Associate Lawyer

BJRC Recruiting; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, a Toronto-based strategic and legal advisory firm, seeks an Associate with 1–4 years post-call experience in corporate and securities law to join its team.

You will work directly with clients on live mandates, handling matters from strategy to execution across transactions, governance disputes, capital structure matters and investigations. Strong drafting, judgment and commercial sense are essential.

Qualifications

• 1–4 years post-call experience with the Ontario Bar.
• Background in corporate and securities law.
• Familiarity with Canadian corporate and securities rules, including OBCA/CBCA.
• Excellent drafting and strong analytical capabilities.
• Good judgment, discretion and handling sensitive matters.
• Entrepreneurial and self-directed approach with responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with clients from the outset on live mandates.
• Take matters from strategy to execution across complex matters.
• Engage in contested and transformative transactions; governance disputes.
• Contribute to strategic alternatives, capital structure matters, and investigations.
• Review and assess opportunities for principal investment.

Skills

Drafting skills

Analytical thinking

Commercial awareness

Discretion & judgment

Entrepreneurial mindset

Finance knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Ontario Bar admission

Job description

Our client is a sophisticated strategic and legal advisory firm engaged on complex, high-stakes matters where strategy, governance, capital, value and control are at issue. Its practice sits uniquely at the intersection of law, business and finance, offering associates exposure that extends well beyond a traditional corporate or securities practice.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will work directly with clients from the outset and take meaningful responsibility for live mandates, seeing matters through from strategy to execution.

The Associate will work across a sophisticated range of matters, including:

• Contested and transformative transactions;
• Shareholder activism and engagement, acting on either side;
• Governance disputes and special committee mandates;
• Strategic alternatives and capital structure matters;
• Independent investigations;
• Significant family enterprise and capital matters; and
• Reviewing, analyzing and assessing opportunities for principal investment.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• 1-4 years of post-call experience and membership in good standing with the Ontario Bar;
• A background in corporate and securities law;
• Working familiarity with Canadian corporate and securities law, including take-over bid and early warning rules, continuous disclosure, MI 61-101, proxy solicitation, and the CBCA and OBCA;
• Excellent drafting skills and strong analytical capabilities;
• Strong judgment and discretion, with the ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential matters;
• An entrepreneurial and self-directed approach, with the confidence to operate in situations involving ambiguity and significant responsibility;
• Strong commercial instincts and an interest in the intersection of law, strategy, governance and finance; and
• Financial literacy. A background in finance or accounting, or a CFA designation, would be considered an asset but is not required.