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Senior Legal Counsel

🔥 27 minutes ago

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Top Aces

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2000

🎖️ Defense

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

💰 Debt Financing - Top Aces on 2025-03

Defense • Consulting • Logistics

Top Aces is a Canadian company founded by former fighter pilots that provides contracted adversary air (ADAIR) services and joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) training to military customers worldwide. It operates a fleet of combat-capable aircraft (Dornier Alpha Jet, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, Bombardier Learjet 35A, Lockheed Martin F-16A) to deliver live-fly adversary support, air-to-air and air-to-ground training, electronic warfare, target tow and test & evaluation services. Top Aces works on multi-year government contracts to augment military readiness, support coalition exercises, and provide pilot and instructor training for air forces globally.

📋 Description

• Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice supporting Top Aces’ Canadian and international business activities • Independently manage a broad range of commercial agreements • Negotiate and draft non-disclosure agreements, letters of intent, technology transfers, purchase and sale agreements, joint venture/teaming agreements, data processing addenda, services and consulting agreements, and commercial leases • Support business development in responding to government RFX processes • Advise and provide legal support to finance, human resources, technology and service operations teams • Instruct and supervise external counsel, including EU-based and other international counsel • Support acquisitions, financing activities and corporate reorganizations • Review, create, implement and ensure compliance with corporate policies and processes • Support establishment and maintenance of international operations branches and offices • Advise on regulatory and contractual requirements and support compliance initiatives and programs • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and partners across the business • Protect the organization’s intellectual property, including maintaining registrations • Support corporate secretarial responsibilities, including drafting resolutions, minutes and other corporate documents • Maintain and update corporate registrations in Canada, the EU, the United States and other international jurisdictions • Manage insurance claims and other litigation

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified as a lawyer in a province/territory within Germany, the Netherlands, France or Canada • Dual credentials in civil and common law jurisdictions is an asset • A minimum of 10 years of progressive legal experience, including a blend of in-house and private practice experience at a reputable firm • Strong commercial drafting skills • Experience developing programs and supporting compliance with GDPR and other privacy laws relevant to the organization’s operations • English language proficiency is essential • Capacity to practice in another language, preferably German, Dutch or French, is an asset • Experience supporting transactions with government entities is an asset • Experience in the defence and/or aviation industry, or an analogous regulated industry, is strongly preferred • Excellent problem-solving, business-acumen, communication, analytical and organizational skills • Experience operating independently, advising senior business leaders, and recommending pragmatic solutions to mitigate risk • Proactive, creative and adaptable to rapidly changing priorities in a fast-moving environment • Flexibility to provide support across multiple time zones • Occasional international travel may be required • Security clearance requirements to be defined based on the successful candidate’s jurisdiction of residence

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunities for development and growth • Multidisciplinary and multicultural collaboration at a local and global level • A flexible schedule • Attractive benefit plan • A work environment in which service, integrity, excellence and teamwork are highly valued

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