Legal Counsel or Senior Legal Counsel, Lending

ZSA Legal Recruitment; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Legal Counsel or Senior Legal Counsel in Toronto, offering a hybrid work option. You will play a pivotal role in shaping significant financial initiatives across various sectors, advising on high-stakes transactions, and collaborating with top-tier professionals. This position requires extensive transactional legal experience and a passion for tackling complex legal challenges.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in lending, structured finance, M&A, or corporate/commercial law.
• Strong business judgment and passion for solving complex legal challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support major lending transactions and investments.
• Advise on legal and commercial matters.
• Collaborate with professionals across government and private sectors.
• Influence projects impacting Canada's economic future.

Skills

Transactional legal experience

Business judgment

Problem-solving

Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments

Job description

Location: Toronto or Ottawa | Hybrid Work Option

Step into a high-impact legal role with Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV)—the Government of Canada’s go-to financial advisory and investment arm. As Legal Counsel or Senior Legal Counsel, Lending you’ll help shape Canada’s most complex and strategic financial initiatives, including major infrastructure, energy, airlines, technology/communications, and Indigenous economic reconciliation projects. You’ll be advising on headline-making deals—think multi-billion-dollar structured financings, M&A, and more—while working alongside a dynamic, mission-driven team and executive leadership.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and support major lending transactions, investments, and divestitures
• Advise on cutting-edge legal and commercial matters
• Collaborate with top-tier professionals across government and private sectors
• Influence projects that directly impact Canada’s economic future

What we’re looking for:

• 8+ years of transactional legal experience (lending/structured finance/M&A/ corporate/commercial)
• Strong business judgment and a passion for solving complex legal challenges
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment

If you’re ready to bring your expertise to a bold and growing organization that’s redefining public-private investment, send your CV to [e-mail] and be part of a team driving Canada’s most critical deals forward.

Tagged as: Financial Services, Legal Counsel, M&A, Senior