Senior Legal Counsel
Apply NowCompany: Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Location: Calgary, AB T1Y 7M8
Description:
CLOSING DATE:
April 22, 2025
Opportunity
AIMCo is seeking a responsive and client focused Senior Legal Counsel to join our Real Estate and Mortgages Legal Team with the ability to also support our Private Markets Legal Team. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel & Managing Director, Real Estate & Mortgages, you will provide a breadth of legal advice and assistance with respect to all aspects of AIMCo's business.
To be successful in this role, you will enjoy a challenging and dynamic work environment, with an emphasis on client service. Complementing this, you are enthusiastic about working as a member of a collegial and tight-knit team that emphasizes day-to-day collaboration.
"This position is open to candidates who are willing to relocate to Alberta, and we encourage all interested individuals to apply."
Responsibilities:
Our Ideal Candidate Qualifications:
Note: This position will close 11:59 MST on April 22, 2025
Next Steps
We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.
Final candidates will be asked to undergo a security screening, which includes a credit bureau and a criminal record investigation, the results of which must be acceptable to AIMCo.
ALERT - Be on the lookout for AIMCo career opportunities advertised through third parties that request an application fee or too much information. To verify, all opportunities are posted on aimco.ca/jobs
Just like our investments, our international team is stronger when we are diversified. At AIMCo, we draw upon the differences in who we are, where we come from, and the way we think to foster sophisticated solutions for Albertans. Doing business the right way means building an equitable organization inclusive of all races, genders, ages, abilities, religions, neurodiversity, identities, and lived experiences. Simply put, when you can show up as your authentic self every day, you and your team can truly thrive - all in service of our clients and their beneficiaries.
April 22, 2025
Opportunity
AIMCo is seeking a responsive and client focused Senior Legal Counsel to join our Real Estate and Mortgages Legal Team with the ability to also support our Private Markets Legal Team. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel & Managing Director, Real Estate & Mortgages, you will provide a breadth of legal advice and assistance with respect to all aspects of AIMCo's business.
To be successful in this role, you will enjoy a challenging and dynamic work environment, with an emphasis on client service. Complementing this, you are enthusiastic about working as a member of a collegial and tight-knit team that emphasizes day-to-day collaboration.
"This position is open to candidates who are willing to relocate to Alberta, and we encourage all interested individuals to apply."
Responsibilities:
- Primary duties will include providing legal support to the real estate and mortgages asset classes with respect to the following:
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating, joint venture, development management, asset management, property management and construction management agreements.
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating confidentiality agreements, listing agreements, letters of intent, purchase and sale agreements and related closing documents for property acquisitions and dispositions.
- Reviewing and negotiating financing and security documents, with AIMCo as lender or borrower.
- Ensuring compliance with mortgage and lending regulations, including licensing, anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing procedures.
- Day-to-day legal support for a variety of different asset management needs.
- Providing expert legal support for investment activities, within and outside of Canada, including: reviewing, negotiating and drafting agreements and related documents; establishing and managing transaction project plans; reviewing and assessing issues arising from due diligence; and advising on investment structures.
- Supporting the organization on a broad range of organizational demands and legal matters, including AIMCo's Enterprise function on various policy matters.
- Instructing and managing external counsel with respect to investment transactions, commercial contracts, client and regulatory matters across multiple jurisdictions.
- Acting as a trusted advisor to the business units to assess and mitigate various legal risks.
Our Ideal Candidate Qualifications:
- 8+ years post-call experience in a broad range of real estate, financing, M&A, or corporate/commercial matters gained at a major law firm or as in house counsel.
- Proven track record supporting and/or leading investment transactions.
- Law degree (J.D. or LL.B.) from an accredited law school.
- Called to the Alberta Bar and member in good standing with the Law Society of Alberta.
- Excellent legal and business judgment.
- Excellent written and oral communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts and conclusions into a language applicable to the targeted audience.
- Well-established interpersonal relationship-building skills and an ability to work both independently and collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Highly motivated team player with a proven ability to manage several different priorities at one time, including under tight timelines.
- Demonstrates a strong commitment to AIMCo's core values of excellence, transparency, humility, integrity, and collaboration, and inspiring the same in others.
Note: This position will close 11:59 MST on April 22, 2025
Next Steps
We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.
Final candidates will be asked to undergo a security screening, which includes a credit bureau and a criminal record investigation, the results of which must be acceptable to AIMCo.
ALERT - Be on the lookout for AIMCo career opportunities advertised through third parties that request an application fee or too much information. To verify, all opportunities are posted on aimco.ca/jobs
Just like our investments, our international team is stronger when we are diversified. At AIMCo, we draw upon the differences in who we are, where we come from, and the way we think to foster sophisticated solutions for Albertans. Doing business the right way means building an equitable organization inclusive of all races, genders, ages, abilities, religions, neurodiversity, identities, and lived experiences. Simply put, when you can show up as your authentic self every day, you and your team can truly thrive - all in service of our clients and their beneficiaries.