Purpose. Performance. People. Joining CPP Investments means joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors to drive a single mandate: to deliver strong, sustainable returns for generations of Canadians. With a long-term horizon and global reach, we deploy capital at scale across public and private markets. Our size, stability, and disciplined investment philosophy allow us to pursue complex opportunities and build enduring partnerships worldwide. For our people, this means meaningful work with tangible impact, real opportunity, and collaboration with exceptional colleagues who value partnership and performance. Here, you’ll contribute to outcomes that matter alongside team members committed to excellence and shared success. The Role This newly created Toronto-based role combines broad legal support across Credit Investments with a targeted focus on restructuring matters. Reporting to the Managing Director, Legal supporting Credit Investments, you will provide strategic and commercially focused legal advice across the department’s investment and asset management activities. The team invests globally across leveraged finance, real estate and infrastructure lending, structured credit and special situations. The team manages investments throughout their lifecycle, including restructurings, workouts and other stressed and distressed situations, consistent with CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles and investment mandate. As a member of the global Investment Legal team, you will work closely with Credit Investments deal teams, senior lawyers in CPP Investments’ international offices and partners across the organization.



The role provides exposure to investments and situations across North America, Europe and other markets and may periodically involve travel. Accountabilities Provide strategic, creative and commercially focused legal advice across Credit Investments strategies, including leveraged finance, real estate and infrastructure lending, structured credit and special situations, as well as asset management matters throughout the life of an investment Provide senior-level legal advice on restructurings, workouts, liability management exercises, distressed exchanges, enforcement and insolvency proceedings, including negotiation strategy, lender group and intercreditor dynamics, documentation and risk allocation Select, direct and critically engage with external legal and financial advisors while maintaining strong internal ownership of legal strategy, judgment and decision-making Anticipate, identify and support the management of legal risks arising from evolving liability management practices, new investment strategies and changes in laws or regulations affecting CPP Investments’ credit strategies Partner with deal teams and senior stakeholders to develop practical recommendations in complex, contested and fast‑evolving situations where the legal or commercial path may not be immediately transparent Support the development and implementation of Credit Investments policies, procedures, systems and training Contribute to Legal Department and CPP Investments-wide initiatives and projects What You Bring Qualification to practice law in Ontario or an equivalent common law jurisdiction 8+ years of post-qualification legal experience with a major international law firm or the in‑house legal department of an asset manager, credit fund,

📌 Director, Legal (Toronto)
🏢 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
📍 Toronto