Top Legal Jobs in Ottawa

Lead development and implementation of AI legal and compliance frameworks. Conduct cross-functional AI reviews, maintain governance docs (model cards, impact assessments), partner with engineering on transparency and fairness requirements, build incident response and monitoring processes, and scale AI legal review workflows.

Provide legal support for construction bids and projects, draft/review/negotiate CCDC, Design-Build, EPC, subcontract and consultant agreements; advise project teams daily; manage construction disputes and direct external counsel; liaise with clients, partners and subcontractors; contribute to in-house corporate/commercial legal operations.

The Legal Claims Assistant II will support the Legal Claims Department by managing files, scheduling legal events, and handling document preparation in a digital environment.

Provide independent insurance defence litigation across property, casualty and accident benefits files. Draft pleadings, affidavits, opinions and hearing materials; conduct discoveries, mediations, LAT hearings, trials and other dispute resolution processes. Collaborate with internal teams, coach colleagues, report on claims with indemnity/expense control focus, and support senior counsel as needed.

Serve as legal domain expert bridging clients and internal engineering to define negotiation playbooks, translate legal rules into prompts/specs, validate AI outputs, lead UAT, and guide integration of GenAI and CLM contract tools for complex commercial negotiation workflows.

Act as a bilingual legal-technology expert architecting AI-powered contract solutions and drafting CLM redlining rules (80%). Serve as legal tech SME in client meetings, test and improve AI legal tools, train global teams, and handle in-house client/supplier contracts, compliance, and corporate governance (20%).

Leads the global legal function, managing a seven-person team and advising senior executives. Responsibilities include IPO readiness, corporate governance across approximately 50 global entities, legal department modernization, AI and legal technology implementation, process development, outside counsel management, and practical risk-focused business guidance. The role requires substantial private practice and in-house experience, strong corporate governance expertise, global legal experience, and a U.S. law license.

Provide practical legal advice to a global SaaS company across commercial contracts, privacy and healthcare regulation, litigation, employment, corporate governance, law enforcement requests, IP, and brand enforcement. Build scalable AI-enabled legal processes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage risk, draft and negotiate agreements, and mentor colleagues.

As a Contracts Specialist, you will optimize and manage the contracting process, enhancing operational efficiency and facilitating legal communication within the company.

Provide strategic legal counsel to Vitera leadership on commercial, product, technology, and regulatory matters. Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial, SaaS, data-sharing, and vendor agreements. Structure partnerships across the defined contribution ecosystem, mitigate legal and regulatory risk, support product and operations implementation, coordinate with outside counsel (including ERISA specialists), and contribute to governance, policy, and communications review.

As the first in-house legal counsel, you will manage legal frameworks, corporate governance, compliance, contract management, regulatory matters, and risk mitigation while advising the executive team.

The Legal and Business Affairs Manager will manage commercial contracts, ensure compliance standards, oversee legal operations, and mitigate risks in collaboration with various teams.

Lead legal project management across complex, high-value matters: build trusted partner relationships, drive matter planning, budgets, and profitability, support client transparency, champion AI/automation and data tools, develop LPM frameworks, and mentor junior team members while embedding LPM firmwide.

First in-house legal counsel to build and lead a global legal function for an AI research organization. Responsible for AI governance, IP strategy, data licensing, cross-border corporate governance, nonprofit compliance, vendor and collaboration agreements, talent program legal frameworks, and advising leadership on risk and regulatory issues across Canada, the US, and other jurisdictions.

Provides hands-on legal operations support, including routing legal requests, preparing documents, maintaining contract records, reviewing routine commercial agreements, coordinating signatures, and improving legal intake and document workflows. Supports employment, procurement, compliance, vendor management, and other legal matters while working cross-functionally. Requires strong organization, discretion, contract experience, familiarity with legal systems, and a current or promptly obtainable notary commission.

The Head of Legal will develop and oversee Until's legal and IP strategies while working with the executive team to mitigate legal risks across various functions and partnerships.

The Legal Solutions Architect will act as a legal expert in product strategy, aid in sales processes, develop training materials, and enhance product features based on user feedback.

Supports the Chief Product Officer, Senior VP of Engineering, and General Counsel by managing priorities, calendars, travel, meetings, events, follow-ups, and cross-functional projects. Identifies and improves inefficient processes, documents decisions, tracks deliverables, handles sensitive information, and completes ambiguous, high-stakes work. The role requires strong organization, communication, ownership, relationship-building, and comfort working in a fast-paced remote technology startup.

Provide legal support for portfolio acquisitions: due diligence, drafting and negotiating purchase agreements and ancillary documents, assess transaction risks, manage legal intake, and advise on compliance.

Legal Counsel will develop compliance frameworks, offer legal advice, and manage contracts to ensure regulatory adherence and improve departmental efficiencies.

Provide hands-on regulatory and commercial legal advice for crypto, web3, fintech and payments products. Advise product teams on design, licensing, compliance (AML/KYC, sanctions), marketing/promotions, and cross-jurisdiction regulatory risks. Lead licensing/submission processes, coordinate local counsel, draft and negotiate commercial contracts, respond to regulators and stakeholders, and build scalable playbooks to enable compliant product launches.

Provide in-house product and IP legal counsel across patent prosecution, IP portfolio management, brand protection, open-source licensing, and product launch readiness. Support invention harvesting, draft and review IP-related commercial contract clauses, assist with AI governance and trade compliance, conduct legal research and diligence, and collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, privacy, and commercial teams.

Serve as the finance business partner to Legal and Corporate & External Affairs, providing FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, decision support, and cost management. Drive report automation and data visualization, advise leadership on financial risks and opportunities, and support enterprise technology spend optimization. Act as a trusted single point of contact for finance topics and deputy to the Director when needed.

Submit a spontaneous application for potential legal vacancies. Recruiters will review your CV and motivation to match with available roles.

Configure and maintain legal technology platforms, build integrations and automated workflows, develop AI-assisted tools and dashboards, analyze operational data, and drive process improvements across the legal function while collaborating with IT, Product, and AI teams.