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About the Role
Provide strategic legal advice on complex private markets transactions and asset management matters, supporting investment decisions across CPP Investments’ North American Real Assets strategies. Partner with senior leadership, investment teams and external counsel to navigate legal and regulatory considerations, manage risk and deliver practical, commercially informed solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead legal advice on complex private markets transactions and asset management matters, including structuring, negotiations, governance, regulatory considerations and risk allocation.
- Partner with investment teams across North American Real Assets strategies to provide practical, commercially informed legal guidance.
- Advise on complex investment structures, including consortium and co-investment arrangements, fund and sponsor relationships, financing, control rights, downside protection and exit considerations.
- Engage and collaborate with external counsel on transactional, asset management and broader institutional legal matters.
- Provide strategic legal advice on investment-related projects with Group- or Department-level impacts.
- Anticipate, identify and manage legal and regulatory risks associated with evolving investment strategies, activities and regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to Legal Department and organization-wide initiatives, including policies, procedures, systems, training and cross-functional projects.
Requirements
- Qualification to practice law in Ontario or an equivalent common law jurisdiction.
- 7+ years of post-qualification transactional legal experience at a major international law firm or within an in-house corporate or financial investor legal department.
- Significant international private markets transactional experience, with expertise in M&A, real assets, private equity or investment funds.
- Strong understanding of complex investment structures, governance, asset management and regulatory considerations, with the ability to evaluate interconnected legal and commercial risks.
- Sound legal and commercial judgment, including the ability to assess unfamiliar structures, distinguish material risks and provide practical recommendations in ambiguous situations.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with experience advising senior stakeholders and constructively engaging external counsel.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and make informed decisions in a dynamic, time-sensitive environment.
- A collaborative approach, intellectual flexibility and a commitment to professional integrity, ethical conduct and CPP Investments’ high standards.
- Motivated to contribute to something larger than yourself, approach complex challenges with rigor, and hold yourself to high standards in a collaborative, performance-driven environment.
Skills
- M&A
- Real assets
- Private equity
- Investment funds
- Complex investment structures
- Governance
- Asset management
- Regulatory considerations
- Legal and commercial risk evaluation
- Legal and commercial judgment
- Communication
- Relationship-building
- Advising senior stakeholders
- Engaging external counsel
- Independent work
- Priority management
- Decision-making
- Collaboration
- Intellectual flexibility
- Professional integrity
- Ethical conduct
Location
- North America
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 7+ years post-qualification transactional legal experience
Education Level
- Law degree
- Qualification to practice law in Ontario or an equivalent common law jurisdiction
Benefits
- Cutting-edge AI tools
- Dedicated learning time
- Practical support
About the Company
- CPP Investments is one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors.
- We have a long-term horizon and global reach, deploying capital at scale across public and private markets.
- Our size, stability, and disciplined investment philosophy allow us to pursue complex opportunities and build enduring partnerships worldwide.
- CPP Investments’ Legal Department provides strategic legal advice and guidance to support investment activities, manage legal and regulatory risks, and enable sound decision-making consistent with our Guiding Principles and investment mandate.
- We are committed to equitable access to employment and building a workforce that reflects diverse talent and perspectives.
- CPP Investments is committed to a secure and transparent recruitment process.
- CPP Investments may use AI tools to help screen and assess applicants by analyzing resumes and applications for relevant skills and experience. These tools support, but do not replace, human decision-making.
Equal Opportunity
- CPP Investments is committed to equitable access to employment and building a workforce that reflects diverse talent and perspectives. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.