Legal Counsel

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will serve as a trusted legal advisor supporting Kuehne+Nagel Canada's operations, partnering closely with senior leaders across the business to provide practical, commercially focused legal advice. Reporting directly to the Vice President, General Counsel, you will play a critical role in managing legal risk, negotiating complex commercial agreements, supporting strategic business initiatives, and ensuring compliance across our freight forwarding, customs brokerage, transportation, and logistics operations. This is a highly visible role that combines strategic legal counsel with hands-on partnership across a dynamic global organization.

How you create impact

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including customer contracts, vendor agreements, logistics services agreements, freight forwarding contracts, customs brokerage arrangements, non-disclosure agreements, and strategic partnership agreements.
• Provide practical, risk-based legal advice to senior leaders and business stakeholders on commercial transactions, operational matters, regulatory requirements, and dispute resolution strategies.
• Support Kuehne+Nagel's freight forwarding, customs brokerage, transportation, and logistics businesses by delivering commercially focused legal guidance.
• Advise on compliance matters relating to customs, international trade, anti-bribery and anti-corruption legislation, privacy, data protection, competition law, and internal corporate policies.
• Partner closely with Operations, Sales, Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Compliance, IT, and Global Legal teams to deliver timely and business-oriented legal support.
• Translate complex legal issues into clear, practical, and actionable guidance for both legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• Contribute to legal operations by supporting contract lifecycle improvements, knowledge management initiatives, reporting, and continuous process enhancement.
• Exercise sound judgment while balancing commercial objectives with legal and regulatory risk in a fast-paced business environment.
• Develop practical solutions to resolve complex commercial issues, customer disputes, and operational challenges.
• Educate and support business partners on key legal, commercial, and regulatory considerations that impact Kuehne+Nagel's Canadian operations.

What we would like you to bring

• Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.
• Member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.
• 5+ years of post-call experience practicing corporate and commercial law within Canada, either in-house or in private practice.
• Significant experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on a broad range of commercial agreements.
• Experience supporting logistics, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, transportation, or supply chain businesses would be considered an asset.
• Strong commercial judgment with the ability to balance legal risk while supporting business objectives.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with confidence partnering with senior leadership.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver practical legal advice in a fast-paced, global environment.
• A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and build trusted business relationships.
• A proactive mindset with strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and a commitment to delivering practical, business-focused legal solutions.

What's in it for you

At Kuehne+Nagel, we strive every day to inspire, empower, and deliver not only for our customers, but also for our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for professional development, world-class training programs, and long-term career growth within one of the world's leading logistics organizations.

The target base salary range for this position is between CAD $135,000 and $175,000. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and dental benefits, a retirement savings plan, and tuition reimbursement. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data.

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