Director, Legal - Private Markets & Asset Management

CPP Investments | Investissements RPC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

CPP Investments is seeking a Director, Legal to provide strategic legal advice on complex private markets transactions and asset management matters, supporting investment decisions across North American Real Assets.

Reporting to a Managing Director in Investment Legal, you will partner with investment teams and external counsel to navigate regulatory considerations, manage risk, and deliver practical, commercially informed solutions aligned with CPP Investments’ long-term mandate.

Qualifications

• Qualified to practice law in Ontario or equivalent common law jurisdiction.
• 7+ years of post-qualification transactional legal experience.
• Experience at a major international law firm or within an in-house corporate or financial investor legal department.
• International private markets transactional experience including M&A, real assets, private equity or investment funds.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic legal advice on complex private markets transactions and asset management matters.
• Partner with investment teams across North American Real Assets strategies to provide practical, commercially informed legal guidance.
• Advise on complex investment structures, including consortium and co-investment arrangements, fund and sponsor relationships, financing, control rights, downside protection and exit considerations.
• Engage external counsel on transactional, asset management and broader institutional legal matters, as needed.
• Provide strategic legal input on investment-related projects with group- or department-level impacts.
• Identify and manage legal and regulatory risks related to evolving investment strategies and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to department-wide initiatives, policies, procedures, systems, and cross-functional projects.

Skills

Senior stakeholder advisory

M&A experience

Regulatory risk management

Independent decision making

Education

Qualified to practice law in Ontario

Job description

CPP Investments is seeking a Director, Legal to provide strategic legal advice on complex private markets transactions and asset management matters, supporting investment decisions across North American Real Assets.

Reporting to a Managing Director in Investment Legal, you will partner with investment teams and external counsel to navigate regulatory considerations, manage risk, and deliver practical, commercially informed solutions aligned with CPP Investments’ long-term mandate.