About the role
We are working with the Building Ontario Fund (“BOF”), a provincial Crown agency backed by $8 billion in seed funding, in search of a Senior Legal Counsel to join its growing Investment Legal team in Toronto.
This is a unique opportunity to join BOF at an exciting stage of growth and play a lead role on complex, high-profile infrastructure financing transactions across the energy, transportation, affordable housing, long-term care, critical minerals, and municipal/community infrastructure sectors.
Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, the successful candidate will act as the in-house legal lead on sophisticated debt/equity financing of infrastructure and real estate transactions, manage external counsel, negotiate complex bespoke agreements, and provide commercially minded advice to internal stakeholders and senior leadership.
The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of relevant experience gained in a leading law firm or sophisticated in-house environment, ideally with exposure to project finance, infrastructure, banking and finance, debt/equity financing, or real estate finance matters. Prior infrastructure or public sector experience is an asset, but not required.
This is a fully in-office role based in downtown Toronto (steps from Union Station) and offers competitive compensation and bonus package.
For further details on this opportunity, please contact Christopher Sweeney at csweeney@zsa.ca. Kindly direct all inquiries and applications through ZSA Legal Recruitment. Ref. #LI34389.
This is an exclusive search with ZSA Legal Recruitment. All CVs sent to Building Ontario Fund will be redirected to ZSA for review.
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About ZSA Canada
We are proud to be celebrating 27 years of helping thousands of legal professionals across Canada secure legal jobs and career opportunities, and assisting companies to grow their legal departments. We look forward to continuing this success in the future.
ZSA is Canada's leading national legal recruitment firm. With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal, we are uniquely positioned to serve the recruitment needs of both law firms and corporations across Canada. Our roster of Canadian clients ranges from the largest law firms in the world to sole practitioners; from global giants to start-up corporations. Our unparalleled success to date is the result of both our pioneering selection process, and our single-minded focus of meeting the demands of our clients. Our services range from recruiting partners, associates, general counsels/ assistant general counsels and accountants to paralegals/clerks, assistants and firm management professionals.
Nous sommes fiers de célébrer 27 années passées à aider des milliers de juristes à travers le Canada à décrocher de nouvelles opportunités de carrière, et d’accompagner les entreprises et les cabinets dans le développement de leurs équipes. Nous sommes impatients de poursuivre notre travail à vos côtés!
ZSA est le plus important cabinet de recrutement juridique au Canada. Avec des bureaux à Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto et Montréal, il jouit d’un positionnement idéal pour répondre aux besoins de ses clients, allant des plus grands cabinets d'avocats jusqu’aux avocats pratiquant seuls; des compagnies multinationales jusqu’aux plus petites sociétés de type « start-ups ». Inégalé à ce jour, notre succès est le résultat de notre processus unique de recrutement et de notre objectif simple de répondre aux exigences de nos clients. Nos services vont du recrutement de professionnels : associés, avocats, conseillers juridiques, comptables, à celui de personnel de soutien : parajuristes, techniciens, assistants et cadres.
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About the role
We are working with the Building Ontario Fund (“BOF”), a provincial Crown agency backed by $8 billion in seed funding, in search of a Senior Legal Counsel to join its growing Investment Legal team in Toronto.
This is a unique opportunity to join BOF at an exciting stage of growth and play a lead role on complex, high-profile infrastructure financing transactions across the energy, transportation, affordable housing, long-term care, critical minerals, and municipal/community infrastructure sectors.
Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, the successful candidate will act as the in-house legal lead on sophisticated debt/equity financing of infrastructure and real estate transactions, manage external counsel, negotiate complex bespoke agreements, and provide commercially minded advice to internal stakeholders and senior leadership.
The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of relevant experience gained in a leading law firm or sophisticated in-house environment, ideally with exposure to project finance, infrastructure, banking and finance, debt/equity financing, or real estate finance matters. Prior infrastructure or public sector experience is an asset, but not required.
This is a fully in-office role based in downtown Toronto (steps from Union Station) and offers competitive compensation and bonus package.
For further details on this opportunity, please contact Christopher Sweeney at csweeney@zsa.ca. Kindly direct all inquiries and applications through ZSA Legal Recruitment. Ref. #LI34389.
This is an exclusive search with ZSA Legal Recruitment. All CVs sent to Building Ontario Fund will be redirected to ZSA for review.
Not the right fit? Search for Legal Counsel jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About ZSA Canada
We are proud to be celebrating 27 years of helping thousands of legal professionals across Canada secure legal jobs and career opportunities, and assisting companies to grow their legal departments. We look forward to continuing this success in the future.
ZSA is Canada's leading national legal recruitment firm. With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal, we are uniquely positioned to serve the recruitment needs of both law firms and corporations across Canada. Our roster of Canadian clients ranges from the largest law firms in the world to sole practitioners; from global giants to start-up corporations. Our unparalleled success to date is the result of both our pioneering selection process, and our single-minded focus of meeting the demands of our clients. Our services range from recruiting partners, associates, general counsels/ assistant general counsels and accountants to paralegals/clerks, assistants and firm management professionals.
Nous sommes fiers de célébrer 27 années passées à aider des milliers de juristes à travers le Canada à décrocher de nouvelles opportunités de carrière, et d’accompagner les entreprises et les cabinets dans le développement de leurs équipes. Nous sommes impatients de poursuivre notre travail à vos côtés!
ZSA est le plus important cabinet de recrutement juridique au Canada. Avec des bureaux à Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto et Montréal, il jouit d’un positionnement idéal pour répondre aux besoins de ses clients, allant des plus grands cabinets d'avocats jusqu’aux avocats pratiquant seuls; des compagnies multinationales jusqu’aux plus petites sociétés de type « start-ups ». Inégalé à ce jour, notre succès est le résultat de notre processus unique de recrutement et de notre objectif simple de répondre aux exigences de nos clients. Nos services vont du recrutement de professionnels : associés, avocats, conseillers juridiques, comptables, à celui de personnel de soutien : parajuristes, techniciens, assistants et cadres.