About Contour

has grown from a dozen people to over 2,000 staff across 3 cities, in less than 14 years.

As a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., we are proud to be part of a global enterprise software conglomerate that has grown to become one of the top 10 software companies in the world, with employees and customers in 100+ countries. With a broad-based and ever-growing portfolio of market-leading, vertical-market enterprise solutions covering more than 100 industry domains in predominantly mature markets, CSI's recipe creates the perfect environment for professionals to build fulfilling, long-term careers.

What started as an R&D & Accounting back-office, has progressed into a full-service Global Centre serving all functions and departments, at the divisional as well as operating group/corporate level. Today Contour employees, located in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad, are serving CSI divisions located in time zones spanning the globe, from Sydney to Vancouver. With the global growth of Constellation as the wind in our sails, we are only just getting started!

The Division:
The Vela operating group of Constellation Software Inc , is a portfolio of vertical market enterprise software companies. Vela acquires independently managed software companies around the world, providing them with the strategic guidance and financial security they need to become leaders within their respective markets.

The Position:
We are seeking an intermediate corporate lawyer, experienced in an international business environment, ideally with experiences gained at multi-national or North America-centric organizations.
The chosen professional shall work from the Contour Karachi/Lahore/Islamabad office, collaborate with senior corporate lawyers and management located in Canada, the US, Europe and Australia, and report to the operating group's General Counsel in Toronto.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Providing contract support for standard corporate agreements, such as non-disclosure, marketing, and independent contractor agreements.
• Providing administrative support for documents and activities related to corporate restructurings, such as mergers, acquisitions, and formations.
• Providing support in the structuring, drafting and negotiating of commercial agreements, such as software license agreements, terms & conditions, service agreements and partnership agreements.
• Support the company's acquisition activities, including participating in contract review in due diligence, preparing ancillary agreements and internal contribution agreements for acquisitions, and assisting in post-acquisition integration efforts.
• Preparation, filing, organization and maintenance of corporate books and records, including bylaws, resolutions, board of director changes, annual reports, etc.
• Assisting in matters involving creation and maintenance of corporate subsidiaries, including entity formation, entity dissolution, entity foreign qualifications, obtaining DBAs, and coordinating obtaining EINS and preparation of W-9s with tax and compliance.
• Assisting in data privacy, data security, trade control compliance and other regulatory requirements;
• Maintaining subsidiary lists, entity charts, and officer/director designations for entities.
• Coordinating and receiving director and officer signatures for documents and materials.

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Ideal Candidate has US/Canada/UK/European Law degree and 3-8 years of corporate/commercial legal experience working for multi-national, trans-national or US/Canada/European companies.
• Candidates with local LLB/LLM from HEC recognized institutions, with 5-12 years of experience at busy firms focused on corporate/commercial law, and some exposure to North American, Australian and European corporate/commercial law, are also welcome to apply.
• Candidates with corporate law experience involving commercial contracting, especially involving intellectual property and/or software, or experience at Telcos/multi-national firms shall be preferred.
• Excellent drafting and negotiating skills, as well as the ability to handle a high volume of competing demands, are essential.
• Candidates with international travel experience preferred.
• Exposure to data protection laws and international trade control compliance will be considered an asset
• Current practicing certificate not necessary.

Exciting Benefits we offer: