Municipal Tax Lawyer

Under the authority of the immediate supervisor, the incumbent conducts research, drafts documents of all kinds, makes representations before all common law and administrative courts, and acts as legal counsel to municipal services or other organizations, upon request.

More specifically, you will be called upon to:

• Examine the requests submitted to them regarding the facts, law, jurisprudence, and doctrine and their consequences;
• Act as legal counsel to the City services;
• Provide legal opinions concerning various areas of law, particularly in municipal taxation;
• Make representations and defend the interests of the City in litigation before the courts and various organizations, predominantly in the field of municipal taxation;
• Assume full responsibility for litigation files and manage diverse cases autonomously;
• Analyze, draft, and comment on acts and procedures;
• Negotiate with various stakeholders within judicial proceedings and draft judgment projects;
• Engage in negotiations, recommend the signing of agreements with third parties;
• Analyze, draft, and comment on bills, policies, municipal regulations, calls for tenders, specifications, jurisprudence, and doctrine, analyze the principles, and inform the City of changes and their impacts;
• Develop and disseminate training and information programs in their area of expertise.

• Member in good standing of the Quebec Bar for at least six (6) years;
• Relevant experience as a lawyer in municipal taxation;
• Experience in expropriation is an asset;
• Open and motivated to work on diverse topics.

Choosing the City of Laval means working for the third largest city in Quebec on diverse and stimulating mandates. It also means having the opportunity to grow within a human, committed team that enjoys working with pleasure.
 
For this position, we offer competitive working conditions and benefits:

• 3 weeks of annual vacation (pro-rated for months worked in the first year);
• 16.5 public holidays per year including several days off during the holiday season;
• 3 weeks of paid sick days at the beginning of the year;
• Comprehensive group insurance package;
• Defined benefit pension plan;
• Work schedule allowing for work-life balance;
• Work location easily accessible with free parking;
• Employee assistance program (EAP);
• Possibility to accumulate overtime;
• Reimbursement of professional membership fees;
• Priority access to a CPE daycare.