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About the Role
Provide comprehensive commercial real estate due diligence, conveyancing, acquisition and disposition transactional support, and risk management advice for the Government’s General Real Estate Portfolio, Forfeited Corporate Properties, and Development initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice and support on complex legal matters in commercial real estate, land assembly, planning, property development, and related transactions.
- Advise on the application of the MOI Act, OILC Act, and relevant regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Review file documents, consider external advice, develop strategies, and obtain required approvals.
- Ensure corporate compliance with legislation and Infrastructure Ontario policies and procedures.
- Contribute to strategy development.
- Provide legal support to internal stakeholders.
- Provide litigation support to business units.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience practicing law in commercial real estate, with a focus on dispositions, acquisitions, planning, and development related to master-planned communities.
- Demonstrated experience conducting title reviews and preparing title reports.
- Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.
- Knowledge of commercial real estate, land development, property, and land management.
- Proven strategic and innovative thinking.
- Demonstrated experience drafting, negotiating, and executing land use, land assembly, commercial agreements, complex commercial real estate transactions, and related development matters.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation pertinent to Infrastructure Ontario's business.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to communicate complex legal issues clearly to non-legal audiences.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Ability to understand business issues quickly and exercise good judgment.
- Ability to provide timely and practical legal advice.
- Ability to work effectively in a team-based environment.
Skills
- Commercial real estate law
- Land assembly
- Planning law
- Property development
- Real estate transactions
- Risk management
- Title review
- Legal advice
- Negotiation
- Communication
- Relationship building
Location
- Ontario
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Up to 6 years of experience as a licensed lawyer in Ontario (for Legal Counsel L1)
- More than 6 years of experience as a licensed lawyer in Ontario (for Senior Legal Counsel L2)
Education Level
- University degree in Law (LLB or JD)
- Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario
Salary/Compensations
- Legal (L1) Hiring Range: $125,000 to $169,100
- Legal (L2) Hiring Range: $142,000 to $192,100
About the Company
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO) is an Ontario crown corporation that provides services to modernize and maximize the value of public infrastructure and realty.
- IO has domestic and international recognition for its success in major projects, real estate services, infrastructure lending, commercial projects, and development.
- IO delivers complex and ambitious commercial and land development solutions for the Province.
- IO continuously evolves and expands its capabilities to maximize public impact and create a connected, modern, and competitive Ontario.
Equal Opportunity
- Infrastructure Ontario strives to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment that fosters belonging.
- We believe experience comes in many forms and that learning from differences and perspectives strengthens us.
- We are committed to enhancing our culture and encourage applications from all walks of life.
- Accommodations for the selection process are available upon request.
- Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply.
- Lived experience will be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.
- AI is used in the applicant tracking system to improve efficiency and fairness; applications are reviewed by both AI and the hiring team.
- Final hiring decisions are made solely by the experienced hiring team.