Conseiller(ère) juridique adjoint(e) de l'entreprise / Associate Corporate Counsel
- Montreal, QC, Canada
Full-time
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Are you a driven legal professional passionate about navigating the complexities of Canada's construction industry? As an Associate Corporate Counsel, you will play a crucial role in guiding the Canadian legal matters for a global infrastructure leader. You will provide expert legal advice on transactional and operational issues while collaborating closely with leadership to identify and mitigate potential legal risks.
Apply now and transform your career with us.
- Provide advice to division or district leadership team on contractual impact of proposed actions for various projects.
- Review project contract documents to identify and analyze legal risk related to the project. Work to mitigate and/or resolve risk to project or company.
- Draft project correspondence and negotiates agreements, including sub-contract agreements with designers and civil contractors, interface agreements, lenders’ direct agreements, and parent company guarantees.
- Work closely with JV partners and external counsel to negotiate deals, completes closing paperwork and closing books.
- Advise project stakeholders of potential disputes and recommends mitigation strategies.
- Provide training materials and sessions for project contracts working closely with corporate legal management and project leadership.
- Review and support submission requirements for all divisional Request for Proposals (RFP).
- Review contract changes to ensure specifications comply with project agreements made.
- Doctorat en droit exigé.
- 1+ years’ experience of post-bar professional legal experience required.
- 3+ years’ experience in construction industry required.
- Bilingualism is an asset
- Knowledge of construction JV and alternative delivery project contracts preferred.
- Knowledge of construction claims process from beginning to end preferred.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication and drafting skills.
- Analytical and proven problem-solving skills.
- High-integrity and able to maintain strict confidence with sensitive material and matters.
- Strong collaboration and team player.
Why work for us
Some of the benefits you may be eligible for as an employee are:
- Comprehensive compensation package and paid time off program
- Industry leading 401(k)/RRSP
- Medical/Extended Health Care, Dental, Vision and/or Provincial Medical
- Wellness benefits & Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
We are an EEO/ADA/Veterans employer.
Salary Min
CAD $110,000.00/Yr.
Salary Max
CAD $140,000.00/Yr.
Read the full bilingual original
Êtes-vous un professionnel du droit dynamique et passionné par la maîtrise des complexités du droit des affaires? En tant que conseiller(ère) juridique adjoint(e), vous jouerez un rôle crucial en guidant notre district ou division à travers les complexités des questions juridiques. Vous fournirez des conseils juridiques spécialisés sur les questions transactionnelles et opérationnelles tout en collaborant étroitement avec la direction pour identifier et atténuer les risques juridiques potentiels.
Collaborez avec nous et apportez vos idées variées pour naviguer dans les complexités du droit des affaires et favoriser une culture de conformité.
Postulez dès maintenant et transformez votre carrière avec nous.
Are you a driven legal professional passionate about navigating the complexities of Canada's construction industry? As an Associate Corporate Counsel, you will play a crucial role in guiding the Canadian legal matters for a global infrastructure leader. You will provide expert legal advice on transactional and operational issues while collaborating closely with leadership to identify and mitigate potential legal risks.
Apply now and transform your career with us.
What You Will Be Doing
Some of the benefits you may be eligible for as an employee are:
Salary Min
CAD $110,000.00/Yr.
Salary Max
CAD $140,000.00/Yr.
Collaborez avec nous et apportez vos idées variées pour naviguer dans les complexités du droit des affaires et favoriser une culture de conformité.
Postulez dès maintenant et transformez votre carrière avec nous.
Are you a driven legal professional passionate about navigating the complexities of Canada's construction industry? As an Associate Corporate Counsel, you will play a crucial role in guiding the Canadian legal matters for a global infrastructure leader. You will provide expert legal advice on transactional and operational issues while collaborating closely with leadership to identify and mitigate potential legal risks.
Apply now and transform your career with us.
What You Will Be Doing
- Fournir des conseils à l'équipe de direction de la division ou du district sur les conséquences contractuelles des actions proposées pour divers projets.
- Examiner les documents contractuels du projet afin d'identifier et d'analyser les risques juridiques liés au projet. Contribuer à atténuer et/ou à résoudre les risques pour le projet ou l'entreprise.
- Rédiger la correspondance relative aux projets et négocier les ententes, y compris les contrats de sous-traitance avec les concepteurs et les entrepreneurs de génie civil, les accords d'interface, les ententes directes avec les prêteurs et les garanties de la société mère.
- Collaborer étroitement avec les partenaires de la coentreprise et les conseillers juridiques externes pour négocier les accords, finaliser les documents de clôture et tenir les registres de clôture.
