General Counsel

Now hiring! General Counsel

Calgary, AB (Hybrid)

We are looking for a General Counsel to join our Agricultural Solutions team in Calgary, AB.

Come create chemistry with us!

BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division connects innovation, customers, partners and agricultural experts and integrates sustainability criteria into all business decisions. We help farmers deliver the best possible outcomes, working to achieve the balance between economic, environmental and social value creation for sustainable and efficient agriculture.

As a key member of the Agricultural Solutions Canada Leadership Team and the Global Agricultural Solutions legal Core Team, the General Counsel plays a critical role in guiding our legal strategy, ensuring compliance, and enabling business success across Canada. This position reports operationally to the Vice President and Global Division General Counsel, Agricultural Solutions, and administratively to the Vice President, Agricultural Solutions Canada. The General Counsel leads the Agricultural Solutions Canada Legal team and serves as a trusted advisor, helping the organization achieve its strategic and operational goals while upholding the highest standards of legal and ethical integrity.

As a General Counsel, you create chemistry by…

• Serving as the principal legal advisor and providing proactive, solution-oriented counsel on diverse legal and business matters while aligning legal strategy with Agricultural Solutions Canada’s business priorities and risk profile.
• Actively contributing to strategic planning and decision-making, ensuring legal considerations are being embedded in all business initiatives.
• Overseeing corporate governance, supporting the Board of Directors, preparing and managing board materials, advising on fiduciary duties, and ensuring compliance with governance obligations for Agricultural Solutions Canada.
• Serving as the First Line of Defense Compliance Officer, supporting the Agricultural Solutions Canada Board of Directors in ensuring compliance with Canadian laws and internal policies, while liaising with the Chief Compliance Officer and the Compliance Community to implement and monitor compliance programs, training, and reporting.
• Providing ongoing legal guidance on employment-related matters—such as recruitment, contracts, workplace policies, terminations, and employee relations—in collaboration with the Country Employment Attorney, while supporting the Agricultural Solutions Canada Board of Directors and the HR team in ensuring compliance with provincial and federal employment legislation, including occupational health and safety, human rights, and privacy laws, and advising on labour relations and collective bargaining where applicable.
• Identifying and mitigating legal and regulatory risks across all areas of the business, while overseeing litigation and dispute resolution—including managing external counsel and legal budgets—and developing and maintaining protocols for crisis management and ongoing legal risk mitigation.
• Leading or overseeing the negotiation and drafting of complex commercial agreements—including supply, distribution, licensing, joint ventures, and M&A—while providing legal support for marketing, advertising, and product claims to ensure ongoing compliance with Canadian competition and advertising laws.
• Leading and developing the Agricultural Solutions Canada Legal team by fostering a collaborative, high-performing, and inclusive culture, while promoting continuous learning and ongoing professional development within the legal function.
• Overseeing the legal department budget and external counsel spend in alignment with Agricultural Solutions Legal budgets, while implementing strategies for efficient use of external legal resources—including preferred counsel programs and performance metrics.

If you have…

• A law degree and membership in good standing with the Bar of a Canadian province (Alberta preferred but not required).
• Minimum 15 years of legal experience, including significant experience in commercial negotiation and drafting.
• Broad legal expertise in corporate/commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, competition law, marketing and advertising, litigation, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance.
• Experience in the agriculture industry, particularly in areas such as crop protection, seed and trait technologies, seed treatment, agri-tech innovation, or biotechnology, is considered a strong asset.
• Strong business acumen and ability to provide pragmatic, risk-balanced legal advice.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives and lead within a matrixed organization.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative and empathetic Agricultural Solutions approach.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through change, drive results, and build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Bilingualism (English/French) is considered an asset.

Create your own chemistry with you@BASF

Adding value to our customers begins with adding value to you. you@BASF is the suite of benefits, perks, programs and unique opportunities we offer to support you – the whole you – in all stages of your life and career. With you@BASF, you create your own chemistry.

The total rewards that you receive as a BASF employee go way beyond a paycheck. From competitive health and insurance plans to robust retirement benefits that include company-matching contributions, to making sure you never stop learning, we believe investing in you is investing in our success. Working for a large, global organization, you’ll have a chance to grow professionally and personally, expand your network and build a rewarding and dynamic career. We also provide engaging learning and development opportunities to help you make the most of your talents and your role.

About us

As the world’s leading chemical company, we have been finding solutions for your everyday needs and addressing the most complex economic, environmental, and sustainability challenges for more than 150 years!

We constantly strive to become an even better workplace. As a result of our commitment to our employees, BASF has earned various awards, including being recognized by Mediacorp in 2025 as one of Canada’s Top Employers for eleventh consecutive year, one of the Greater Toronto Area’s Top Employers for the twelfth year in a row, and twice being named one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People and Best Diversity Employers.

We provide a fulfilling work environment with a strong emphasis on the physical and psychological safety of our employees and the communities we operate in. We are always working to form the best team with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion and through lifelong learning and development.

Belong to Something Bigger. #belongatBASF

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