Legal Counsel - International Law and Regulatory Affairs

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Air Canada is Canada's largest airline, the country's national carrier and a founding member of the Star Alliance network - the world's largest grouping of airlines. Air Canada's scheduled lines connect nonstop more than 180 airports in Canada, the United States and abroad on six continents. Air Canada, headquartered in Montreal, holds Skytrax's four-star rating. Air Canada's Aeroplan program, which has more than 10 million members worldwide, is Canada's leading travel loyalty program. It offers its members the opportunity to accumulate or redeem points with the world's largest network of partner carriers, which counts 45, and with its retail, hotel and car rental partners. Through Air Canada Vacations, the Company offers more choices than any other Canadian tour operator for hundreds of destinations worldwide, with a wide selection of hotels, flights, cruises, excursions and car rentals. Air Canada Cargo, Air Canada's freight division, has the payload capacity and connectivity to serve hundreds of destinations on six continents through Air Canada's passenger and all-cargo flights. Air Canada's climate ambition includes a long-term goal that aspires to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To learn more, consult Air Canada's ICAO documentation. Air Canada's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "AC" in Canada and on the OTCQX platform in the United States, under the symbol "ACDVF".

The Legal Counsel - International Law and Regulatory Affairs will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of strategic initiatives and contracts related to aviation regulatory law, competition law, commercial law and economic sanctions, anti-corruption laws and international issues.

Responsibilities:

• Provide legal advice and strategic advice on international and regulatory law issues, with a particular focus on aviation regulatory law, competition law, administrative law, trade and economic sanctions, anti-corruption requirements and issues impacting international operations.
• Provide legal support regarding alliances and strategic partnerships, such as interline, code-share and joint venture agreements, and projects having effects on regulation, such as the launch of new international destinations.
• Monitor and evaluate regulatory developments, legislative proposals and strategic regulatory initiatives, assessing their potential legal, operational and commercial impacts for the company.
• Identify, evaluate and communicate legal and regulatory risks, and provide practical and business-oriented advice in support of commercial objectives, while managing risks appropriately.
• Play a key role or a strategic advisory role for various client groups and adopt a pragmatic, business-oriented approach that recognizes the operational and commercial impacts of any commercial agreement, any strategic regulatory initiative, any law under study or any commercial initiative.

Qualifications

• Law degree, peerless attestations and demonstrated achievements.
• Member of the bar of a Canadian province or a US state, required; training in common law and civil law, an asset.
• At least five years of relevant experience in a top-tier law firm or a recognized internal legal department.
• Relevant experience in competition law, administrative law or international law and knowledge of regulated sectors, required; commitment to familiarize oneself with the company's activities to better support its strategies and objectives.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong negotiation skills, excellent analytical mind; motivation, ability to take responsibilities and take on challenges in a dynamic, constantly evolving environment.
• Good business judgment; strategic, pragmatic and rigorous approach to evaluate legal risk.
• Ability to obtain results, sense of urgency and motivation to achieve objectives.
• Ability to understand and anticipate client needs, and to respond to them, communicating effectively and keeping related risks in mind.
• Strategic and creative thinking to specify and merge different approaches in order to find practical solutions.
• Spirit of initiative, proactivity and resourcefulness.
• Marked ability for advocacy; ability to exercise strategic influence to explain complex legal issues in a clear, concise and convincing manner. Ability to develop convincing arguments based on facts, logic and law, to listen and ask effective questions to understand commercial objectives, and to adapt messages according to the target audience.
• Support for innovation, adaptability and flexibility within rapidly evolving environments, and strong willingness to learn and deepen one's knowledge
• Ability to work independently and under pressure, while remaining calm in difficult situations.
• Rigor, tenacity and resilience to overcome challenges and pursue objectives with sustained enthusiasm.
• Solid work ethic, high personal standards, discretion in dealing with sensitive and confidential information, willingness to honor commitments, open and honest communication, and respectful attitude.
• Proven punctuality and reliability to foster the overall success of the team in a fast-paced environment.

Employment Conditions:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the country concerned at the time a job offer is presented and are responsible for obtaining work permits, visas or other necessary authorizations. Proof of eligibility must be provided before the start date.

Language Requirements

Equal skills being equal, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.

Diversity and Inclusion

Air Canada is resolutely committed to diversity and inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment that highlights the unique contribution of our employees to the success of our business.

As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage the most diverse applications in order to provide ourselves with a workforce that is varied and representative of our customers and the communities where we live and offer our services.

Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest, but only persons selected for an interview will be contacted.