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Senior Litigation Associate

@ WeirFoulds LLP

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Toronto, Ontario

HybridFull-time5+ years experience
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Overview

WeirFoulds LLP is hiring a senior litigation associate for its Litigation Practice Group, working on commercial and estates and trusts litigation. The role is full-time and involves complex, document-intensive files with client service and client development responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

  • Work on complex commercial and estates litigation matters
  • Manage document-intensive files and clients independently
  • Build and strengthen client relationships and client development
  • Collaborate with commercial litigators on sophisticated business cases

Requirements summary:

  • 5+ years of complex commercial litigation practice
  • Interest or experience in estates and trusts litigation (asset)
  • Strong technical, legal, research, drafting and organization skills
  • Demonstrated entrepreneurialism in client service and development
  • Excellent academic credentials

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Employer posting date
2026-10-01
First seen by our source
2026-10-08
Source record updated
2026-10-09

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Job details

SenioritySenior
DepartmentLegal & compliance
Experience5+ years
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Work settingOffice
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
Encouraged to applyPeople with disabilities

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For over 165 years, the lawyers of WeirFoulds have been proud to serve our clients in their most difficult and complex matters. We are the firm of choice for discerning clients within our core areas of practice: (1) Litigation; (2) Corporate; (3) Property; and (4) Government Law. Within these core areas, as well as key sub-specialties, we address highly sophisticated legal challenges. We have acted in some of Canada’s most significant mandates and have represented clients in many landmark cases. Reflecting the firm’s focus, our lawyers are consistently recognized as leaders in their chosen areas of practice and in the profession at large. WeirFoulds is committed to ensuring that our clients’ most sensitive data and information are secure, protected and confidential. Our digital security practices and data confidentiality processes have been thoroughly audited and certified as functioning at SOC 2 compliance level. No matter what our clients’ needs are, they can rest assured that their information is in safe hands. To learn more about our firm, visit www.weirfoulds.com.

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Reported office locations
  • 4100 - 66 Wellington Street West, Toronto-Dominion Centre, PO Box 35, Toronto, Ontario M5K 1B7, CA
  • 1525 Cornwall Road, Suite 10, Oakville, Ontario L6J 0B2, CA
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  • Legal
  • Consulting
  • Real Estate
  • Government
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  • WeirFoulds LLP
Specialties
  • Law
  • Litigation
  • Corporate Law
  • Property Leasing and Development
  • and Government Law
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For over 165 years, the lawyers of WeirFoulds have been proud to serve our clients in their most difficult and complex matters. We are the firm of choice for discerning clients within our core areas of practice: (1) Litigation; (2) Corporate; (3) Property; and (4) Government Law. Within these core areas, as well as key sub-specialties, we address highly sophisticated legal challenges. We have acted in some of…

FieldValue
IndustryLaw Practice
Company size201-500 employees
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Organization typePartnership
Year founded1860
SpecialtiesLawLitigationCorporate LawProperty Leasing and Developmentand Government Law
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Job description

Mid to Senior Level Litigation Associate

Full-Time Position

WeirFoulds LLP is seeking a senior level associate lawyer to join our thriving Litigation Practice Group. The successful candidate will practice both Commercial Litigation as well as Estates and Trusts Litigation. The ideal candidate will have:

  • 5+ years of practice experience working on complex Commercial Litigation matters; experience or interest in Estates and Trusts litigation matters is an added asset
  • Strong technical, legal, research, drafting and organization skills
  • Demonstrated strengths in entrepreneurialism including client service, client relationships and client development
  • Ability to work with lawyers at all levels and be a team player
  • Ability to balance competing demands as well as be self-motivated, innovative and flexible
  • Ability to manage document intensive files
  • Confidence to manage files and clients independently
  • Strong work ethic, not afraid of hard work and commitment to excellence
  • Excellent academic credentials

The successful candidate will work with a few of our commercial litigators on a variety of challenging, sophisticated and complex business and estate litigation cases, representing a broad range of clients.

At WeirFoulds, we pride ourselves on providing the highest level of service to our clients. As such, it is essential for applicants to be self-starters, hard workers, dedicated to entrepreneurialism including client service, client development and the building and strengthening of client relationships. If you would like to be part of this dynamic team, and enjoy working in a collegial environment, this is an excellent opportunity for you.

Please submit your application online, including a cover letter, resume and transcripts.

This is replacement role.

WeirFoulds welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to providing an inclusive work environment composed of people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, identities, and cultures.

Accommodations in accordance with applicable laws are available for applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please contact our Human Resources Team at [email protected].

At WeirFoulds, we recognize that we need to advance and to demonstrate equality, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do, internally and externally. We have been working diligently on several key areas, and we recognize that we must do better. Our goal is to put words into concrete action through a number of specific steps. These are described in our official statement on our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, which we are pleased to share.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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