Associate Director of Legal Affairs

Mississauga, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 21, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Lead · 10+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Advise business leaders across Canada on complex and routine corporate, commercial, regulatory, and operational legal matters, and negotiate high-value agreements. Support strategic initiatives, manage legal and compliance risks, and advise on environmental, health, safety, and quality matters as deputy to the Director of Legal Affairs.

Job details

8-12 years | Mississauga Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity & specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. The Associate Director of Legal Affairs is a trusted advisor to the business and deputy to the Director of Legal Affairs, providing legal and strategic advice on all areas of law impacting the company across Canada. As an integral member of the Linde Legal team, the Associate Director partners with business leaders to enable growth, manage risk and support the achievement of strategic objectives across the company. You will provide legal counsel on a broad range of complex and routine corporate, commercial, regulatory and operational legal matters, negotiate high-value agreements, mitigate risk, support strategic initiatives, and ensure compliance across the business. The role also supports environmental, health, safety and quality matters, to proactively manage risk and maintain compliance. Candidates should possess 8 to 12 years of relevant legal experience gained in-house and/or at a leading law firm, with broad exposure to commercial, operational and regulatory matters. Experience supporting environmental, regulatory, health and safety, or compliance functions will be considered an asset. Have we inspired you? If so, please reach out to our retained recruiters at ZSA Legal Recruitment, by contacting Warren Bongard at wbongard@zsa.ca. Ref. #LI34322. This is an exclusive search with ZSA Legal Recruitment. All CVs sent to Linde will be redirected to ZSA for review.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Candidates should have 8 to 12 years of relevant legal experience gained in-house and/or at a leading law firm, with broad exposure to commercial, operational, and regulatory matters. Experience supporting environmental, regulatory, health and safety, or compliance functions is an asset.