Business Immigration Lawyer
City of Position: Halifax
Size of Company: 50 - 200 people
June 24, 2026
In-house counsel
June 29, 2026
We are working with the Building Ontario Fund (“BOF”), a provincial Crown agency backed by $8 billion in seed funding, in search of a Senior Legal Counsel to join its growing Investment Legal team in Toronto.
This is a unique opportunity to join BOF at an exciting stage of growth and play a lead role on complex, high-profile infrastructure financing transactions across the energy, transportation, affordable housing, long-term care, critical minerals, and municipal/community infrastructure sectors.
Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, the successful candidate will act as the in-house legal lead on sophisticated debt/equity financing of infrastructure and real estate transactions, manage external counsel, negotiate complex bespoke agreements, and provide commercially minded advice to internal stakeholders and senior leadership.
The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of relevant experience gained in a leading law firm or sophisticated in-house environment, ideally with exposure to project finance, infrastructure, banking and finance, debt/equity financing, or real estate finance matters. Prior infrastructure or public sector experience is an asset, but not required.
This is a fully in-office role based in downtown Toronto (steps from Union Station) and offers competitive compensation and bonus package.
For further details on this opportunity, please contact Christopher Sweeney at [email protected]. Kindly direct all inquiries and applications through ZSA Legal Recruitment. Ref. #A34389.
This is an exclusive search with ZSA Legal Recruitment. All CVs sent to Building Ontario Fund will be redirected to ZSA for review.
ZSA Legal Recruitment is Canada’s largest national legal recruitment firm specializing in the headhunting, recruitment and placement of lawyers, legal support staff and law firm management. Trusted by law firms and companies across Canada, ZSA serves as a strategic recruitment partner and advisor—supporting clients in hiring lawyers for private practice roles as well as in‑house counsel and legal leaders for corporate legal teams. Our experienced legal recruiters and former lawyers use proven search techniques and deep market insight to deliver exceptional results for both clients and candidates. ZSA is the founder of some of Canada’s most prestigious legal gatherings, including the Canadian General Counsel Awards, Western Canada General Counsel Awards, Québec General Counsel Awards, and the exclusive Quorum Club—celebrating excellence in legal leadership nationwide for over 20 years.
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