Legal Counsel Corporate

CP; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the transportation sector is seeking a legal professional in Calgary. The role involves providing legal advice on various matters, managing legal files, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in transactional law and a strong understanding of the business environment.

Benefits

Flexible and competitive benefits package

Qualifications

• 5 - 8 years of demonstrated legal experience.
• Experience with transactional legal work.
• Ability to provide strategic advice to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Research legal matters and provide opinions on pension, financing, and banking.
• Review and draft contracts related to company operations.
• Manage significant legal files independently.

Skills

Transactional experience

Knowledge of regulatory environment

Communication of legal principles

Organizational skills

Education

Membership in the Law Society

Job description

• Research legal matters, provide legal opinions and advice on a variety of pension, financing and banking matters, and corporate disclosure requirements
• Review and draft contracts and documents related to various assigned areas of company operations. Advise on a broad range of financing and commercial agreements, credit agreements, license agreements, letters of intent, merger, acquisition and divestiture agreements, joint venture agreements and confidentiality agreements
• Assist with the preparation of continuous disclosure and regulatory compliance documents
• Coordinate work with outside legal counsel to Instruct, direct and oversee their performance of CPKC legal work Review work completed by outside counsel and distilling such advice.
• Accountable for independent handling and case management of significant legal files in the financing, banking, pensions and commercial / corporate areas from presentation of the legal issue through to conclusion of the file
• Liaise and collaborate with other members of the Legal Services and Corporate Secretary teams as necessary to ensure comprehensive and consistent

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Membership in the Law Society of one or more of the provinces of Canada
• 5 - 8 plus years of demonstrated experience, including some transactional experience, gained from a top tier firm, boutique or in-house
• Demonstrated experience in completing transactions with successful results
• Knowledge of the business and regulatory environment that companies in federally regulated businesses operate in (e.g. railway, telecom, pipeline) operate in and understanding of law
• Ability to apply applicable legal principles to CPKC business and operations, and to transform these principles into proactive, effective and strategic advice for senior leaders
• Ability to communicate legal principles, and explain the business implications of such principles, effectively and pragmatically
• Managing relationships with outside counsel
• Organizational skills acquired via experience with managing conflicting priorities and high volumes of work

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER

• Flexible and competitive benefits package