Director, Associate Corporate Counsel - Four Seasons Corporate Office Toronto

About Four Seasons:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.         

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hotel management company. We manage over 120 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing. Central to Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company’s commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide. At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hotel management company. We manage over 120 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing. 

Central to Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company’s commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide. At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.  

We have an exciting opportunity for a Director, Associate Corporate Counsel to join our Corporate - Legal department.

The Director, Associate Corporate Counsel will be responsible for legal arrangements relating to a wide variety of Four Seasons’ corporate departments including IT, Finance, P&C, Commercial and Office Services.  Legal agreements include SaaS agreements, software licensing agreements, service agreements, consulting agreements, engagement letters and confidentiality agreements.

This role is based in Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto Corporate Office, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel. This role involves interactions with primarily internal stakeholders at various levels.

Key Activities/ What You’ll Be Doing

Drafting and Advice :

• Prepare, review and negotiate contracts for matters relating to a variety of Four Seasons’ corporate departments including IT-focused contracts.

• Provide input and advice to corporate team members as appropriate on new initiatives, existing contracts and other matters.

Co-ordination:

• Assist to manage Legal Team involvement in, and co-ordinate priorities in respect of, new initiatives, projects, contractual needs and other matters of Four Seasons’ IT, Commercial, Finance, P&C and Office Services Teams.

Internal Reporting and Compliance:

• As appropriate, prepare, or contribute to, materials for board meetings and Executive Leadership Team presentations. 

• Assist with the creation and/or maintenance of materials for the legal department.

External Counsel:

• Where necessary, obtain and synthesize advice from external counsel (including in international jurisdictions) based on applicable law.

Advice:

• Provide updates and summary of advice to EVP, General Counsel and SVP, Corporate Counsel as appropriate

Desired Skills/ Who You Are

• Team player but independent thinker.

• Independently motivated.

• High confidence, low ego

• Work with limited supervision.

• Able to prioritize and adapt well to changing priorities.

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).

• Ability to liaise professionally with multiple stakeholders.

• Flexible working hours to accommodate priorities and international time zones.

• Strong corporate/commercial background

• Ability to recognize, and identify solutions for, issues of a legal and business nature.

• Capacity to work on multiple projects.

• Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills.

• Excellent legal drafting skills.

• Strong legal background in technology contracts including comfort with technical terminology

• Legal background in subject matters managed by Four Seasons’ Commercial Team would be beneficial but not mandatory

Experience, Education and Professional Qualifications / What You Bring

• LLB or J.D. (or equivalent)

• 6 years’ experience gained with a leading law firm or in-house position, with an emphasis on technology and corporate/commercial law. 

• Experience with technology contracts including SaaS and licensing agreements

• Applicant must be a lawyer licensed in Ontario or other acceptable jurisdiction

This role will be a Hybrid working model, which will require 3 days per week in the Four Seasons Corporate Office located at 1165 Leslie Street, Toronto, Ontario #LI-Hybrid 

Four Seasons is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation.