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General Counsel

General Counsel

Collective Arts • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
27 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
The General Counsel is an executive leader who is responsible for providing practical and business oriented legal guidance across all Collective Arts business this role you will strengthen corporate governance legal/regulatory compliance and risk management as Collective Arts continues to innovate and grow.

Reporting directly to the CEO this role acts as both a strategic advisor and a hands on leader ensuring legal judgment is accessible early and embedded in the decision making process. This role is designed to make legal judgment more accessible to Senior Leaders reduce friction and cost in routine legal work and ensure legal decision making supports creativity innovation and execution.

A typical day as General Counsel Includes:
  • Providing practical legal guidance to Senior Leaders across Collective Arts business units
  • Drafting reviewing and negotiating routine commercial agreements including vendor supplier customer distributor and confidentiality agreements
  • Maintaining and evolving contract templates negotiation playbooks and legal processes to improve efficiency and consistency
  • Advising business leaders on contractual structure obligations and risk in a clear commercially grounded way
  • Providing guidance when necessary to the Human Resources team on employment related compliance risk management and policy development
  • Supporting corporate governance activities including board and shareholder resolutions corporate records and subsidiary filings (in coordination with external counsel)
  • Monitoring regulatory developments relevant to the Companys operations and providing initial assessments and guidance
  • Coordinating government affairs and policy engagement where appropriate
  • Acting as the primary point of contact for external legal counsel determining when matters should be handled internally versus externally
  • Managing outside counsel scope budgets and outcomes to ensure cost-effective value-aligned legal support
  • Identifying legal risks early and recommending practical mitigation strategies that balance rigor with business reality

How your time will be organized:
  • Commercial & Operational Legal Support (40%): Contract drafting and negotiation commercial advisory template and playbook development
  • Corporate Governance & Legal Hygiene (20%): Corporate records board materials filings audit and transaction readiness
  • Outside Counsel Management (20%): Coordinating external firms managing budgets and ensuring efficient use of counsel
  • Strategic Advisory Regulatory & Risk Management (20%): Leadership advisory regulatory monitoring government affairs coordination and early risk identification
  • Employment & HR Legal (10%): Human Resources legal guidance and support with contractor agreements/arrangements

We are looking for candidates who have/are:
  • 5 years of legal experience
  • Experience gained through a combination of: In-house legal roles and/or Law firm experience (associate or counsel level)
  • Hold an active license with the Law Society of Ontario
  • Strong working experience in drafting commercial contracts and being a leader in contract negotiations
  • Experience with employment law is considered an asset
  • Corporate governance and corporate record-keeping
  • Comfortable operating as a hands on individual contributor in a growing organization
  • Experience working closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
  • Practical business-oriented legal judgment
  • Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving values-driven creative environments
  • Mindset that views legal as a guardrail and enabler not a gatekeeper

Collective Arts is a grassroots brewery founded on creativity and community. We fuse the creativity of craft beverages with the inspired talents ofemerging artists and musicians from around the world. As Collective Arts grows so do the roles and responsibilities of our team members. We look for all new hires to match our culture of creativity flexibility and motivation. When we hire you at Collective Arts Brewing we hire for thefuture. With unlimited career opportunities Collective Arts invests in ensuring our teams are always challenged constantly learning fromeach other and are creatively contributing to our next big if you are energized by the idea of making a real difference as part of a winning team we want to hear from you.
We are an equal-opportunity affirmative action employer. We value and welcome diversity and arecommitted to creating an inclusive environment where all employees feel like they belong. We will provide accommodations to support applicants with disabilities during the recruitment and selection process. Please contact us at the below email should you require any accommodation to participate in the process.


Key Skills
General Counsel,Legal Case Management,Legal Drafting,Litigation,Intellectual Property Law,Legal Counsel,Legal Research,Securities Law,Employment & Labor Law,Real Estate Law,negotiation,Contracts
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 120000 - 140000
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