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Senior Business Lawyer – Regional Firm

Laval

Job Description

Job Description

Vortex Strategy & Recruitment is actively seeking a Business Lawyer with 8 to 10 years of experience on behalf of its client, a fast-growing law firm based in Laval.

By joining this rapidly expanding practice group, you will play a key role in the growth and consolidation of the team while actively contributing to the development of a sustainable client base for the firm. Depending on your level of experience and the transferable clientele you are able to bring, a partnership opportunity may be considered within your first year.

With this in mind, we are looking to recruit a lawyer who ideally possesses a transferable client base, as well as a junior associate interested in joining a dynamic and growing organization. While a transferable clientele is considered a strong asset, it is not essential for the position. Furthermore, if the candidate wishes to be accompanied by a junior associate with whom they already work, the firm would be pleased to welcome that individual as part of the team.

Your Role and Responsibilities

  • Advise clients on the implementation of complex corporate structures;

  • Participate in mergers and acquisitions transactions, whether asset-based or share-based;

  • Manage corporate arrangement, reorganization, and restructuring files;

  • Negotiate, draft, and review various commercial agreements;

  • Negotiate and implement shareholder and investor agreements;

  • Provide strategic advice to local and provincial businesses in connection with private financing transactions of all kinds (traditional debt, convertible debt, or equity investments);

  • Lead commercial real estate law files, including commercial lease negotiations, real estate transactions, and franchise matters;

  • Manage a portfolio of more than 450 corporations;

  • Contribute to the development of new business opportunities and clients;

  • Act as a leader at the head of this exponentially growing practice.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in business law within a law firm environment;

  • Member in good standing of the Quebec Bar;

  • Ability to manage multiple files across various areas of business law;

  • Excellent drafting and information synthesis skills;

  • Fully bilingual (spoken and written French and English);

  • Demonstrated autonomy, confidence, rigor, dynamism, empathy, and strong interpersonal skills.

  • We are looking for someone who shares the following values: respect, excellence, ethics, collaboration, and enjoyment at work.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary based on your professional experience;

  • Group insurance plan with employer contribution;

  • Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan (VRSP);

  • Performance bonuses;

  • Hybrid work model;

  • Professional development program (Mentorship);

  • Business development program;

  • Health spending account;

  • Free parking.