CROWN COUNSEL

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The Ministry of the Attorney General, Civil Law Division - Transportation is seeking an experienced and team oriented, enthusiastic and dynamic lawyer who is well organized, a self-starter, and who can work in a fast-paced environment.

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About the job

Duties will include:

• Drafting, reviewing, revising, negotiating and registering real property and other transactional and permit related documents with third parties and providing related legal advice (including written and oral advice).
• Providing expertise and advice (including written and oral advice) for conveyancing staff and real property administration staff throughout the Ministry of Transportation.
• Providing legal services (including written and oral advice) on corporate commercial matters with a focus on: land interests and transactions, construction procurements and contracts, expropriation, construction litigation and dispute resolution.

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What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

Membership in good standing as a lawyer with the Law Society of Upper Canada

Knowledge and Skills

• Proven drafting skills, demonstrated experience and expertise in drafting, reviewing, and advising on a wide range of commercial real property transactions and documents as described above and experience negotiating such documents with sophisticated third parties.
• Demonstrated ability and experience in independently handling a significant volume of files as described above and leading and working effectively in a team environment with various program areas, counsel, articling students, and conveyancing staff and property administration staff across an organization with widespread and active property operations.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide advice to effectively deal with real property permitting issues and issues related to the successful closing and ongoing administration of sophisticated real property transactions.
• Knowledge and understanding of expropriation law and documents and processes applicable to land expropriation files, especially where the client is an expropriating authority.
• Demonstrated experience in and expertise with corporate and commercial matters including, but not limited to: drafting, reviewing, revising, advising on, and negotiating corporate and commercial documents in complex matters. These documents include: procurement documents, purchase and sale agreements and all other types of land transaction documents, OIC's, licence agreements, letters of intent, memoranda of understanding and consulting service agreements, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of applicable and relevant statutory provisions.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial issues.
• Demonstrated flexibility to adapt to a fast pace and changing work environment.
• Experience in handling urgent matters and working to strict deadlines in a busy and high-volume work environment.
• Proven computer skills.
• Demonstrated judgment and analytical ability.
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills.

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Additional information:

Note:

• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service Employment Screening Checks Policy, the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Please refer to the Additional Information / Address section above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
  
  You will be responsible for obtaining the criminal record check at your own expense and provide it, along with your written consent, to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), HR Service Delivery Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional screening checks as indicated in the Additional Information / Address section above that were not obtained directly by you. (Note: If a Vulnerable Sector Screening/Check is required, it must also be obtained in person at your local police service.)
  
  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.
• Your application and cover letter must be sent as an attachment in either MS Word (.doc, .docx), PDF (.pdf), Rich Text (.rtf) or Plain Text (.txt) format, less than 2MB in size and must not be password protected

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