Our client is one of Canada’s largest and most diversified institutional investment fund managers with more than $100 billion of assets under management. We are seeking to fill a senior legal position within their Legal Services team.
Based in Edmonton, this role is primarily focused on ensuring the regulatory compliance of our client’s business and transactions within and outside of Canada, and supporting our client’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors in various governance matters. Providing commercially oriented advice and support on risk management and legal strategy to senior management and investment groups is an essential requirement of the role. Demonstrating active leadership, and outstanding relationship building capability in a highly collaborative team is equally important.
The successful candidate will bring 8+ years of corporate finance legal experience and will have an understanding of fundamental finance and capital structuring principles, accounting principles and macroeconomics. An MBA or accounting or finance credentials would be considered an asset. This candidate will also have knowledge of securities and financial regulations affecting the investment industry in Canada, extensive experience with corporate governance matters, and ideally, experience with legal issues related to investments by Canadian entities in foreign jurisdictions. Please contact Erin Dand, Associate at [email protected] if you would like to explore this opportunity further.
