Senior Legal Counsel, Banking/Finance

Job summary

The role involves managing complex, high-profile Indigenous equity and infrastructure transactions across the energy and natural resources sectors. The counsel will work closely with senior leadership on landmark transactions to support economic participation and nation-building initiatives.

Job details

Downtown Toronto (Hybrid) | 8+ years We’re partnering with a mission-driven national government organization to recruit a Legal Counsel for a dynamic banking and finance role based in Toronto. This is a unique opportunity to work on complex, high-profile Indigenous equity and infrastructure transactions across sectors including energy, natural resources and major projects. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in banking/finance, project finance or sophisticated transactional work from a leading Bay Street or in-house environment. The role offers significant visibility with senior leadership, exposure to landmark transactions, mentorship from a highly regarded legal executive, and the chance to contribute meaningfully to economic participation and nation-building initiatives - all within a collaborative culture that offers greater balance. To learn more, please email your CV to Orit Sinai at osinai@zsa.ca. Ref. #LI34376. The recruiting efforts for this role are intended to fill a vacant position.

What you’ll do

The role involves managing complex, high-profile Indigenous equity and infrastructure transactions across the energy and natural resources sectors. The counsel will work closely with senior leadership on landmark transactions to support economic participation and nation-building initiatives.

Requirements

Candidates must have over 8 years of experience in banking, finance, or sophisticated transactional work. Experience from a leading Bay Street law firm or a high-level in-house environment is required.

Listed skills

• Project finance · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Banking
• Finance
• Project Finance
• Transactional Law
• Infrastructure Transactions
• Legal Counseling

Job areas

• Legal
• Finance & Accounting
• Government & Public Sector
• Energy
• Management & Leadership