💼 Full-Time Position

Legal Counsel (Contract)

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Scotiabank
📍 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Location
Montreal, Canada
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Posted
March 11, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

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In this role, you will be driving:
  • Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.

  • Assists in directly providing legal analysis, documentation, negotiation, preparation, review, research and advice and counsel to line management in the development of new services or products.

  • Assists in reviewing legal work being performed by outside counsel, or preparing general correspondence to such counsel.

  • Assists in research of proposed legislation to evaluate impact on the Bank, and writes reports and prepares general correspondence involving general interpretation and terminology.

  • May assist or represent the Bank in the course of litigation.

  • Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

  • Actively pursues effective and efficient opera...