Director, Legal

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability for generations of working and retired Canadians.

CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
• A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
• An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives

If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here.

Job Description

CPP Investments is seeking a Director, legal to join our Investment Legal team with a focus on supporting public markets investing activities, including investments in hedge funds, public markets securities and related products. This role is positioned at the critical intersection of law, investment strategy, investment execution and commercial negotiation. Based in Toronto, the successful candidate will report to a Managing Director in the Legal Department.

The successful candidate will bring deep expertise from the hedge fund, prime brokerage, or fund management world to provide strategic, commercial, and solutions-oriented legal support. This includes advising on fund and investment vehicle structuring, fee and term negotiations, securities law issues, trading relationships, and investment implementation to help deliver on CPP Investments’ mandate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the investment legal advisor to CPP Investments’ capital markets investment groups, working closely with investment professionals on complex investments and investment structures.
• Provide legal and strategic guidance on relationships with external managers and other counterparties, with a focus on hedge funds, including investment structuring decisions, terms, fee arrangements, and governance considerations.
• Provide legal and strategic guidance on public markets investments and trading.
• Lead investment teams through the efficient execution of investments while managing legal risks and aligning with internal standards and market practice.
• Anticipate and solve for legal issues in hedge fund and public market investing, applying logic, creativity, and a commercial mindset.
• Monitor evolving regulatory developments affecting hedge funds, derivatives, and global capital markets, and provide practical input to internal stakeholders.
• Lead or contribute to organization-wide initiatives related to legal policy, risk management, and cross-functional coordination.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with external counsel, ensuring consistent, high-quality support and efficient execution.

Qualifications

• LL.B./LL.M. or JD required; Canadian or U.S. qualification preferred.
• At least 10 years of relevant legal experience in a leading law firm or in-house legal team at an asset manager or hedge fund platform.
• Deep knowledge of hedge fund structures, securities law, derivatives, prime brokerage, and fund governance.
• Proven ability to offer practical, strategic legal advice that balances risk, commercial objectives, and investment strategy.
• Strong execution skills, with experience coordinating complex transactions and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a high-performance, fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence, guide, and partner effectively at all levels.
• Creative thinker with excellent judgment, attention to detail, and a strong sense of ownership.

Additional Information

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.

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