Senior Legal Counsel – Commercial

September 5, 2025

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About KOHO

KOHO’s purpose is to empower Canadians to build a great financial foundation with products that are radically transparent and easy to manage. We first launched in 2017, and we have since built a community of over 2 million users . Leading investors around the globe believe in our vision, and we’ve successfully raised over $320M to make our vision a reality.

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About This Role

We’re seeking a smart, motivated attorney to help our company grow and scale as we continue to deliver financial products and services that improve the lives of consumers across Canada. The Senior Legal Counsel will support a broad range of legal areas with a focus on commercial work, privacy law, as well as product development and regulatory matters.

What You’ll Do

  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including complex arrangements with banking, processing and technology partners / vendors

  • Support our product and partnerships teams on structuring and documenting strategic partnerships

  • Draft and develop standards for contract templates, contract lifecycle management and legal workflow

  • Provide support to Enterprise and Third-Party Risk Management initiatives

  • Advise on laws and regulations relevant to financial services, consumer protection, marketing, and privacy

  • Draft T&Cs and disclosures

  • Review marketing collateral and customer communications

  • Manage privacy law matters (tracking privacy requirements, building/managing compliance policies, responding to 3rd party due diligence requests, handling data subject requests)

What You’ll Bring

  • 6+ years of post-call experience as a lawyer practicing in Canada (in-house and/or at a law firm)

  • Contract negotiation and drafting skills (Experience in tech procurement is a plus)

  • Familiarity with privacy law, consumer protection and financial services regulation (Experience in the fintech industry or banking is a plus)

  • You’re proactive, curious, non-complacent, responsive, reliable, honest, and extremely organized

  • You’re a a very fast learner who can operate well in high ambiguity situations

  • You have a growth mindset, strong ownership, and a strong work ethic

What’s In It For You?

We invest time and resources into making sure KOHO is as good as the people we hire. Here are some of the reasons we attract the best people:

Balance Your Life – Company-wide summer wellness days, winter holiday closure, personal days, a wellness spending

Company

KOHO

Location

, , Canada

Country

Canada

Salary

100.000

URL

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