Location: Brampton, Ontario
Our Client
Our client is a global leader in energy solutions and equipment rental services, supporting customers across a wide range of industries including construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, and industrial operations. This newly created standalone legal role offers the opportunity to join a growing Canadian business and serve as a key legal partner to leadership while collaborating closely with the North American legal team.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary legal advisor for the Canadian business, partnering closely with the VP of Legal and senior leadership.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of customer and vendor commercial agreements.
- Advise business leaders on legal, commercial, and operational risks.
- Support the Canadian business across a variety of legal matters, including commercial contracts, employment, compliance, risk management, insurance, litigation management, intellectual property, and regulatory matters.
- Develop and deliver internal legal and compliance training programs.
- Manage external counsel relationships where required.
- Support leasing, real estate, and business expansion initiatives.
- Provide occasional support on acquisitions, due diligence, and corporate legal matters.
- Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and provide proactive, practical legal guidance in a fast-paced operational environment.
Qualifications
- Member in good standing of a Canadian Law Society.
- Possess 4–9+ years of legal experience, including at least 3 years of in-house legal experience.
- Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including customer and vendor contracts.
- Strong ability to operate independently in a standalone, business-facing legal role.
- Strong commercial judgment and ability to provide practical, solutions-oriented legal advice.
- Experience advising senior business stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
- Experience supporting employment, compliance, risk management, and general corporate legal matters.
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial, construction, engineering, infrastructure, energy, equipment rental, or similar operational industries is considered an asset.
- Fluency in French (oral and written) is highly preferred to support Québec operations and French-language contracts.
The Ideal Candidate
- Thrives in a hands-on, operational, and fast-paced business environment.
- Takes a practical and commercial approach to legal matters and understands how to balance risk with business objectives.
- Has strong in-house instincts and enjoys acting as a strategic business partner.
- Is highly autonomous while remaining collaborative and relationship-oriented.
- Communicates complex legal concepts clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
- Enjoys building processes, supporting business growth, and working across multiple functions.
- Brings resilience, adaptability, and a proactive mindset to a growing organization.
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