Associate Lawyer – Headwaters LLP

Job summary

The Associate will provide strategic legal advice and support to clients focusing on employment, administrative, and corporate law with an Indigenous lens. Key duties include drafting contracts, managing litigation, and advising on the economic development of on-reserve businesses.

Job details

We are looking to add an associate lawyer to our team. In this role, the successful candidate will advise and support our clients in various ways. The Associate will be engaged primarily on matters related to employment, administrative and corporate law with an Indigenous lens. This includes providing strategic advice and legal support on matters relating to labour law, including policy development, terminations, employment contract drafting and human resource policy development, litigation, workplace safety and health matters, and privacy. The Associate will also assume matters related to corporate and economic development of indigenous and on-reserve businesses, including providing strategic advice respecting joint venture agreements, limited partnership structures, and commercial agreements. Learn More Closing Date: December 1, 2026

What you’ll do

The Associate will provide strategic legal advice and support to clients focusing on employment, administrative, and corporate law with an Indigenous lens. Key duties include drafting contracts, managing litigation, and advising on the economic development of on-reserve businesses.

Requirements

The candidate must be a lawyer capable of handling complex legal matters related to Indigenous business and labour law. The role is classified as entry-level seniority.

Listed skills

• Policy development · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Employment Law
• Administrative Law
• Corporate Law
• Indigenous Law
• Labour Law
• Policy Development
• Employment Contract Drafting
• Human Resource Policy Development
• Litigation
• Workplace Safety and Health
• Privacy Law
• Economic Development
• Joint Venture Agreements
• Limited Partnership Structures
• Commercial Agreements

Job areas

• Legal
• Consulting
• Government & Public Sector