Legal Counsel

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As a Legal Counsel working in the operational support team at Pomerleau Construction, you will play a pivotal role in the future success of the business by providing strategic legal counsel in matters of corporate and commercial law. Supporting large-scale building and infrastructure projects – ranging from $1.5 million to upwards of $1 billion – you will have the opportunity to provide strategic legal advisory and support on day-to-day activities and operations of the company (Pomerleau and its subsidiaries).

What You Will Do

• Provid e strategic legal advice to the Companies executive and management teams
• Providing legal advice to project teams during the course of construction on Projects across Canada and the United States, including management and preparation of claims under project contracts
• Provid e general legal advice as required by the Companies’ operations in relation to disputes relating to procurement, environmental, employment, labour, real estate, and other areas of law
• Managing all aspects of active litigation, arbitration, and administrative proceedings on the Companies’ behalf, including drafting pleadings, preparing document disclosure, conducting examinations, and running mediations, motions, trials , and arbitrations
• Assisting in the preparation and implementation of corporate governance policies
• Managing, coordinating, and collaborating with external legal counsel
  
  

This role could be for you if you have

• Hold a juris doctorate, or bachelor’s degree in law, and be a member of the Law Society of Ontario or an other common law Canadian jurisdiction
• The successful candidate will be required to obtain federal personal security clearance to the Level of Secret (10 years of continuous Canada residency, clear criminal record)
• Have 3 to 5 years of experience in private practice, or as in-house counsel, with experience in construction law, commercial litigation and /or contract disputes
• Possess excellent legal reasoning, judgement, and the ability to apply these skills in a solution-focused problem-solving manner
• Be open to business travel to various regions of Canada and the United States as may be required
  
  

Additional Assets Include

• Fluently bilingual in both official languages
• Knowledge of the construction industry
  
  

Why you should apply

For the past four years, we've proudly held the distinction of being one of Canada's Top 100 Employers.

Read our entire list of benefits HERE !