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About the Role
Manulife seeks a Managing Director, Assistant Chief Counsel to partner with front-office and business teams globally, supporting asset origination, management, and corporate initiatives. The role requires deep knowledge of fixed income transactions and acting as a trusted advisor to develop prudent, creative solutions.
Responsibilities
- Partner with internal business teams to analyze and structure investment opportunities
- Review, analyze and negotiate deal documents
- Manage transaction processes from origination through closing
- Support existing portfolio investments, including review of amendments, consents, workouts, prepayments and regulatory matters
- Direct outside counsel in connection with transactions and other investment matters
- Keep abreast of legal, regulatory and market developments
- Apply legal principles in a practical way to support and protect the company from a variety of risks
- Provide general corporate advice to support the organizations investment businesses and operations
Requirements
- Juris Doctor with 8+ years meaningful experience
- Licensed (or eligible to be licensed) to practice law in Ontario
- Prior work experience at a major law firm and/or in a corporate environment
- Integrity, collegiality, team orientation, and professionalism
- Strong analytical abilities, excellent judgment and outstanding communication skills
- Ability to work optimally with clients and colleagues remotely across multiple time zones
- Adaptability to shifting demands in an evolving environment
- 8+ years of meaningful transactional legal experience involving the structuring, negotiation and managing of complex private debt transactions, in particular private placement notes, project finance, private credit and investments across a variety of industries
- Deep knowledge of fixed income transactions of various types
- Experience in cross-border transactions, regulated industries and/or workouts and restructurings improves any candidacy
Skills
- Transactional legal experience
- Structuring private debt transactions
- Negotiating private debt transactions
- Managing private debt transactions
- Private placement notes
- Project finance
- Private credit
- Fixed income transactions
- Cross-border transactions
- Workouts and restructurings
- Legal advisory
- Problem-solving
- Analytical abilities
- Judgment
- Communication skills
- Remote collaboration
Location
- Toronto, Ontario
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Education Level
- Juris Doctor
Salary/Compensations
- $129,800.00 CAD - $241,200.00 CAD
Benefits
- Opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation
- Health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage
- Adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits
- Employee/family assistance plans
- Retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
- Financial education and counseling resources
- Holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days
- Full range of statutory leaves of absence
About the Company
- Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better.
- Visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html for more information.
Equal Opportunity
- Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer
- We embrace our diversity.
- We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals.
- We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.
- It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment.
- A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process.
- All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies.
- To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact hr@manulife.com.