Senior Corporate Legal Counsel, Operations

Job Title: Senior Corporate Legal Counsel, Operations

Team: Legal

Reports To: Senior Director, Legal (Operations & Regulatory)

Location: Toronto, ON (4 days in-office, 1 day remote)

Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time

About 123Dentist

123Dentist is one of Canada’s largest networks of dental practices, with more than 480 locations nationwide and in excess of 7,000 employees. We provide Canadian dentists and dental practices with an array of non-clinical support and resources, including accounting, HR, operational, regulatory, marketing, legal, as well as supply and equipment procurement. By leveraging our unmatched management experience, marketing expertise, and state-of-the-art technologies, we allow dentists to take advantage of a practical and effective alternative to practice ownership and focus on what they’re best at – being a dentist!

About the Role

123Dentist is recruiting an experienced Senior Corporate Legal Counsel, Operations to join its high-performing and dynamic Legal Department, based at our Head Office in Toronto. Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Legal (Operations & Regulatory), you will work closely with the operations and in-house corporate development teams to provide general legal support to 123Dentist and its rapidly expanding countrywide network of dental practices.

This role is a chance to become a true generalist, with legal work spanning commercial real estate, corporate and M&A, employment, corporate governance, intellectual property, and regulatory/compliance matters. You will provide strategic legal advice, manage and train junior team members, and build and implement systems and efficiencies across the legal function – a unique opportunity to help build out the legal team at a well-funded, rapidly growing company.

What You’ll Do

• Provide strategic legal guidance to the company and its network of dental clinics, including to the Operations, Corporate Development, Business Development, Human Resources, Marketing, and Finance departments
• Lead complex corporate legal matters, including real estate (leases, renewals, and extensions), employment (contract drafting and disputes), corporate secretarial and governance, commercial agreements and negotiations, and dispute resolution and litigation management
• Oversee regulatory matters and coordinate with the dental practice community to ensure adherence to applicable laws and regulations, including privacy, marketing, and dental regulations
• Assist on M&A transactions, including supporting acquisition activity, drafting acquisition documents, and overseeing post-closing integration
• Manage external legal counsel as required and communicate advice clearly to business departments and key stakeholders
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on key legal risks and the implications of business strategies and initiatives
• Mentor and supervise junior lawyers and legal staff, providing regular feedback, coaching, and support for their development
• Drive continuous improvement of internal legal processes, templates, and playbooks to build systems and efficiencies
• Develop and deliver legal training programs and best practices for internal legal and business teams
• Help shape the evolution of legal operations and build a high-performing, collaborative, business-enabling legal department

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree and JD/LLB, with membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario (or another provincial equivalent)
• 5+ years of call , with broad corporate/commercial experience gained at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department
• Proven expertise across broad legal disciplines (e.g., corporate law, commercial contracting, employment law, real estate, litigation, IP, and regulatory matters)
• Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, and people management abilities
• Business-oriented mindset with the ability to assess legal risk in a commercial context
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, communication, analytical, and organizational skills
• Outstanding attention to detail, with a high degree of autonomy and sound judgment in decision-making
• Strong project management skills; able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-deal-flow environment and comfortable owning a transaction end-to-end
• Confident, highly driven, and team-oriented, with a bias to action and a strong client service orientation
• Ability to practice law in French would be a major asset

Why Join 123Dentist?

• Help build out the legal team at a well-funded, rapidly growing company
• Gain true generalist experience across real estate, M&A, employment, governance, and regulatory matters
• Significant opportunity for growth and advancement, including mentoring junior team members
• Be part of a collaborative, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial team culture