Senior Litigation Associate - Administrative and Public Law
WeirFoulds is seeking a senior litigation associate to join our thriving Regulatory Practice Group. The ideal candidate will have:
- 5-8 years of civil litigation experience, from either private practice or in house, including hearing experience and administrative / public law experience
- Significant experience with professional regulation matters and working with regulatory bodies
- Strong technical, legal, research and drafting skills combined with excellent organization skills
- Demonstrated strengths in entrepreneurialism including client service, client relationships and client development
- Ability to work with lawyers at all levels and be a team player
- Able to balance competing demands as well as being self-motivated, innovative and flexible
- Ability to manage document intensive files
- Confidence to manage files and clients independently
- Excellent academic credentials
The successful candidate will work with our experienced team of lawyers on a variety of challenging and diverse civil litigation and administrative and public law matters including professional regulation and discipline cases, judicial reviews of government and regulatory decision-making, human rights, and access to information and privacy matters. Our lawyers represent professional regulatory colleges, regulatory authorities, universities, Crown corporations, owner-managed businesses, and private foundations.
Please submit your application online, including a cover letter, resume and transcripts.
This is a new position.