives, represent and negotiate agreements, provide compliance training, and monitor organizational adherence to standards.

Provide legal advice on employment-related issues, commercial litigation, and corporate investigations. Monitor legislation, improve internal processes, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.

Manage and coordinate a portfolio of legal publications (French and English), liaise with and recruit authors, oversee manuscript delivery and publication schedules, contribute to translations, and support internal teams while using AI tools to develop and refine content.

Provide hands-on commercial legal support for trading, renewables, and commodities: draft, review, and negotiate purchase, sale, supply, logistics and services agreements; advise traders and business teams on legal and commercial risk; build templates, playbooks and new contractual structures for emerging markets; collaborate with finance, risk, operations and senior leadership.

Provide Canadian immigration and global mobility legal advice, coordinate with external counsel across jurisdictions, develop and manage internal compliance tools, deliver training to HR and managers, support employment-law matters and collaborate with HR and Finance to support international mobility and regulatory compliance.

The Legal Counsel will manage various contracts, advise HR on employment matters, coordinate litigation, and ensure legal compliance globally.

Provide strategic legal advice to support day-to-day operations and growth. Draft and negotiate commercial agreements, assess and mitigate legal/commercial risks, advise on telecom/broadcasting/consumer protection and competition regulatory matters, manage external counsel, handle customer complaints and Small Claims files, and monitor legal and regulatory changes affecting the business.

Provide hands-on regulatory and commercial legal advice for crypto, web3, fintech and payments products. Advise product teams on design, licensing, compliance (AML/KYC, sanctions), marketing/promotions, and cross-jurisdiction regulatory risks. Lead licensing/submission processes, coordinate local counsel, draft and negotiate commercial contracts, respond to regulators and stakeholders, and build scalable playbooks to enable compliant product launches.

Lead delivery and design of Legal Links Legal First Aid certification trainings (virtual and in-person), develop accessible, legally accurate curriculum, support network engagement and legal consults for frontline providers, track training outcomes, assist with funder reporting, and contribute to statewide training efforts. Travel occasionally for in-person events.

Provide transactional and strategic legal support on complex global investments (M&A, reorganizations, asset sales, joint ventures, fund and infrastructure investments). Supervise external counsel, manage legal risk and compliance, advise on governance, regulatory and litigation matters, and collaborate with internal stakeholders (Tax, Risk, Responsible Investments).

Submit a spontaneous application for potential legal vacancies. Recruiters will review your CV and motivation to match with available roles.

Provide legal leadership on internal investigations, regulatory incidents, litigation and disputes. Advise on crisis response, manage external counsel, partner with Compliance, Risk, Privacy and InfoSec, and build frameworks to handle incidents and regulatory matters across the business.

As a legal consultant, support the Privacy Office by issuing legal opinions, analyzing privacy incidents, aiding projects, and regulatory compliance.

Lead internal legal strategy for Web3, digital assets, and the creator economy. Monitor global regulations (SEC, MiCA), draft and negotiate complex influencer, service, and IP agreements, advise on on-chain/tokens and treasury compliance, manage data privacy and consumer protection risk, oversee corporate governance and employment matters, and serve as strategic legal advisor to leadership while building and managing the legal function.

Lead and scale a commercial legal team for a high-growth ad tech company. Build automation and AI-enabled contracting processes, oversee negotiation and drafting of major commercial agreements, provide legal advice to revenue and executive teams, set strategy and hiring, and mentor commercial counsel while balancing enterprise and automated contracting workflows.

Provide administrative and billing support for a boutique law firm: manage attorney inboxes, handle client calls, use Lawmatics and Clio Manage for intake and file maintenance, export billable time to Excel and prepare weekly invoices, and support ad-hoc administrative tasks while improving internal workflows.