Director, Legal

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada CPP Investment Board Full time

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney.

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

  • Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
  • Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
  • Accelerated exposure and responsibility
  • Global career development opportunities
  • Being motivated every day by CPP Investments' important social purpose and unshakable principles
  • A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
  • A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here's an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description
CPP Investments is seeking a talented and energetic lawyer to join our Toronto office. You will be responsible for providing legal advice across a broad range of investment and enterprise matters across CPP Investments. Reporting to a Managing Director, the successful and exceptional candidate will be a member of our global legal team, working closely with other senior lawyers and legal professionals across CPP Investments' international offices, with investment teams across our investing departments, and with enterprise partners across the organization. This role provides an excellent opportunity to work on a wide range of complex matters across the organization. If you are a commercially minded lawyer with a global mindset, then please consider joining our team.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

  • Provide strategic, creative, and commercial support and advice across various investment-related projects and enterprise matters – strategic, asset management-related, and matters which apply across transactions - working closely with senior investment support-focused lawyers in the Legal department and investment teams across the organization
  • Investment-related advice will include structuring, regulatory matters, new business lines / platforms, and enterprise-wide commercial considerations
  • Provide advice to enterprise-related departments across a broad range of investment-related enterprise matters, working closely with tax, structuring, and other teams across the organization
  • Engage with investors, external counsel, and other internal stakeholders on complex investment strategy, institutional-level, and project related matters
  • Provide general advice and support across an array of enterprise legal matters, working with enterprise partners across the organization
  • Provide and support training of investment and enterprise teams, and external counsel, on investment and enterprise considerations
  • Support development and implementation of policies, procedures, systems and training to support implementation of advice and risk management
  • Support and collaborate with the Legal department enterprise and compliance teams and other partners across the organization in relation to a broad range of investment and enterprise matters
  • Anticipate, identify and assist in managing legal risks relating to new investment or enterprise strategies and activities, and new or changed laws or regulations that impact CPP Investments' investment and enterprise strategies
  • Be a key contributor to Legal Department and CPP Investments-wide initiatives and projects
  • Generally assist on other legal matters as they arise

Qualifications

  • LL.B./LL.M/JD or equivalent required
  • 7-10 years of post-qualification corporate/commercial legal experience gained at a major law firm or in-house corporate legal department
  • Financial institution or asset management experience is a plus
  • MBA, CFA, CA, and/or other relevant industry designations are a plus
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including an ability to work cooperatively with many different stakeholders and ability to manage external counsel
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple competing priorities
  • Versatility and ability to work across broad range of subject matter areas
  • Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
  • Motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
  • Flexibility and adaptability, including off-hours support relating to transactions, international offices and projects
  • Professional conduct reflecting the quality of work, demeanor, ethical values and high standards of CPP Investments

Additional Information
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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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