- Conseiller les parties prenantes du projet sur les litiges potentiels et recommander des stratégies d'atténuation.
- Préparer les manuels d'utilisateur et les sessions de formation pour les contrats de projet en étroite collaboration avec la direction juridique de l'entreprise et la direction du projet.
- Examiner et soutenir les exigences de soumission pour tous les appels d’offre de la division.
- Examiner les modifications contractuelles afin de s'assurer que les spécifications sont conformes aux accords de projet conclus.
- Provide advice to division or district leadership team on contractual impact of proposed actions for various projects.
- Review project contract documents to identify and analyze legal risk related to the project. Work to mitigate and/or resolve risk to project or company.
- Draft project correspondence and negotiates agreements, including sub-contract agreements with designers and civil contractors, interface agreements, lenders’ direct agreements, and parent company guarantees.
- Work closely with JV partners and external counsel to negotiate deals, completes closing paperwork and closing books.
- Advise project stakeholders of potential disputes and recommends mitigation strategies.
- Provide training materials and sessions for project contracts working closely with corporate legal management and project leadership.
- Review and support submission requirements for all divisional Request for Proposals (RFP).
- Review contract changes to ensure specifications comply with project agreements made.
- Doctorat en droit exigé.
- Exigence d’avoir plus d'un an d'expérience professionnelle juridique après l'admission au barreau.
- Expérience de plus de 3 ans dans le secteur de la construction requise.
- Le bilinguisme est un atout
- La connaissance des contrats de coentreprise dans le secteur de la construction et des contrats de projets à mise en œuvre alternative est un atout.
- Une connaissance du processus de réclamation dans le secteur de la construction, du début à la fin, est préférable.
- Excellentes compétences en communication écrite et orale, ainsi qu'en rédaction.
- Compétences analytiques et compétences éprouvées en résolution de problèmes.
- Être intègre et capable de maintenir une stricte confidentialité concernant des informations et des sujets sensibles.
- Solide esprit de collaboration et d'équipe.
- Juris Doctor or equivalent required.
- 1+ years’ experience of post-bar professional legal experience required.
- 3+ years’ experience in construction industry required.
- Bilingualism is an asset
- Knowledge of construction JV and alternative delivery project contracts preferred.
- Knowledge of construction claims process from beginning to end preferred.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication and drafting skills.
- Analytical and proven problem-solving skills.
- High-integrity and able to maintain strict confidence with sensitive material and matters.
- Strong collaboration and team player.
Some of the benefits you may be eligible for as an employee are:
- Comprehensive compensation package and paid time off program
- Industry leading 401(k)/RRSP
- Medical/Extended Health Care, Dental, Vision and/or Provincial Medical
- Wellness benefits & Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
Salary Min
CAD $110,000.00/Yr.
Salary Max
CAD $140,000.00/Yr.
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Responsibilities
Advise division and district leaders on legal and contractual matters, review project documents, and identify, mitigate, and resolve legal risks. Draft and negotiate project agreements, support joint venture closings and RFP submissions, advise on potential disputes, and provide contract training to project teams.
Requirements
A Juris Doctor or equivalent and at least one year of post-bar legal experience are required, along with more than three years of construction industry experience. Construction joint venture and alternative delivery contracts, construction claims knowledge, strong communication and drafting, analytical and problem-solving abilities, integrity, confidentiality, and teamwork are sought; bilingualism is an asset.
Skills
- Contract Review
- Contract Drafting
- Contract Negotiation
- Legal Risk Analysis
- Risk Mitigation
- Construction Law
- Joint Venture Agreements
- Alternative Delivery Project Contracts
- Construction Claims
- Dispute Resolution
- Request for Proposal Support
- Legal Research and Advice
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Analytical Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Collaboration
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k)/RRSP
- Medical and Extended Health Care
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Care
- Provincial Medical Benefits
- Wellness Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
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Categories
- Legal
- Construction
Keywords
- Construction Industry
- Construction Law
- Corporate Counsel
- Project Contracts
- Contractual Risk
- Contract Review
- Contract Drafting
- Contract Negotiation
- Subcontract Agreements
- Joint Venture Agreements
- Interface Agreements
- Lenders' Direct Agreements
- Parent Company Guarantees
- Alternative Delivery Projects
- Construction Claims
- Project Disputes
- Risk Mitigation
- Request for Proposals
- Closing Documents
- External Counsel
- Legal Compliance
- Project Leadership
- Contract Training
- Civil Contractors
- Designers