Junior Associate, Business Law

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Your Opportunity
BDO Law LLP is seeking an experienced junior M&A lawyer to join our growing transactional practice. This is an opportunity to work within a highly collaborative alternative legal services environment, advising sophisticated clients on complex domestic and cross-border transactions alongside a multidisciplinary professional services team. You will play a central role in executing transactions, managing work streams, and contributing meaningfully to client strategy and delivery.

This is for existing vacancy where the successful candidate will own the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities

Lead key work streams in M&A transactions, including share and asset acquisitions, divestitures, management buyouts, minority investments, and cross-border transactions

Draft, review, and negotiate principal transaction documents, including purchase and sale agreements, shareholders’ agreements, subscription agreements, joint venture agreements, disclosure schedules, and ancillary closing documentation

Coordinate and manage due diligence processes, including supervising data room reviews, identifying material risks, and translating findings into actionable advice and deal protections

Advise on transaction structuring considerations, including tax‑driven reorganizations, pre‑closing restructurings, and post‑closing integration matters

Support debt and equity financing transactions, including private placements and lender‑side or borrower‑side documentation

Provide pragmatic advice on corporate governance matters arising in transactional and post‑closing contexts

Manage transaction timelines, closing mechanics, and stakeholder coordination, including accountants, tax advisors, and internal BDO professionals

Supervise and mentor junior associates and corporate law clerks, ensuring high‑quality and efficient work product

Contribute to client relationship management and proposal development, including scoping mandates, budgeting, and staffing

Build and maintain strong internal relationships across BDO Canada’s service lines, supporting integrated client solutions

How We Define Success In This Role

You demonstrate sound technical judgment and commercial awareness in structuring and executing transactions

Clients and colleagues regard you as reliable, detail‑oriented, and solutions‑focused

You proactively identify transaction risks and propose practical mitigation strategies

You manage discrete transaction components independently while escalating strategic issues appropriately

You contribute to an inclusive, high‑performance team culture

You embrace innovation and leverage technology to enhance transaction execution and knowledge management

You actively pursue professional development and deepen your M&A expertise

Your Experience And Qualifications

Member in good standing with the Law Society in your relevant jurisdiction

3–6 years of focused experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions at a recognized law firm

Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating transaction documents with increasing autonomy

Strong understanding of transactional due diligence processes and risk allocation mechanics

Exposure to cross‑border transactions and/or tax‑driven reorganizations is an asset

Excellent drafting skills with strong attention to precision, structure, and clarity

Commercially minded with the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives

Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple concurrent transactions

Highly collaborative and comfortable working within cross‑functional teams

The expected range of compensation for this role is: $110,000 - $160,000

Everyone Counts
We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation.

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