Securities Law Professional

**The Opportunity**:
WSP is looking for a securities law professional to join its team at the Global head office in Montreal, QC. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Governance and Executive Compensation, you will develop and manage a regulatory compliance program and provide legal support primarily in connection with securities law matters. You will be joining a sophisticated and results-oriented legal team that is part of a dynamic and challenging work environment.

**Why choose WSP?**
- We value and are committed to upholding a culture of **inclusion**and **belonging**:

- Our **Flexible**Work Policy - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
- A **Canadian**success story - we're **proud**to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
- **Enhance**the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
- **Outstanding**career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to **your**ideas and trying **new**things.
- A phenomenal **collaborative**culture and a workforce filled with genuinely **good**people**who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

**WeAre**WSP**

**What you can expect to do here**:
For example, you will:

- Coordinate and manage the global ESPP and equity plan compliance program database and project management platform;
- Stay up to date on legislative changes and implement changes to the compliance program as applicable;
- Coordinate regulatory filings related to ESPP and equity plans compliance with regional and Global legal and tax teams, including gathering, organizing and sorting data for such filings;
- Support a team of securities law professionals on various securities law matters that are relevant to a reporting issuer;
- Act as backup for corporate securities filings in SEDI, TSX LINX, etc.;
- Support in the preparation of the Management Information Circular;Perform all related tasks.

**What you’ll bring to WSP**:

- 5 or more years of legal work experience focused on securities and corporate matters acquired in the legal department of a large international company, a major law firm, or a combination of both;
- Bachelor of Law;
- Highly autonomous and motivated, strong analytical skills;
- Detail-oriented, project management, administrative and organisational skills
- Good writing skills, ability to foresee and assess the business consequences of regulatory framework;
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills;
- Strong ability to work in a team setting;
- Fluency in English, both oral and written;
- Tech savvy, proficient in all Microsoft Office suite including SharePoint and Teams.

**WSP**is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At **WSP**:

- We value our people and our reputation
- We are locally dedicated with international scale
- We are future focused and challenge the status quo
- We foster collaboration in everything we do
- We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note:
Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

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