PRINCIPAL COUNSEL (7-9 years’ M&A experience)

Toronto, ON
Hybrid
Posted Oct 17, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Office presence: 3 days per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Advise on complex corporate, company law, and M&A matters, including strategic mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other transactions. Support global transaction activity by collaborating with BHP’s M&A team, global legal colleagues, stakeholders, and external counsel.

Job details

Established in 1851 in Australia, BHP is now the world’s largest mining company by market capitalization. With over 90 locations, globally, we explore for, extract, process and transport commodities including copper, metallurgical coal, nickel, potash and iron ore. We are driven by over 90,000 employees and contractors worldwide and are presently developing one of the world’s largest potash mines in Saskatchewan. Wherever we operate in the world, we are committed to working responsibly and with integrity. Our Legal team is seeking to fill a fulltime position based in its downtown Toronto office. For this role, we will be seeking an individual with 7 – 9 years of private practice / in-house M&A and corporate experience gained at a top law firm or corporate. Experience in the resources sector is preferred. You will play a critical role within BHP’s Corporate & Exploration Legal team, providing high-impact legal advice across complex corporate, company law and M&A matters. Based in Toronto, this role supports global transaction activity and advises stakeholders across the Americas, London, Australia, and beyond. You will operate as a trusted adviser on strategic mergers, acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and other transactions, delivering commercially focused legal guidance in a dynamic, international environment. This role involves close collaboration with BHP’s M&A team as well as engagement with other members of BHP’s global legal team and external counsel. The role is based in downtown Toronto and reports to the Head of Corporate Legal, based in London. This position provides long-term career development opportunities to move internally, including globally. As you are working with BHP’s global offices, you will be required to accommodate colleagues in different time zones and periodic travel. It will be important that you are able to take initiative on matters, instruct external counsel and build relationships across the company, both within and outside of Canada. The Toronto office is hybrid, with a minimum 3 days in the office. If you are interested in these unique opportunities, please send your cv and cover letter to Lorene Nagata from NagataConnex Executive Legal Search at info@nagataconnex.com or by clicking apply above

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires 7–9 years of private practice or in-house M&A and corporate experience gained at a top law firm or corporation; resources-sector experience is preferred. The role also calls for initiative, the ability to instruct external counsel and build relationships, and flexibility to work across time zones and travel periodically.