Legal Interns assisting International Justice Mission lawyers and legal teams in defending clients and seeking justice. Responsibilities include administration, research, training, and legal strategy meetings.
About the role
- Bilingual Legal Analyst supporting various legal functions within the Sun Life Canada legal team. Collaborating with colleagues to deliver insights and assist on regulatory tasks across the financial services sector.
Responsibilities
- Support a variety of legal functions providing day-to-day support for lawyers on the Sun Life Canada legal team
- Research and summarize relevant legislation, case law, regulatory requirements and law firm publications impacting the financial services industry
- Provide proactive, timely and effective support to lawyers
- Manage information in designated repositories in SharePoint, OneDrive, Imanage etc.
- Provide support and advice on digital and data influenced initiatives
- Review and edit a variety of contractual arrangements
- Create templates for use by legal team and business
- Assess and implement new ways the legal analyst role can help the day-to-day work of lawyers
- Participate in and support team projects
Requirements
- A university degree preferably in a legal curriculum, librarian, paralegal or equivalent
- Ideally at least 2-4 years experience in financial services
- Knowledge of Sun Life products and services, the regulatory environment and emerging issues impacting the business
- Strong research and analytical skills with attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Enthusiastic about leveraging data and technology to provide support to the lawyers
- Interested in learning complex and nuanced areas of laws relevant to the insurance, pensions, securities and financial services industry across Canada
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
- Excellent proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Sharepoint, AI tools
- Bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada and worldwide
Benefits
- Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
- Opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
- Inclusive and respectful environment
- Recognition as a Best Workplace in Ontario by Great Place to Work® Canada
- Certification for prioritizing employee well-being and positive work culture
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