Senior Legal Advisor Contracts, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Welcome to those who love people, to bright minds, to those with inspiring visions for the future, who seek stimulating challenges, who are naturally collaborative and have an entrepreneurial spirit embedded in their DNA.

At CIMA+, you will discover an environment where everyone’s ideas and aspirations are heard and valued. You will have countless opportunities to learn and grow by working on engaging projects. You could even become a shareholder in your own company.

At CIMA+, you will truly appreciate the freedom to act, the flexibility to manage your work your way, and the opportunity to shape your work-life balance.

In short, our team proudly says that when you join CIMA+, we welcome you by saying: “Welcome home!”

Reporting to the Senior Vice-President, General Counsel, you will join a team of lawyers and contract specialists advising the businesspeople in regard to any legal matter arising in the course of business, such as a project consisting in the provision of professional engineering services, accompanying the project managers during the project execution and claims management.

In addition, you will be involved in M&A transactions, in both drafting and negotiating transaction documents as well as coordinating and supervising the work of outside counsel.

We offer a flexible hybrid work model that allows you to work from home or from one of CIMA+’s offices across Canada, depending on your preference.



Main responsibilities:

• By using your professional experience, legal training, and business acumen you will review contracts, identify, and communicate risks to project leadership and work with them to find practical solutions to resolve contract issues on a wide variety of projects in assigned business lines.
• Provide legal support on M&A initiatives.
• Draft and negotiate M&A transaction documents and supervise and coordinate the work of external counsel where needed.
• You will remain current on developments in the law which may impact the delivery of projects in your assigned business line.
• You will critically review scopes of service and commercial terms and can appreciate and communicate nuanced legal and commercial risk associated with such terms.
• You will lead negotiations with clients and develop and implement strategy for the team.
• You will advise on processes and actions to mitigate legal and project risk.
• You will provide legal opinions on contract terms.
• You will continuously develop and improve upon contracting processes, resources, and precedents.
• Provide strategic direction to the businesspeople and outside counsel in the management of claims.
• This is a position offering exceptional opportunities to be involved in significant aspects of the business of the company.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

• To qualify for this role, you will possess a civil od common law degree and be admitted to a provincial bar in Canada. 
• Minimum 5-8 years experience as a lawyer either in-house or with a top-tier law firm with a practice emphasis on commercial law and knowledge of M&A transactions.
• Experience acquired as a lawyer assisting professional design services firms or in general construction law will be considered a strong asset.
• You must possess exceptional written and verbal communications skills in the English language. French language is an important asset.  

For this role, you can :

• Demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of M&A transactions.
• Demonstrate knowledge and appreciation of the professional services contract life cycle and communicate risks inherent at various stages of a project.
• Thrive in an environment with a high operational tempo with limited supervision.
• Build trust and enduring partnerships with people in your organization.
• Can use independent judgment and decisiveness to resolve complex issues.
• Use leadership skills to effectively communicate and positively influence senior professionals and business leaders.

Why Choose CIMA+? Because we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits available from day one for all permanent employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Employee and family assistance program.
• Retirement savings plan (RRSP) with employer contribution up to 4%.
• As an employee-owned company, an annual opportunity to purchase shares for all employees.
• Flexible hybrid working hours.
• Work-life balance policy across Canada.
• 3 to 5 weeks of vacation, depending on relevant experience.
• Tailored training to enhance your existing skills.

Ethics and integrity are fundamental values at CIMA+. That is why we are committed to ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities for candidates, regardless of their identity (race, ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socio-economic status or background, etc.).​

In keeping with the principles of employment equity, we encourage all applications, including, but not limited to, those from women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities and visible minorities. We also encourage candidates to complete the self-identification form when applying for employment.​

Accommodations are available on request. Your Business Partner will process your request.

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