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CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE MAY/JUNE 2018
AT THE WE HEADQUARTERS on Queen Street East in Toronto, Mike Anderson
is known as "Legal Mike." As the only lawyer in an organization with a young employee
base, he is the go-to person for all manner of issues including intellectual property,
advertising and chartiy law.
The average age of the staff at WE is not quite 30 years old, so at 33, Anderson is just
slightly older than many of those he works with. Since he arrived in 2014 right after
articling, he's cultivated the role of general counsel into one he envisioned when he first
saw the job posting for a "legal manager" at WE, which is perhaps best known for its
WE Day events and promoting the rights of children around the world.
BY JENNIFER BROWN
P r o f e s s i o n a l P r o f i l e
Growing a GC role
Combining his interests in law
and serving the better good,
Mike Anderson has found a
home and his calling at
non-profit organization WE.
