General Counsel

3 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada J.L. Richards & Associates Ltd Full time

Are you a true leader with a personal vision and a big-picture mindset?
- Do you enjoy negotiating complex contracts in collaboration with brilliant professional engineers and architects?
- Do you enjoy breaking down complex law to provide practical solutions and advice?
- Are you passionate about corporate governance and keen to advise a seasoned Board of Directors about developing governance trends, risks, and best practices?
- Does mentoring and providing guidance to a team of talented paralegals and contract specialists excite you?
- Are you a resourceful, dynamic, and driven **Lawyer **with three to five years of experience in construction, employment, or commercial law?

JLR is a creative, tight-knit, and mentorship-focused community with unique opportunities for driven people with tenacity and spirit. Our organization is made up of diverse employee owners with specialized expertise in a wide range of disciplines. Joining the JLR team means joining a dynamic group of innovative engineering, architecture, planning, and support staff. You will have the opportunity to help establish new clients and partner with existing ones to develop insightful solutions and see projects through from inception to completion.

If you are innovative and collaborative, thrive when presented with new challenges, and are eager to take your career in new directions, then JLR is the right environment for you.

**Your Role**:
Choose your own adventure Let’s talk about how your skills, experience, goals, and passions can find a home at JLR. Your role will include:

- Providing input and leadership while assisting in the implementation of corporate governance strategy and direction.
- Providing daily management and guidance to our Legal team.
- Reviewing, drafting, and/or negotiating a variety of contracts for various departments of the company.
- Coaching, mentoring, and advising teams on all legal aspects of our business, including public procurement rules and best practices.
- Participating in dispute-resolution proceedings related to construction projects and contract disputes and other disputes that may arise, and providing practical guidance to our teams and the Board.
- Working with the company’s insurers to ensure compliance and timely policy renewals.
- Coordinating the advancement of various legal claims with our external litigators and advising our internal teams on litigation procedures, responses, and settlement strategies.
- Supporting the company’s engagement with our employee shareholders, such as by coordinating the annual general meeting and shareholder communications.
- As a member of the leadership of the organization, working collaboratively with other stakeholders to ensure positive outcomes for the entire organization.

**Why Join Us?**

We live, work, breathe, sleep, and thrive in the communities we build. We’re growing our presence in both eastern and western Ontario and all along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River corridor. We’re proud of our reputation and longevity in the National Capital region, and we love northern Ontario and the glorious bounty of the natural world. Also:

- We’re 100% employee owned with share ownership opportunities at all levels.
- Work-life balance is strongly encouraged, including flexibility with work hours and remote working (and you’ll benefit from remote working stipends to help offset the cost of setting up a productive home-work environment).
- We offer stable, longterm employment with opportunities for advancement based on merit, skill, and initiative and an “open-door” policy where communication is strongly encouraged.
- We foster a friendly, welcoming, and team-oriented atmosphere that encourages innovation and collaboration we have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver small and large multi-disciplinary projects.
- We provide a flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path and interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.
- We provide competitive salaries, reviewed annually.
- Health and dental benefits and RRSP/DPSP programs are offered immediately.
- Our merit-and-profit bonus program is our key to recognizing performance.
- Extracurricular social events are provided so we can all have some fun along the way (annual “Prom”, golf tournaments, sports teams, department lunches, summer BBQs, and much more).

**Application Instructions**:
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON K1S 1N4

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