Do you want to be part of a team that helps professionals do their jobs better and which also strives to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years (see below for more information!).
We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on commercial lawyer with a problem-solving approach to providing commercial legal services in a technology-enabled, data-driven corporate, legal department. The successful candidate should have advanced legal skills and be able to provide sound legal and business advice to sales professionals in North America, product management, and other internal customers, on a broad range of legal and compliance matters, particularly in relation to software (including SaaS), information licensing and partnerships.
This opportunity is with Thomson Reuters and based in Toronto, Frisco or Minneapolis-Saint Paul. The role sits within the Customers & Commercial team of the Thomson Reuters General Counsel’s Office, a highly collaborative international team focused on enabling business growth and mitigating risk for the customer-centric commercial group.

ABOUT THE ROLE

In this opportunity as Senior Legal Counsel, you will:

• Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of customer facing and partner facing agreements, primarily complex software (including SaaS) and information licensing agreements, re-distribution, reseller, referral, integration, hosting, content acquisition, consulting and professional services agreements, data processing agreements, data security agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other commercial agreements relating to sales of Thomson Reuters products and services.
• Provide strategic legal advice to business leaders and partner with multiple stakeholders to drive strategy and growth.
• Experience advising on the licensing of, as well as using, AI tools and other legal technology.

You’re a fit for the role of Senior Legal Counsel if your background includes:

• 5-7+ years post qualification experience in private practice and/or as in-house legal counsel advising a sales organization on customers (rather than procurement).
• A desire to build a legal career within a large corporate setting.
• Excellent technical legal knowledge in contract and commercial law, particularly with SaaS products and solutions, including Gen AI products and solutions.
• Experience and knowledge of software/technology contracting.
• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills.
• An ability to think strategically, creatively and practically, to identify and resolve legal issues.
• A desire and ability to quickly learn about Thomson Reuters products and services, and its internal processes and organizational structure.
• Authorized to practice law