Legal Counsel – Corporate and Commercial

at  Canada Infrastructure Bank

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Headquartered in Toronto, the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is responsible for investing in new infrastructure projects. The CIB’s mission is to work with provincial, territorial, municipal, federal, Indigenous and private sector investor partners to transform the way infrastructure is planned, financed and delivered in Canada.
The CIB is looking for an exceptional corporate lawyer to join our Legal team. The Legal team advises the Investments team and other functional groups (Risk, Finance, Human Resources, Communications) on matters concerning procurement, contracts, intellectual property rights, conflicts of interests, policies, governance and compliance with federal legislation and policies that apply generally to Crown corporations.
Against this background, you will be a key member of the CIB’s legal team and will be the primary lawyer responsible for providing legal advice and support on a wide range of corporate matters with a view to protecting the CIB’s interests and ensuring compliance with the CIB’s mandate, policies and procedures. You will also collaborate with the CIB’s Investments, Risk and Asset Management teams, supporting and advising them on a wide range of commercial and corporate matters. A motivated self-starter with a partnering focused mindset, you will find yourself exposed to a broad range of issues related to the CIB’s mandate and public policy objectives. This role will report to the Associate General Counsel.
If you share a commitment to the CIB’s public interest mandate and role as an impact investor, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, then consider joining our team.

• Support various initiatives related to corporate/commercial matters, including commercial, transactional and services agreements, procurement and corporate law, such as:
• draft, review, analyze and advise on a wide range or transactional and commercial agreements and legal documents
• lead procurement activities and review contracts for the acquisition of goods and services
• support negotiations
• draft, develop and enhance agreement templates, including agreements with project sponsors and parties for the advancement of a project
• advise on the interpretation of existing agreements
• Support the General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and Senior Legal Counsel and work collaboratively with the Project Development and Investments team on a broad range of business activities related to the due diligence, project development and execution of investment transactions
• Assist in the analysis of legal, regulatory and compliance requirements and risks associated with the CIB’s business initiatives and developing and implementing appropriate mitigation strategies
• Research and respond to general legal inquiries from internal clients that relate to corporate, commercial, governance and compliance matters, and provide advice on appropriate legal action to be taken
• Monitor legal trends and case law in order to provide advice and deliver internal trainings on key contractual and compliance matters
• Contribute to the knowledge management activities of the CIB’s legal team
• Undertake other reasonable duties as requested