Patrick Hill

Background

About Patrick Hill

I am an experienced Canadian-qualified counsel and executive level public servant with significant responsibilities at the centre of government, at the intersection of law, politics and policy. I also have extensive international legal experience. In private practice, I have been both a litigator (in Canada) and a corporate/commercial solicitor (in the Middle East), at leading firms. As a lawyer, I have over 10 years of experience in public law and policy, most recently as Executive Director and Senior General Counsel at the Global Affairs Canada Legal Services Unit, where I led a team of over 25 counsel providing legal advice and support to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and senior officials on a wide range of matters. Other senior legal roles included my term as Director of Legal Operations, Privy Council Office, leading a team responsible for providing legal advice and support to the Prime Minister of Canada and other senior officials, and as Senior Assistant Legal Adviser at NATO HQ in Brussels. Finally, I have over 8 years in non-legal executive roles at the Privy Council Office.