Knowledge and Practice Innovation Lawyer/Avocat(e), Gestion du savoir et in

at  Fasken Martineau Dumoulin

WHO WE ARE

Fasken is a leading international business law and litigation firm, and was voted one of Canada’s Best Employers for 2024. Our firm’s 950 lawyers are located across offices in Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London and Johannesburg and an office in the professional and retail district known as Taza (/Ta-Zah/) on Tsuut’ina lands. Providing strategic and thoughtful advice in all areas of business law, our broad range of clients include close to half of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as corporate clients, government agencies, regulatory authorities, non-profit bodies and individuals.
Our clients interests are paramount in all that we do and we take pride in supporting our communities. We are a place where bright, talented, and collegial people want to work together and we work hard together to achieve our goals in a collaborative and efficient way.
Fasken is seeking an experienced lawyer to join our Knowledge and Practice Innovation team as an integrated member of our Capital Market and Mergers & Acquisitions (CMMA) practice, with a focus on corporate finance and public M&A. The Knowledge and Practice Innovation lawyer will contribute to the development and implementation of strategies and initiatives that will meet the knowledge and practice innovation needs of our Firmwide CMMA group. The successful candidate will lead the standardization and development of critical precedents and practice resources, implement effective solutions and market best practices to improve the delivery of legal services, processes and data collection, and work side-by-side with members of the Practice Group through hands on practice support. They will also participate in initiatives related to education, training programs and analysis of new developments and innovative approaches to practice. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their expertise and is keen to build a knowledge program that contributes to the overall success of the Firm’s CMMA practice.
The candidate will report to the heads of the Practice Group and the firmwide Partner, Knowledge and Practice Innovation.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• J.D. or equivalent
• The candidate must be in good standing with the Law Society of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario or Quebec and based in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver.
• Minimum of 5 years of client facing legal experience as a corporate lawyer with experience practicing in the capital markets area within a leading firm, representing Canadian public companies.
• Deep knowledge of corporate finance, capital markets and public M&A law, regulation, market practice and documentation.
• Excellent academic credentials.
• Strong technical legal, analytical, drafting and communication skills combined with excellent organizational skills, and rigorous attention to detail. Fluency in both English and French would be an asset.
• An affinity for technology and the ability to use logic to solve complex problems, with an interest in understanding and applying technical solutions to standardize legal processes.
• Excellent project management skills, the ability to balance competing demands, demonstrated good business judgment and experience working efficiently and collaboratively with cross functional and multi location teams.
• Curiosity and a growth mindset, with a strong interest in evolving best practices in legal and knowledge industries.

• Coordinate with Practice Group leaders and Senior Director of Knowledge Management to develop strategies, set priorities, translate objectives into plans, and implement solutions and best practices to increase effectiveness and efficiency in the Practice Group.
• Create, standardize, update and maintain model documents, precedents, checklists, data points, toolkits, and other substantive content related to corporate finance and public M&A.
• Monitor and stay at the forefront of important industry and regulatory developments, sharing key information with members of the Practice Group and serving as a source of legal, market and practical expertise.
• Provide practice support and respond to ad hoc enquiries from lawyers with on-point, thorough and timely answers.
• Identify and lead initiatives for the development of education and training materials and programs.
• Work with the Practice Innovation team and Practice Group to enhance the delivery of legal services through automation, productized services, artificial intelligence and digital transformation.
• Establish processes for the group to track and capture matter information in the Firm’s experience management system.
• Ensure that the knowledge and practice resources are leveraged by the Practice Group and are organized and easily accessible through the Firm’s Knowledge Bank and other content sharing platforms.
• Collaborate with other members of the Knowledge and Practice Innovation Team to facilitate the sharing of best practices.