Head of Contracts and Procurement - Legal Director - General Counsel - Major Projects, Construction, Infrastructure, Oil and Gas. A highly versatile and accomplished senior Canadian lawyer with over 35 years of comprehensive, diverse, international legal experience, including 18 years in Canada and 17 years in the Middle East. Experience includes mega-project construction (MEP, civil, rail, airports and ports), oil and gas (upstream and mid-stream), transportation (motor and rail), finance, renewables, environmental, and HSE. Advanced expertise in drafting complex legal and contractual documentation including, but not limited to, project/construction/MEP - pre-FEED, FEED, EPIC, O&M, FIDIC, Joint Ventures, tendering/procurement, claims, arbitration and court, finance, and environmental. Client focused in respect to attaining and maintaining growth and profitability through excellent leadership and legal skills, corporate structuring, cost containment, optimizing capital structures, and maximizing investment returns for shareholders. Advanced and extensive dispute management experience, including arbitrations, mediations, and court actions. An excellent communicator, native in English and conversational in French; immense exposure to work in multicultural environments across diverse organizations while effectively interacting with senior executives and board members. Key Skills: - corporate legal strategy; - complex legal analysis and problem solving; - complex legal drafting; - legal and business recommendations; - corporate documentation; - commercial transactions; - change management; - mergers and acquisitions; - negotiation strategies; - influence internal and external stakeholders; - budget and resourcing planning; - leadership and people management; - contract administration; - contract management; - regulatory compliance; - risk management; - fraud prevention and recovery; - mediation, arbitration and court actions.