Legal Counsel, Real Estate (12-Month Contract)
Top Benefits
About the role
Ready to Make an impact?
We’re looking for a skilled legal professional to join our team under the leadership of the Director, Legal, Real Estate. In this role, you’ll provide a wide range of legal services to help achieve business objectives and minimize legal risks for the company.
Please note: This is a temporary opportunity to cover a maternity leave for a term of 12 months.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Deliver a broad range of legal services on matters involving Sobeys, supporting business goals and minimizing legal risk in coordination with Real Estate, Operational leaders, and key members of the Executive and Leadership teams.
- Provide functional legal support to business leaders and employees across all retail banners, distribution centres, and other real estate assets in all regions outside of Quebec, including coordination of projects involving Crombie REIT.
- Oversee the resolution of complex, sensitive, and occasionally ambiguous legal issues with potential business risk.
- Advise on legal matters impacting the business, including drafting and negotiating a variety of agreements with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., leases, purchase and sale documents, non-disturbance agreements).
- Assist the Director and SVP Legal with, or lead, process improvement initiatives—including the review and update of real estate precedent documents.
- Advise business leaders on potential risks in dispute resolution and direct litigation matters involving Sobeys, including oversight and management of external legal partners.
- Lead, manage, or delegate work to paralegals and support staff, providing day-to-day direction on specific files.
- Support the legal department in areas such as the Code of Conduct, litigation matters, and internal ethics/conflict policies.
What you have to offer:
- Undergraduate degree and a minimum of 8 years of experience gained through a combination of private practice and/or in-house roles.
- Proven ability to manage a broad range of legal issues and work closely with business leaders.
- Experience in purchase and sale transactions and negotiating leasing agreements is preferred.
- Strong academic background and law firm training, followed by in-house experience, ideally within a retail environment.
- Law degree (LL.B) and membership in good standing with the Ontario Bar Association.
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
- Comfort working in a retail environment and confidence engaging with all levels of the organization.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-LM1
At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
About Sobeys
As one of only two national grocery retailers in Canada, Sobeys Inc. serves the food shopping needs of Canadians with more than 1,500 stores in 10 provinces with retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper, Thrifty Foods and Lawtons Drugs, as well as more than 330 retail fuel locations. Our five core retail food formats are designed to ensure that we have the right offering in the right-sized stores for each individual market we serve — from our full service format to the convenience format, each tailored to satisfy the unique occasion-based food shopping needs of our customers.
Our 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates are committed to building sustainable worth for each of our customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders through our focus on food, innovation and superior customer service.
En tant que l'un des deux seuls détaillants alimentaires présents dans tout le Canada, Sobeys Inc. répond aux besoins en épicerie de sa clientèle par le biais de ses quelque 1 500 magasins. Répartis dans chacune des dix provinces, ceux-ci arborent diverses bannières de détail dont Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper, Thrifty Foods et Lawtons Drugs, ainsi que plus de 330 stations d'essence. Nos magasins d'alimentation sont conçus en fonction de cinq concepts de base afin que l'offre aux consommateurs et la taille des magasins conviennent le mieux à chacun des marchés que nous desservons. Du magasin à gamme complète de services jusqu'au dépanneur, chacun est adapté de façon à combler les besoins particuliers de notre clientèle en fonction de l'occasion d'achat.
En raison de l'importance qu'ils accordent à l'alimentation, à l'innovation et à l'excellence du service à la clientèle, nos quelque 125 000 employés et marchands affiliés se montrent soucieux de créer de la valeur de façon durable pour chacun de nos partenaires, qu'ils soient clients, employés, fournisseurs ou actionnaires.
Legal Counsel, Real Estate (12-Month Contract)
Top Benefits
About the role
Ready to Make an impact?
We’re looking for a skilled legal professional to join our team under the leadership of the Director, Legal, Real Estate. In this role, you’ll provide a wide range of legal services to help achieve business objectives and minimize legal risks for the company.
Please note: This is a temporary opportunity to cover a maternity leave for a term of 12 months.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Deliver a broad range of legal services on matters involving Sobeys, supporting business goals and minimizing legal risk in coordination with Real Estate, Operational leaders, and key members of the Executive and Leadership teams.
- Provide functional legal support to business leaders and employees across all retail banners, distribution centres, and other real estate assets in all regions outside of Quebec, including coordination of projects involving Crombie REIT.
- Oversee the resolution of complex, sensitive, and occasionally ambiguous legal issues with potential business risk.
- Advise on legal matters impacting the business, including drafting and negotiating a variety of agreements with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., leases, purchase and sale documents, non-disturbance agreements).
- Assist the Director and SVP Legal with, or lead, process improvement initiatives—including the review and update of real estate precedent documents.
- Advise business leaders on potential risks in dispute resolution and direct litigation matters involving Sobeys, including oversight and management of external legal partners.
- Lead, manage, or delegate work to paralegals and support staff, providing day-to-day direction on specific files.
- Support the legal department in areas such as the Code of Conduct, litigation matters, and internal ethics/conflict policies.
What you have to offer:
- Undergraduate degree and a minimum of 8 years of experience gained through a combination of private practice and/or in-house roles.
- Proven ability to manage a broad range of legal issues and work closely with business leaders.
- Experience in purchase and sale transactions and negotiating leasing agreements is preferred.
- Strong academic background and law firm training, followed by in-house experience, ideally within a retail environment.
- Law degree (LL.B) and membership in good standing with the Ontario Bar Association.
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
- Comfort working in a retail environment and confidence engaging with all levels of the organization.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-LM1
At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
About Sobeys
As one of only two national grocery retailers in Canada, Sobeys Inc. serves the food shopping needs of Canadians with more than 1,500 stores in 10 provinces with retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper, Thrifty Foods and Lawtons Drugs, as well as more than 330 retail fuel locations. Our five core retail food formats are designed to ensure that we have the right offering in the right-sized stores for each individual market we serve — from our full service format to the convenience format, each tailored to satisfy the unique occasion-based food shopping needs of our customers.
Our 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates are committed to building sustainable worth for each of our customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders through our focus on food, innovation and superior customer service.
En tant que l'un des deux seuls détaillants alimentaires présents dans tout le Canada, Sobeys Inc. répond aux besoins en épicerie de sa clientèle par le biais de ses quelque 1 500 magasins. Répartis dans chacune des dix provinces, ceux-ci arborent diverses bannières de détail dont Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper, Thrifty Foods et Lawtons Drugs, ainsi que plus de 330 stations d'essence. Nos magasins d'alimentation sont conçus en fonction de cinq concepts de base afin que l'offre aux consommateurs et la taille des magasins conviennent le mieux à chacun des marchés que nous desservons. Du magasin à gamme complète de services jusqu'au dépanneur, chacun est adapté de façon à combler les besoins particuliers de notre clientèle en fonction de l'occasion d'achat.
En raison de l'importance qu'ils accordent à l'alimentation, à l'innovation et à l'excellence du service à la clientèle, nos quelque 125 000 employés et marchands affiliés se montrent soucieux de créer de la valeur de façon durable pour chacun de nos partenaires, qu'ils soient clients, employés, fournisseurs ou actionnaires.