Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate/M&A

The Heller Group Legal and Executive Search; Markham; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel with extensive experience in corporate law and M&A. This role involves collaborating with senior management and providing strategic legal advice on a variety of complex transactions, including equity and debt investments, and real estate developments. The ideal candidate will have strong business acumen and excellent interpersonal skills, making this an exciting opportunity to work within a collaborative team. If you are a self-starter with critical thinking skills and a passion for law, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of corporate and M&A experience.
• Exposure to real estate development and manufacturing sectors is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal advice on complex transactions.
• Negotiate transactions and collaborate with business partners.

Skills

Corporate Law

M&A Transactions

Business Acumen

Interpersonal Skills

Critical Thinking

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

White Owl Family Office Group is a private Canadian investment company focusing on real estate, private businesses and public/private equity. White Owl is a family office that makes strategic financial investments to grow and develop the cultural, social, financial and intellectual capital of the two founding families whose interests it serves. White Owl’s approach is one of flexibility and support for management teams and is focused on long-term value creation.

White Owl is seeking a corporate lawyer to join its team in Markham as Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate/M&A. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will think strategically and work collaboratively with senior management to effectively pursue opportunities, negotiate transactions, and work actively with business partners and outside counsel on a broad range of corporate matters. This role will suit a collaborative self-starter who has strong business acumen and excellent interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will be involved in giving strategic legal advice across a variety of complex transactions and projects including equity and debt investments, M&A, and real estate development matters, in addition to the broad range of agreements, regulatory and other day-to-day matters encountered when serving a diverse group of operating companies.

The ideal candidate will have at least 8 years of broad corporate and M&A experience and, ideally, exposure to the real estate development, manufacturing, or similar industrial sectors.An understanding of employment law, litigation management, insurance law, and technology agreements will be considered assets. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a collaborative team in a role that requires broad legal expertise, strategic insight, strong critical thinking skills, and excellent judgment.

For more information or to apply, please contact Sherri Pinsler at [e-mail]

As this is an exclusive assignment with The Heller Group, all inquiries and applications sent directly to White Owl Family Office Group will be redirected to The Heller Group.