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IMMEDIATE INTERIM CHANCE

Interim Legal Counsel – Québec

Time Commitment: 10 hours per week

Duration: 3–5 months

Location: Québec

100% virtual

Our client is a growing global cybersecurity leader, looking for an experienced bi-lingual legal skilled to augment their team. The organization is entering a critical commercial and strategic phase, anchored by the renewal of a major licensing agreement with Centre d'acquisitions gouvernementales (CAG).

Beyond the immediate contract renewal, the organization sees an opportunity to deepen and broaden the commercial relationship through complementary partnership structures, enhanced service models, and longer‑term strategic alignment. Given the complexity, visibility, and precedential nature of this negotiation, the executive leadership team is seeking experienced interim legal support to represent the organization through this period.

This is a high‑judgment, negotiation‑led engagement, not a volume‑driven legal support role.

Mandate Overview

The Interim Legal Counsel will work closely with the CEO and senior executive team to lead and support negotiations related to the renewal of a significant Québec‑based licensing agreement, while laying the legal and commercial foundations for a more expansive partnership model.

The mandate combines:

- Direct negotiation support
- Contract drafting and structuring
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Strategic legal advice to senior leadership

The interim will act as a trusted legal advisor and negotiator, ensuring the organization’s interests are protected while enabling a constructive and durable relationship with a key public‑sector partner.

Key Responsibilities

Contract Renewal & Negotiation

- Lead or support negotiations with the client’s Québec public‑sector counterparty (CAG) on renewal terms.
- Advise the executive team on positioning, concessions, and tradeoffs.
- Ensure alignment between commercial objectives and legal structures.

Drafting & Legal Structuring

- Draft and negotiate licensing agreements, renewals, amendments, and related commercial documentation.




- Structure terms that allow for future expansion of scope, services, or collaboration.
- Ensure agreements reflect Québec‑specific statutory, regulatory, and public‑sector requirements.

Risk Identification & Management

- Identify and articulate legal, commercial, regulatory, reputational, and operational risks.
- Provide practical risk‑based guidance.
- Ensure risks are clearly understood by leadership and appropriately mitigated in contract language.

Partnership Enablement

- Support the legal design of broader partnership opportunities beyond the core license.
- Advise on governance, accountability, data, IP, service levels, and termination frameworks.
- Help set conditions for a stronger, longer‑term business relationship.

Executive Advisory

- Serve as a sounding board to the executive team during a high‑stakes negotiation.
- Translate legal considerations into transparent business implications for non‑legal leaders.
- Maintain pace, confidence, and discipline through the negotiation cycle.

What Success Looks Like:

By the end of the engagement:

- A successfully renewed licensing agreement that protects the client’s interests.
- Clear, defensible contract language addressing risk, scope, and future flexibility.
- A legal framework that supports deeper partnership opportunities.
- Executive leadership confident in both the outcome and the processes.
- Clean documentation and handover for ongoing relationship management.

Why This Role Is Compelling

- High‑impact mandate with clear scope and defined duration.
- Direct exposure to executive decision‑making and strategic negotiation.
- Opportunity to shape a long‑term commercial relationship at a critical moment.




- Fractional structure suited to seasoned, independent legal professionals.

Ideal Background

The ideal interim will bring:

- Senior legal counsel experience, ideally including SaaS, technology licensing.
- Strong Québec-based legal expertise, with a working knowledge of provincial roles, public‑sector frameworks, and governing guidelines.
- Demonstrated experience leading or advising on complex contract negotiations.
- The ability to operate independently and pragmatically in a fractional, advisory capacity.
- Confidence engaging directly with senior executives and counterpart counsel.
- A style that balances risk awareness with commercial enablement.

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LHH Knightsbridge Interim Management is a service to help our clients address a wide range of scenarios including leadership support due to sudden departures, driving key change initiatives or leading transformation projects. Our interim executives step in with minimal downtime to meet specific objectives and deliver results. All have held senior positions in the past and have now chosen to offer their unique depth and breadth of experience to organizations on a limited engagement basis.

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Lee Hecht Harrison Knightsbridge Corp. is committed to providing equitable treatment and accommodation to ensure a barrier-free recruitment process. In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and our AODA policy, a request for accommodation will be accepted as part of the hiring process. If you require accommodation to apply or if selected to participate in an assessment process, please provide your accommodation needs in advance to the Recruitment Lead for this opportunity.

We thank all interested candidates in advance; however, only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

April 2026

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📌 Interim Legal Counsel – Québec (Quebec City)
🏢 LHH Knightsbridge
📍 Quebec City