Senior Corporate Counsel job in Guelph at GPAC

Seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel with CLEAN ENEERGY experience/knowledge. Apply here or at

Your Role:

• Draft, review, negotiate, scrutinize, and provide guidance on a wide variety of agreements, including purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, construction agreements, and general commercial arrangement agreements
• Provide support to management and advise business units on issues of contract interpretation and disputes.
• Manage operational legal risk to reduce litigation exposure
• Conduct legal research
• Manage external legal counsel, as required
• Other duties as required

Desired Experience and Skills:

• 5 years experience in Commercial and/or Real Estate law
• A Juris Doctor degree and licensed to practice in a Canadian province or territory
• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to be resourceful and work with minimal instruction or supervision
• Ability to complete transactions from start to finish.
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to understand the business of the North West group of companies, and to provide creative and practical solutions to business issues and opportunities with legal implications
• Strong work ethic
• Highly organized, detail-oriented individual with strong writing, proof reading and verbal skills 
• Ability to work within tight timelines to meet deadlines, reassessing priorities as needed
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Outlook

Due to high volume of applicants only those being considered will be contacted. Apply here or at

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.

GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.