Commercial Energy Associate - Calgary

Stikeman Elliott LLP, one of Canada’s pre-eminent business law firms, is seeking a Commercial Energy Associate for its Calgary office. Stikeman Elliott prides itself on providing excellent learning and development opportunities and support for its Associates. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collegial and leading group of lawyers in our Calgary office.

The successful candidate will have 2 to 6 years of experience working with a diverse client base on domestic and international transactions across upstream and midstream oil and gas, conventional power, renewable energy and emerging areas. Experience in advising clients on practicing corporate and commercial law related to energy projects, mergers and acquisitions, share and asset sale transactions, commercial agreements, joint venture arrangements and limited partnership structures, reorganizations, project development, transportation and storage arrangements, and power purchase contracts will be very relevant to the role.

You will have mentorship and sponsorship at the Partner and Associate levels, as well as a team of Junior Associates to support your practice. This is an excellent role for someone seeking a long-term career opportunity.

Stikeman Elliott has been named as one of the Kincentric Best Employers in Canada for 15 consecutive years. Being awarded this recognition is a testament to the exceptional workplace that our hardworking and dedicated people have created. Stikeman Elliott LLP prides itself on providing excellent learning and development opportunities and support for its Associates. Stikeman Elliott LLP has a strong national platform with excellent opportunities to collaborate across offices.

In this position you will work with a dynamic team of lawyers and gain industry leading experience working with clients in significant transactional and advisory engagements. You will also work on innovative mandates involving alternative energy and renewables.

The successful candidate will have:

• a law degree and membership in good standing with the Law Society of Alberta;
• a desire to do excellent work;
• excellent academic credentials;
• a breadth and depth of technical legal knowledge, excellent business judgment, and strong analytical and drafting skills;
• excellent interpersonal and client service skills, strong initiative, and the ability to work well on a variety of teams; and
• excellent organizational, project management and leadership skills, and the ability to handle multiple time sensitive priorities.

Interested candidates are asked to submit the following materials:

• cover letter;
• resume; and
• summary and description of relevant experience.

At Stikeman Elliott, diversity, equity and inclusion are integral parts of who we are. Our culture attracts talented individuals that hold unique beliefs, orientations and perspectives, but share an approach to the way we do business. Our growing global client base benefits from the broad range of legal talent at our firm, comprised of people from different backgrounds and abilities who hold varied skill sets and forms of expertise.

To apply please send your application materials to Aleksandra (Ola) Tundak, Director, Professional Resources at ATundak@stikeman.com.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.