Director, Legal Services (Transit Oriented Communities)

IO’s Transaction Services and Corporate Legal Enterprise Team provides professional support to all parts of the agency. Lawyers within the team specialize in services that support infrastructure and commercial projects, construction, real estate and leasing, lending, privacy protection, government affairs, litigation, and contract management.

As part of Infrastructure Ontario’s Transaction Legal team, you will have an opportunity to play a leading role in Ontario’s Transit Oriented Communities development projects to build mixed-use communities that will bring more housing, including affordable housing options, and jobs within a short distance of transit.

What You Will Do

• Provide advice and guide project lawyers in structuring and implementing Transit Oriented Communities projects. This will often require innovative thinking to develop and negotiate agreements reflecting the needs of each project.
• Support the Vice Presidents, Transaction Legal on corporate-wide initiatives and other general matters
• Provide high-quality and commercially minded legal advice and service to internal clients and senior management on all matters related to Infrastructure Ontario’s Transit Oriented Communities portfolio
• Draft, review, analyze and negotiate complex agreements, opinions, memoranda, and procurement documents to manage risk and ensure that the government’s objectives are achieved
• Educate legal team and internal clients on legal matters through discussions and presentations
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with project partners, funding partners and other stakeholders
• Represent Infrastructure Ontario in relations with representatives of the government, public- and private-sector stakeholders, the media and the general public
• Assume other legal and management duties as assigned
• Ensure compliance with Infrastructure Ontario’s governance and real estate requirements.
• Be accountable for a team of lawyers assigned to the Transit Oriented Communities portfolio in their carriage of files and issue management, and responsible for managing the team’s performance. Give direction to Transaction Legal team members and support their development through coaching and mentoring
• Oversee the provision of legal support on all Transit Oriented Communities projects.
• Oversee and direct external counsel; interpret and disseminate legal advice and recommendations to senior lawyers and senior management

Who We're Looking For

• The ability to thrive in a fast paced, high-pressure and multi-task environment with changing priorities.
• A university degree in law (LLB or JD) and membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario is required.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a large team-based environment of a growing organization
• We are seeking an individual with a minimum of six (6) years of experience practicing law or similar related experience in the area(s) of commercial real estate, development, infrastructure, construction, and/or corporate/commercial
• Demonstrated ability to understand business issues quickly, think strategically, understand the business implications of proposed legal solutions and exercise good judgment in providing timely and practical legal, strategic and commercial advice.
• Experience with real estate development transactions is required. Experience with transit-oriented development transactions (or equivalent) is desired.
• Experience acting for clients (in either the public or private sector) on large and/or complex transactions is desired.
• Demonstrated ability to identify areas of change and initiate, drive and see through such change to completion.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills, including the ability to communicate complex legal issues in a way that can be understood by both lawyers and non-legal clients.
• Consistently demonstrates reliability, a commitment to a high level of quality and care in their work, decisiveness, self-confidence, self-control and self-awareness
• Proven management and leadership skills and abilities

What's In It For You

• Access to a suite of virtual healthcare options to support non-urgent medical needs
• A defined contribution pension plan, where IO contributes the equivalent of 5% of a full-time employee’s annual salary, with an option for IO to match an additional 2.5% contribution made by the employee. IO also offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account, designed to help IO colleagues plan and save for their future
• A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, out-of-country care, paramedical services, and more
• A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives and making the most of the benefits of working remotely and purpose-driven in-person collaboration opportunities
• Access to our Healthcare Spending Account to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program and a Lifestyle Account that expands the eligibility of health and wellness options and can include coverage for gym memberships and fitness equipment, nutrition counselling or financial planning
• A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a top-up to 93% of their annual base salary for 31 weeks, and our parental leave program offers eligible employees a top-up to 93% of their annual base salary for 15 weeks
• A convenient, central location at 1 Dundas St West, easily accessible by public transit
• Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad learning program that includes both workshops and virtual learning. IO will also cover the costs associated with up to two membership and licence fees per year for eligible colleagues if directly related to the employee’s role
• $500 annual Healthcare Spending Account or Lifestyle Account

This posting will close on Tuesday April 25th at 11:59 pm

The salary range for this position is $129,100 to $193,700 with a corresponding job level of L3.

At Infrastructure Ontario, we strive to create a culture that encourages a diverse equitable and inclusive environment that fosters belonging. We believe that experience comes in many forms and through learning from each others’ differences and perspectives gives us strength. We are committed to enhancing our culture and encourage applications from all walks of life. Let us know if you require any accommodations for the selection process, by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team.

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This posting will close on Friday April 21, 2023 at 11:59 pm

The salary range for this position is $94,000 to $141,000 with a corresponding job level of P5.