Corporate Legal Counsel, Downtown Toronto

at  123Dentist

123Dentist is Canada’s largest majority dentist-owned network of dental practices, with more than 400 locations nationwide and over 6,000 employees. We offer professional advancement opportunities, competitive compensation, corporate sponsored incentive programs such as phantom stock option plan for full-time employees (a first of its kind in the Canadian dental industry), and a long-term career in a growing network located in multiple communities across the country, at all levels of the industry.
Whether you’re entering the job market or you’re an experienced practitioner, we welcome your interest! Come join the 123Dentist team and be part of our success. We provide Canadian dentists and dental practices with an array of non-clinical support and resources, including accounting, HR, marketing, as well as supply & equipment procurement.
By leveraging our unmatched management experience, marketing expertise and state-of-the-art technologies, we allow dentists to take advantage of a practical and effective alternative to practice ownership and focus on what they’re best at – being a dentist!
123Dentist is now recruiting an experienced Corporate Legal Counsel to join its high-performing and dynamic Legal Department, based at our Head Office in Toronto. Reporting directly to the Vice President and General Counsel, the successful candidate will work closely with the in-house corporate development team to draft and negotiate transaction documents for new acquisitions, help to manage the legal aspects of our acquisition pipeline and provide general legal support to 123Dentist and its rapidly expanding countrywide network of dental practices.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

• The ideal candidate will have 3 to 5 years of broad corporate/commercial experience gained at a leading law firm or corporation, including M&A expertise. Strong communication, drafting and negotiating skills, as well as being a team player and having sound business judgment, will be important.
• A desire to learn and broaden their skillset, as well as a demonstrably strong client service orientation, are essential characteristics needed to succeed in this role.
• This role will appeal to a confident, proactive, and commercially savvy lawyer who thrives in a lean, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment. The successful candidate will recognize that this is a unique opportunity to build out the legal team at a well-funded and rapidly growing company.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree and JD/LLB.
• Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario (or another Provincial equivalent).
• 3 to 5 years of strong mergers and acquisitions experience gained at a well-regarded law firm.
• Proven familiarity with other legal disciplines (e.g., commercial contracting, employment law, real estate, tax, litigation and regulatory matters).
• Demonstrated experience in negotiating and closing complex corporate transactions and conducting due diligence.
• Understands the role the legal function can play in supporting business objectives.
• Ability to view commercial, business and risk issues through a legal lens.
• Strong drafting, communication, analytical and organizational skills.
• Outstanding attention to detail with little reviewing required.
• Independent self-starter who can hit the ground running with minimal supervision.
• Works well in a small team environment.
• Highly driven, with a natural bias to action.
• Thrives under pressure and thinks sharply on their feet.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-deal flow environment and comfortable owning a transaction end-to-end.
• Ability to practice law in French would be a major asset.

• Draft, negotiate, review and revise purchase agreements, employment agreements, leases, and other acquisition related documents.
• Help to manage the legal aspects of the deal process for a robust acquisition pipeline, including coordinating with outside counsel, opposing counsel and the company’s corporate development deal team to ensure that deal timelines are met and tasks are effectively completed.
• Coordinate corporate law matters, including share subscriptions and purchases and corporate resolutions.
• Provide general legal support to the company and its network of dental clinics, including the Operations, Corporate Development, Business Development, Human Resources and Finance Departments.