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Municipal Associate

WeirFoulds LLP3 days ago
Toronto, Ontario
Mid Level
full_time

Top Benefits

Inclusive work environment composed of people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, identities, and cultures
Accommodations in accordance with applicable laws for applicants with disabilities

About the role

WeirFoulds LLP is seeking a mid-level/senior associate to join our thriving Municipal Practice Group. The ideal candidate will have:

  • 4–7 years of municipal law experience including demonstrated experience before the Ontario Land Tribunal and/or the Courts
  • Strong technical, legal, research and drafting skills combined with excellent organization skills
  • Demonstrated strengths in entrepreneurialism including client service, client relationships and client development
  • Ability to work with lawyers at all levels and be a team player
  • Ability to balance competing demands as well as being self-motivated, innovative and flexible
  • Confidence to manage files and clients independently
  • Excellent academic credentials

The successful candidate will work with our experienced team of lawyers on challenging and diverse matters, including legal opinions, applications and appeals respecting development approvals and other municipal law issues, planning policy matters, and expropriation and taxation matters, among others. Our lawyers represent a broad range of public sector and private sector clients, including but not limited to municipalities, school boards, construction firms and property owners.

At WeirFoulds, we pride ourselves on providing the highest level of service to our clients. As such, it is essential for applicants to be self-starters, dedicated to entrepreneurialism including client service, client development and the building and strengthening of client relationships. If you would like to be part of this dynamic team and enjoy working in a collegial environment, this is an excellent opportunity for you.

Please submit your application online, including a cover letter, resume and transcripts.

WeirFoulds welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to providing an inclusive work environment composed of people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, identities, and cultures.

Accommodations in accordance with applicable laws are available for applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please contact our Human Resources Team at accommodations@weirfoulds.com .

At WeirFoulds, we recognize that we need to advance and to demonstrate equality, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do, internally and externally. We have been working diligently on several key areas, and we recognize that we must do better. Our goal is to put words into concrete action through a number of specific steps. These are described in our official statement on our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, which we are pleased to share.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

About WeirFoulds LLP

Law Practice
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For over 160 years, the lawyers of WeirFoulds have been proud to serve our clients in their most difficult and complex matters. We are the firm of choice for discerning clients within our core areas of practice: (1) Litigation; (2) Corporate; (3) Property; and (4) Government Law. Within these core areas, as well as key sub-specialties, we address highly sophisticated legal challenges. We have acted in some of Canada’s most significant mandates and have represented clients in many landmark cases. Reflecting the firm’s focus, our lawyers are consistently recognized as leaders in their chosen areas of practice and in the profession at large.

WeirFoulds is committed to ensuring that our clients’ most sensitive data and information are secure, protected and confidential. Our digital security practices and data confidentiality processes have been thoroughly audited and certified as functioning at SOC 2 compliance level. No matter what our clients’ needs are, they can rest assured that their information is in safe hands.

To learn more about our firm, visit www.weirfoulds.com.