Junior Associate, Business Law

BDO • Toronto, ON

71d • $110,000 - $160,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth. 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 workstreams, and contributing meaningfully to client strategy and delivery. This is for existing vacancy where the successful candidate will own the following responsibilities:

Requirements

• 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
• 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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Lead key workstreams 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

Benefits

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.
• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.
• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.
• Giving back adds up: Where company meets community. BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.
• Total rewards that matter: We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a market leading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.
• 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.
• Flexibility: All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place. Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone’s needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed