Reporting to the Director, Legal, the successful candidate’s responsibilities will include a wide variety of corporate and commercial transactions and matters including corporate agreements, customer and supply contracts, mergers and acquisitions and special projects.

Responsibilities:

• Working with the business and technical teams in negotiating and drafting of contracts and working with outside counsel on a variety of more complex matters. 
• This individual will also work with outside counsel on a variety of more complex matters.
• Work with cross-functional in-house teams to proactively identify and address key legal issues.
• Support the general management of legal risk in Ballard’s operations. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Laws/Juris Doctor degree and member in good standing of the Law Society of BC
• 5+ years’ post-call relevant work experience obtained in private practice and/or as in-house counsel
• Solid grounding in corporate commercial matters
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and drafting complex and multi-faceted agreements
• Experience with international and cross-border transactions

Assets:

• In-house legal experience
• Ability to understand general business operations, issues and dynamics beyond the scope of basic legal issues
• Ability to communicate effectively with members of other departments in order to support their functions as well as to assist them in supporting the Legal team
• Driven and self-motivated with a strong desire for learning
• Extremely organized with a strong sense of priority, urgency and commitment to deadlines
• Exceptional writing skills
• Ability to manage a heavy workload and prioritize multiple projects
• Ability to work independently while functioning well in a team environment