Legal Counsel

1 week ago

Toronto, Canada Capstone Infrastructure Full time

**Legal Counsel**

If you are in search of an exciting position in a challenging, fast-paced and entrepreneurial working environment, then we have the ideal opportunity for you. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic, growing company with a broad footprint in Canada.

Capstone Infrastructure Corporation (“Capstone”) is a Canadian company focused on developing, constructing, acquiring and operating high-quality clean power generation facilities. Capstone currently owns and operates an approximate gross installed capacity of more than 800 megawatts across 31 facilities in Canada, including wind, hydro, solar, biomass and natural gas power plants.

**Responsibilities**:
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- Support complex cross-enterprise transactions. Assess legal risk and material issues in commercial contracts and provide advice to commercial teams and external counsel.
- Provide advice and guidance to development and operations teams across Capstone’s subsidiaries, including real estate matters, operations agreements, supplier contracts and services agreements. Matters may also include construction agreements, partnership agreements, and intellectual property management.
- Provide support on mergers and acquisitions, including non-disclosure agreements and due diligence activities.
- Assist with compliance and ESG matters, and implementation of core corporate policies/procedures.
- Assist with securities law compliance and public company reporting requirements, including its annual information form, management discussion & analysis, and other public disclosures.
- Provide advice and support for finance functions, including debt issuance and credit facilities.
- Advise on general corporate law, structuring, new entity creation and risk mitigation.
- Oversee and direct external counsel in various jurisdictions; interpret and disseminate legal advice and recommendations to clients.
- Assist with management of overall legal budget and find opportunities to make legal processes more efficient and cost effective.
- Generally assist on other legal matters as they arise and provide day-to-day advice.

**Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications and Experience**:
**You must hold an LLB or JD designation and be licensed to practice law in Ontario.**

Qualifications include:

- Experience in corporate/commercial matters, required. Experience in energy or infrastructure projects, or real estate experience will be highly valued. Additional securities law and regulatory compliance experience, a plus.
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, and advanced technical skills.
- Superior written and verbal communication abilities.
- Flexible problem solver and self-starter who excels working as part of a team and independently, with accelerated exposure, responsibility, and a passion for performance.
- Highly organized and able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and changing priorities. Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to build harmonious working relationships with colleagues, multiple stakeholders, and outside counsel, and to work with a wide range of people with varying degrees of legal knowledge.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, and sound commercial instincts and the self-confidence to advocate one’s views, both internally and externally.
- Proven legal and business judgment with an orientation to finding creative solutions.

**What Capstone Offers**:

- Competitive compensation and bonus/benefits package.
- Opportunities to grow and develop skills in multiple disciplines.
- Innovative, fast-paced environment surrounded by a highly motivated team.
- A team-oriented and fun group of professionals.

Capstone Infrastructure Corporation is strongly committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.

As an equal-opportunity employer, we accommodate individuals with disabilities during the recruitment process in accordance with applicable laws.

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