Senior Legal Counsel, M&A (Americas)

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Le Sud-Ouest, Montréal, QC, CAN
In-Office
Professional Services
The Role

Job Description

Overview

You will provide hands-on legal support for mergers and acquisitions mostly across the Americas. Based in Montreal and reporting to the Vice-President, Legal – Global M&A, you will deliver expert counsel ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and risk management standards. And above all, you will join a high‑performing, highly committed team of good people who genuinely enjoy their work while advancing AtkinsRéalis’ growth through premium transactions.

Your role
  • Support identification and evaluation of M&A opportunities, mostly in the Americas region.
  • Execute M&A transactions mostly within the Americas region.
  • Coordinate with external law firms on transaction-specific matters, ensuring efficient management of legal resources for Americas deals.
  • Collaborate with internal legal teams and other experts to leverage regional expertise and for integration planning.
  • Contribute to the collection and sharing of legal M&A lessons learned and best practices, and assist in the development of deal templates and playbooks.
About you
  • Strong academic credentials with law degree from a recognized institution; member in good standing of a bar in Canada or relevant U.S./Latin American jurisdiction.
  • Bilingualism (French & English) *
  • 5-8 years of legal experience, ideally with a combination of law firm training and in-house experience with a focus on M&A and corporate transactions.
  • Demonstrated experience participating in M&A deal structuring, execution, negotiation, and documentation, preferably with transactions in the United States.
  • Strategic understanding of business management and the ability to contribute to commercial, business, and risk issues through the legal lens.
  • Strong financial acumen and detail-oriented and analytical abilities.
  • Superior organizational and project management skills.
  • The role is based in Montreal and offers the possibility of a hybrid work arrangement, combining in-office and remote work.

*  More than 80% of the workload is for outside Québec: This position requires knowledge of a language other than French, namely English, as more than 80% of the workload is intended for clients, partners, or projects located outside Québec.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

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Job TypeRegular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.  

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