Senior Legal Counsel Bilingual

About the Role

As the Senior Legal Counsel your primary focus will be on supporting the General Counsel in various legal matters for all Egis Business Lines in Canada. Experience in the engineering industry and on major projects is an asset. You will navigate complex legal landscapes offering strategic advice on contracts corporate affairs litigation and compliance. Your work will support a diverse range of projects and business operations ensuring legal integrity and risk management across the organization. As a member of the Groups Legal Ethics & Compliance (LE&CD) team you will work in collaboration with the local team as well as with the teams based in France ensuring adherence to centralized practices of the department (corporate IP insurance Ethics & Compliance etc.). You will play an active role in contributing to the design implementation and follow up of Group Legal E&C Department processes developing and sharing best practices and procedures in Canada in coordinating with the other members of the Regional team. 

The ideal candidate will be bilingual in French and English to support the operations in Quebec and can be based in either Montreal Toronto Calgary Ottawa or Edmonton.

Your duties will include but are not limited to: 

• Provide solution-oriented legal advice and lead the review and negotiation of a wide range of commercial agreements including customer contracts consortium agreements subcontracts and leases. Ensure all agreements support the companys objectives and comply with legal standards.
• Deliver corporate entity housekeeping including changes of Directors & Officers annual financial statement approvals and operational license maintenance. Advise on corporate governance and contribute to best practices within the company.
• Support the M&A process under the lead of the M&A central team and actively participating in the integration of new acquired entities in Canada.
• Manage and supervise claims disputes legal actions and litigation providing strategic guidance and risk mitigation.
• Deliver day-to-day legal support to operations and functions offering advice and training on legal issues and regulatory risks.
• Prepare and present legal reports to senior management and project teams.
• Contribute to the design implementation and follow up of Group Legal E&C Department processes developing and sharing best practices and procedures in Canada in coordinating with the other members of the Regional team.
• Implement and monitor ethics and compliance requirements promoting a culture of integrity and ethical behavior throughout the organization.

Qualifications :

• J.D. or LL.B with a minimum of 10 years post-qualification experience as an in-house counsel in an international environment and preferable within the consulting engineering or construction space; 
• Bilingual in French and English. 
• Ability to identify and manage risks associated with high-value engineering and construction projects;
• Extensive experience negotiating and drafting complex multi party agreements in the engineering and construction space;
• Demonstrated experience in commercial law corporate law and regulatory or administrative law in Canada;
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues and business stakeholders and coordinating with cross-functional and cross-country teams on complex transactions;
• Ability to work independently strategically and with sound judgement;
• Hands-on business partner professional high integrity and capacity to challenge the status quo while striving for excellence and quality;
• Excellent organizational and critical thinking skills with the ability to manage multiple and competing projects under tight deadlines and fast paced environment;
• Stakeholder management combined with experience working with different cultures and champions DEI.

Additional Information :

Egis Canada is an equal opportunities employer offering a competitive salary and benefits to those with the skills suited to the needs of our clients. The salary range advertised may exceed the range based on several factors including relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills geographic location performance and business or organizational needs. 

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This role is eligible for a referral bonus in line with the Referral Program.  If you have been referred please provide the name of the employee who has referred you at the time of your application.

At Egis we embrace innovation to tackle challenges and utilize AI in our recruitment process under stringent ethics and compliance policies and in alignment with our values of being a Responsible Company a People First Company and a Creative Company. Committed to diversity growth and collaboration we may leverage AI to support the recruitment process.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time