Legal Counsel, Airlines & Fleets

Legal Counsel, Airlines & Fleet Sector

This position will provide, counsel, advice, and support to StandardAero’s Airlines & Fleets business unit and report to the VP & Assistant General Counsel for the Airlines & Fleet sector.

• This position can be worked as a hybrid work model out of any StandardAero North American facilities.

What you’ll do:

• Provide legal support throughout the deal process to ensure transactions align with business objectives and effectively mitigate risks.
• Draft, review, analyze, and negotiate service agreements, OEM agreements, dealer and intellectual property licensing agreements, proposals, requests for proposals, agent and sales intermediary agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and various others as needed.
• Coordinate with other legal team members and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver clear, concise, and practical legal guidance to business teams on a broad range of contractual and commercial matters.
• Manage in-house litigation matters, including legal research, memorandum drafting, motion practice, e-discovery and other discovery requests, lien filings, secured transactions, abandoned assets, and demand and response letter drafting. Work with outside counsel as needed.
• Review and analyze FAA, EASA, and international equivalent regulations and provide business counseling to senior leadership.
• Implement and engage in continuous improvement methods to develop and enhance departmental and sector processes, policies, and procedures related to contract management and administration functions.
• Understand and apply risk management strategies and analysis to all aspects of the business.
• Develop and conduct continued education and training sessions to sector staff and management as needed to ensure currency of knowledge and understanding of legal and contracting principles.
• Assist as compliance point of contact and gatekeeper for sector anti-corruption and trade compliance activities, working with corporate anti-corruption and trade compliance teams to ensure maximum risk mitigation.

What skills you will require:

Position Requirements:

• Minimum seven (7) years of relevant transactional experience in a top tier law firm or in-house legal department.
• Completion of a Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from an accredited law school.
• Effective change agent; can lead change, think out of the box, and make new ideas happen.
• Persistent drive for results using program management, risk management and problem-solving skills in a cross-functional team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively, anticipate problems and opportunities, and develop and implement vision.
• Able to effectively manage deadlines and balance competing priorities.
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills.
• Travel may be required up to 20% of the time.

Preferred characteristics:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, accounting; or equivalent.
• Aviation law experience a plus.
• General knowledge of anti-bribery law (including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.K. Bribery Act, and Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act) as well as general trade compliance matters, ITAR and EAR regulations, global sanctions, SDN lists, and Executive Orders preferred.
• Experience managing disputes, litigation and insurance matters.