Sr Legal Counsel (Nuclear and Infrastructure) EXEC 1 Salary: $147,000-$188,000
Closing date: August 8 2026
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The Sr Legal Counsel, Nuclear and Infrastructure is responsible to provide a wide range of legal advice and services to the international prime contract (IPC) business lines to promote trade between Canada and other countries, leads complex files, engages with a range of stakeholders, and provides strategic advice and services to the executive level to facilitate corporate planning, reporting, and governance
What you'll be doing - Provides strategic advice to the Vice-President, other senior executives, and the board on legal, business, and management issues,
- Provide legal review of complex nuclear and other infrastructure projects across their full lifecycle.
- Review, draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including joint venture agreements and subcontracts
- Prepares a range of submissions and briefs for external stakeholders (ministry and Treasury Board) on individual projects as well as overarching policy
- Participates in external stakeholder meetings, reviews, interprets, and negotiates contracts between exporter and buyer, and mitigates risk and liability for CCC
- Provides legal advice to officers, senior officials, and the board on individual projects as well as overarching policy and procedures
- Participates in negotiation and drafting of a variety of agreements of varying complexities, with a particular focus on unique or novel international infrastructure commercial transactions from initial steps to execution
- Leads and reviews legal documents and correspondence on a project-to-project basis to determine legality and adherence to guidelines and standards; recommends alternatives in cases of non-compliance to ensure legally acceptable decisions
What you'll bring to CCC - Completion of bachelor's degree
- Admission to the Law Society of Ontario or of another Province or Territory
- Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in commercial and corporate law
- Knowledge of issues, trends, best practices, and challenges related to core mandate and program area, infrastructure construction, commercial export operations, and international contracting
- Knowledge of office productivity software and databases, discipline-specific software, enterprise software, and technology devices
- Knowledge of relevant governing legislation, regulations, and guidelines
- Knowledge of relevant economic, political, legal, cultural, and social contexts of partners and stakeholders
- Bilingual in both Official Languages is strongly recommended.
What we will offer you- Competitive & transparent compensation package
- Comprehensive benefit program
- Defined-benefit pension plan
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- In-house learning and development opportunities
- Health and Wellness Allowances
- Career Growth Opportunities
- Free onsite fitness center
Check out Life at CCC for more!
Employee must be able to work in a hybrid work environment in Ottawa, ON. 
