Posting Date: May 6, 2025, 12:44:46 PM
Primary Location: Quebec-Montreal
Job Type: Permanent
Schedule: Full-time
Are you ready to advance your career while impacting change in emerging markets?
We are looking for a Senior Law Clerk!
Welcome to FinDev Canada, Canada’s development financial institution! We are looking for talented professionals to join our growing organization. At FinDev Canada, we are guided by our mandate and the opportunity to positively impact climate and nature action, gender equality and market development. We drive sustainable development by working with and through the private sector.

This is your opportunity to join a growing, dynamic team and leave your mark on our organization, on development finance, and on the world at large.

• Location: FinDev Canada headquarters is in downtown Montreal. For the right candidate, Ottawa or Toronto will be considered, with the flexibility to work under a hybrid model (home/office).
• Team: Legal Transactions
• Reports to: Director, Legal Transactions
• Employment Type: Permanent
• Salary: Legal Support 17 - $83,037 - $110,717, plus a performance-based incentive

TEAM & POSITION OVERVIEW

FinDev Canada is seeking an experienced Senior Law Clerk supporting Legal Services i. This is an exciting opportunity for a results-oriented and client-focused contributor to make their mark in supporting the development of the private sector across emerging markets and developing economies. The successful candidate will be an integral part of a growing and dynamic team in assisting them with their day to day transactional, policy and governance needs. This is a role with an interesting variety of legal work and exciting new challenges as FinDev Canada continues to evolve and expand as Canada’s development institution.

• Provides law clerk services to FinDev Canada in respect of complex transactional and corporate law work.
• Has responsibilities for the management, implementation, and maintenance of identified processes and governance systems in relation to legal transactional workflow (including managing and organizing knowhow, precedents, templates and legal transactional work allocation).
• Supports the Legal team with the management (including execution) of transactional documentation, the completion of legal research and legislative monitoring.
• Provides organizational support for the Board calendar and other corporate secretariat demands.
• Coordinates, corresponds with, and arranges document consularization with local embassies.
• Assists with external law firm strategy, retainer agreements and invoicing.
• Performs a variety of duties and responsibilities typically performed by a Senior Law Clerk within a corporate and/or secretariat environment including supporting the Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer, Legal Directors and Legal Counsels in connection with the development and documenting of internal policy and guidelines vis a vis corporate product and positions.