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About the role
- Senior Legal Counsel advising GHD’s Canadian infrastructure and construction projects. Negotiating alternative-delivery agreements and managing legal risk across major multidisciplinary mandates.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day legal support and strategic advice on significant alternative delivery pursuits and projects across Canada
- Review, draft, and negotiate contracts, joint venture agreements, teaming agreements, subconsultant agreements, and other project-related commercial arrangements
- Advise project teams on risk allocation, liability, indemnification, insurance, limitation of liability, and dispute resolution
- Lead legal analysis and negotiation of agreements under P3/PPP, alliance, IPD, design-build, and progressive design-build frameworks
- Support proposal and pursuit teams during procurement, including RFQ and RFP reviews and preparation of compliant, competitive submissions
- Build, develop, and mentor the legal team
- Develop and maintain precedent documents, contract playbooks, risk matrices, and other legal tools
- Collaborate with and manage external counsel, including outside legal spend
- Provide guidance on claims management, dispute avoidance, mediation, arbitration, and litigation support
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments affecting construction and infrastructure
- Advise the business on emerging legal risks and opportunities
- Contribute to corporate governance, privacy, employment, insurance, and broader legal and compliance matters
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from a recognised Canadian law school
- Membership in good standing of a provincial law society
- Ability to obtain membership in additional jurisdictions as needed
- Minimum of ten years of post-call legal experience
- Substantial experience focused on construction law and major project delivery
- Hands-on experience advising on alternative delivery projects
- Proven experience with P3/PPP, alliance, IPD, design-build, and progressive design-build projects
- Experience across service lines such as transportation, transit, water and wastewater, energy, buildings, and environmental is highly valued
- Bilingualism in English and French; ability to review, draft, and negotiate contracts in both official languages is a significant asset
- Strong leadership skills and ability to build, develop, and manage legal teams in a corporate environment
- In-house experience at a consulting engineering firm, construction company, or infrastructure developer preferred; significant private practice experience will also be considered
- Collaborative, business-oriented mindset and willingness to engage directly with project delivery teams and clients
- Advanced knowledge of law, regulations, legal communication, legal research, policy, legal systems and tools, planning, and written and verbal communication
Benefits
- Hybrid work model with in-office collaboration and flexibility
- Professional development support
- Continuing legal education
- Active participation in industry associations
- Competitive compensation
- Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities
- Employee-owned company
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