Senior Legal Counsel, La Caisse
Global institutional asset manager
Posted today
Global institutional asset manager
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
To achieve optimal financial returns and contribute through its activities to the vitality of the economy while safeguarding the capital under management.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a bright, motivated commercial problem-solver who is willing to partner with the business to drive execution and provide sound guidance all throughout the investment cycle
- Strong drafting and communication skills
- Ability to explain complex legal concepts in clear and practical terms
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment
- Commercial mindset and ability to use legal skills to achieve practical outcomes
- Strong professional judgement to identify key issues and risks beyond legal ones (e.g. reputational and commercial)
- Ability and desire to grow your skills beyond your current areas of expertise
- Ability to collaborate with professionals from different disciplines and work cultures across various geographies
- Ability to work independently
- Full professional proficiency in English and French, both spoken and written
- Three (3) to five (5) years of PQE (indicative) gained in an international law firm and/or an institutional investor (including secondment experience)
- Experience in corporate, M&A (private equity) and infrastructure transactions (including in the energy/renewables, transportation, health and technology sectors) is essential
- Strong cross-border transactional experience across Europe with the UK and France being of particular interest
- Experience in fund investments, particularly LPA and side letter negotiation, an asset
- Experience in real estate investments, an asset
- Experience in managing external attorneys and legal professionals, an asset
- Familiarity with legal AI tools, an asset
- Knowledge of any other European language, an asset
- Availability for international travel is preferred
- If you’re interested in this job but you don’t meet all the criteria, apply anyway!
What the job involves
- Within the European Legal affairs team based in London, the Senior Legal Counsel will primarily support the Europe investment teams in London and Paris on acquisition, disposition, and portfolio management mandates across infrastructure, private equity and real estate asset classes
- This role is heavily transaction-focused
- Assisting the investment teams, primarily in Europe, in the negotiation, structuring and execution of complex cross-border M&A transactions in infrastructure, private equity and real estate (in industries such as energy/renewables, financial services, health and technology)
- Proactively collaborating with investment teams to identify issues and mitigate risks in post-investment support of portfolio companies, investment platforms and their respective follow-on/build-up investments and related financings
- Collaborating across multiple offices with internal functions such as Tax, Risk and Public Affairs, to ensure consistent application of La Caisse’s policies across its portfolio holdings
- Ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including antitrust, foreign investment, corporate governance and ABC/AML, as well as La Caisse’s constating legislation: the Act respecting the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Application process
- End Date: October 9, 2026
Salary benchmarks
Our take
La Caisse (formerly CDPQ) is a global investment group that manages funds for public retirement and insurance plans. By investing constructive capital in private equity, equity markets, private credit, infrastructure, and real estate, La Caisse positions enterprises to succeed.
La Caisse's contribution to the growth of companies and the Québec economy, which has long been its niche within the market, goes beyond dollar amounts. Due to its long-standing commitment to sustainable investing, the company's stood the test of time by creating long-term returns for its clients.
Looking forward, the company is set on expanding its efforts to drive up returns offshore. To do so, it has plans to bolster its European portfolio by continuing to invest in the UK, primarily given its “pro-business” stance, and France, but is also starting to look towards other European countries, including Germany, Spain, and those in the Nordic region.
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Company HQ
Haute-Ville, Québec, QC
Leadership
Charles Emond
(President & CEO)Previously served as Head of Private Equity & Strategic Planning for CDPQ. Experience as Executive Vice President of Finance for Scotiabank, Manager of Mergers & Acquisitions for PwC and as a Partner for Grant Thornton LLP.
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