About The Role

The Senior Legal Counsel will support the full remit of the Global Head across three areas: the global disputes portfolio, financing and capital markets activity, and legal delivery on the company's high-profile strategic programs.

This is a senior individual contributor role. The postholder owns assigned matters end-to-end — including direct instruction of external counsel and direct engagement with business stakeholders.

Responsibilties

Disputes

Assist on assigned litigation, arbitration, and pre-contentious matters from intake through resolution: fact development, document collection, witness preparation, and management of instructed counsel
Prepare matter assessments, exposure analysis, and reserve recommendations for review by the Global Head
Draft and negotiate settlement documentation; manage litigation holds and disclosure obligations
Track matter budgets and external counsel performance; flag variances early

Capital Markets

Support debt financing and refinancing workstreams: review and mark up credit agreements, amendments, security and guarantee documents; manage condition-precedent and closing checklists
Coordinate legal diligence across jurisdictions and functions; consolidate responses to lender enquiries

Strategic Initiatives

Act as embedded legal support on assigned strategic and transformation programs; attend workstream meetings and translate program decisions into legal requirements
Coordinate specialist input (commercial, corporate, employment, privacy, regulatory) and consolidate it into a single position for the business
Maintain the legal issues and dependencies log for assigned programs, escalating blockers with a recommended path
Produce first-draft governance, approval, and risk materials for program steering committees
Qualified lawyer with 6–10 years' post-qualification experience, in-house or in practice
Strong transactional grounding: drafting and negotiating commercial and/or finance documentation, running deal workstreams to fixed deadlines, and coordinating diligence across multiple parties and jurisdictions
Track record of owning complex matters end-to-end with competing stakeholders and immovable dates
Experience acting for or within a multinational business, including work spanning more than one jurisdiction
Confident instructing or working alongside specialist advisers, and consolidating their input into a single clear recommendation
Analytical rigor in assessing risk and exposure, with the judgment to present options and a recommendation rather than escalate open questions
Strong written work product — able to produce material that goes to senior leadership with light editing
Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities across three distinct workstreams
Sound judgment about what to escalate and when

What We’re Offering 

Flexible paid time off, including sick and holiday 
Medical, dental, & vision insurance 
RRSP with company contribution 
Flexible spending accounts 
Life insurance and disability benefits 
Tuition assistance 
Community involvement and volunteering events

Additional Information 

We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community. 