Legal Counsel at People Capacity Management

Job Responsibilities

• Working with core investment teams on required deal structuring input
• Reviewing all related draft memoranda and agreements
• Support with negotiating agreements
• Providing needed legal input along the Investment Making process at the Firm’s operating companies
• Analysis and development of key legal learning on past and current deals to serve as precedents to the firm.
• Interfacing with external counsel as may be required
• Oversight and quality control of work done by external counsel
• Managing the value received from external counsel engagements
• Supporting with on-going legal input to internal functions and projects
• Stress testing by periodically evaluating the Firm’s ongoing compliance with legal, regulatory and commercial obligations
• Developing and codifying L&C’s Operating Policies and Manuals
• Developing and maintaining L&C’s legal resource centre (hard & electronic)
• Business development support: information/relationships leverage, etc to pursue/convert opportunities.

Job Requirements

• B.Sc Degree
• 8 to 10 years full time relevant corporate experience as a transaction lawyer (advisory, structuring, contract drafting and negotiations)
• In-house and / or law firm practice experience primarily in M&A and private equity/ venture capital or investment transactions
• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills
• Ability to be the primary in-house attorney on certain projects, including handling multiple simultaneous transactions or projects
• Superior interpersonal skills and team-first attitude
• Sound and practical business judgment
• Excellent communication and business writing skills
• Strong decision-making abilities, attention to detail, and ability to give guidance in a timely manner
• Initiative, creativity, proactive and solution driven thinking.
• Models/maintains unwavering standards of ethics, conduct and organizational policies.
• Ability to work well independently and in a team setting.